Dorm Applications Up, Admissions Down
By JOHN DENNY
Emerald Staff Writer
The University Office of Ad
missions is receiving fewer early
applications for fall term admis
sion than it received for fall
term of 1965. At the same time,
the housing department reports
that more persons are applying
early for fall term housing.
The Office of Admissions had
received 7.000 applications as of
April. This is a (Iron of 8.4 per
cent from the 7,639 figures re
corded at the same time last year.
The housing department re
ports a jump over last year of
8.8 per cent in the number of
housing applications it has re
ceived.
Through May 2, a total of 1,
738 persons had applied for fall
term housing; 1.597 applications
had been received by May 2 of
last year.
Drop Attributed to Fee
Director of Admissions Ver
non L. Barkhurst attributes the
drop in the volume of admission
applications to the addition of
a $10 application fee. The State
Board of Higher Education act
ed in January to require a fee
from all students applying to
enter state-operated schools for
the first time.
‘ There are just as many sin
cere applicants this year as there
were last year,” Barkhurst stated
in a recent interview.
He said that, because of the fee,
students are not applying unless
they really intend to enroll at the
University.
There had been only 1,902 early
admission freshmen applications
turned in through April 11 of
this year. Last spring 2,716 per
sons had requested early admis
sion by the same time.
Housing Applications Early
Applications for fall term res
idents in University housing are
coming in early, according to
Daniel A. Williams, assistant di
rector of housing.
“Students are applying early
because they are more aware of
the need to apply early,” Wil
liams stated recently.
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Of the 1,738 students who have
applied for University housing for
next fall, 1,424 are incoming
freshmen, 180 are returning up
per class students, and 134 are
transfer students. Last year 1.498
incoming freshmen, 38 returning
upper class students, and 61 trans
fer students had applied for
housing by May 2.
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132 students can now be accom
modated in University housing.
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Williams reminds women stu
dents who plan to live in “no
closing hour dormitories” in the
fall to obtain parental permission
cards from the Housing Office,
Carson Hall.
Admissions Director Barkhurst
observes that while the number
of persons requesting early ad
mission has declined from last
year, the number of denials is
sued has increased. Last year 637
denials had been made as of
April 11. This year 707 denials
have been made.
Barkhurst attributes this 11
per cent increase to denials re
ceived by graduate students. Of
the denials made so far. 631 have
been to graduate applicants.
Reason for Denials
The increase in the number of
graduate applicant denials, ac
cording to Uarkhurst, is due to a
change in University admission
policy: This is the lirst time
j that graduate students are be
j ing denied or granted admission
i on the basis of decisions made
by their major department or
professional school.
In past years the Oflice of Ad
missions has determined a stu
dent's eligibility for graduate
school on the basis of grade
point average alone.
Many Students are now being
denied admittance to graduate
school because of a lack of suffi
cient background in the area
in which they intend to concen
trate, according to Barkhurst.
Non-Major Category
He said that although a stu
dent is denied admission as a
graduate student, he may still be
admitted to the University in an
unclassified (non major) cate
gory. A student admitted in this
category can enroll In graduate
courses on an instructor consent
basis Graduate courses tnken by
a student enrolled in the unclas
sified category may give a stu
dent sufficient background to en
ter graduate school.
Barkhurst expects a fall term
enrollment of 12,97(1. A total of
12,228 students were enrolled
fall term of 1905.
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