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St. John's receives the highest number of freshman applicants in years
Everton Bailey, Staff Writer
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: News
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According to a Feb. 12 University press release, the increase is the largest among colleges and universities in New York City
this year.
"[The growth of incoming freshman applicants] has been a steady trend, but this year, it's been an explosive trend," said Drew Ippolito, senior associate director for the Office of Admission.
"There has been a significant growth this year as opposed to last year."
As of February 12, 35,317 high school seniors have sent college applications to St. John's, up from 27,754 applications for the 2007-2008 school year and 25,594 from the year before, according to Ippolito.
He added that although the bulk of applications have already been collected, since the University employs a rolling admissions policy, even more submissions could be on the way.
For this 2007-2008 school year, 15,410 students were accepted with 3,163 freshmen eventually enrolling. 2,811 students enrolled to the Queens campus, 320 to Staten Island and 32 to Manhattan, said Ippolito.
He also said that the year before, the University accepted 15,159 students and 3,266 students. 2,817 of the students enrolled went to the Queens campus, 412 to Staten Island and 37 to Manhattan, according to Ippolito.
At the moment, it is not known how many students will be accepted for this upcoming freshman class.
The increase in applicants has not only had an effect on the University as a whole, but individual departments as well.
Professor Aaris Sherin, Assistant Professor for Graphic Design, reported that there has been an increase of college hopefuls in the Fine Arts Department with 639 applications sent to the Department of Fine Arts as of February 14.
This is a whopping 131 percent increase from the previous school year, according to the fine arts professor.
Both Ippolito and Sherin attribute part of the reason for the recent increase in St. John's applicants to a stronger emphasis on recruiting students from outside of the New York area.
"Since we've added the residence halls, we have become more available to students everywhere," Ippolito said.
As of the 2007-2008 school year, St. John's students hail from 45 different states and Ippolito adds that it is not uncommon for University representatives to travel around the country providing information to interested students.
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uconn guy
posted 2/29/08 @ 6:57 AM NA
you do realize that st john's application is FREE if you send it online. They don't require an application fee. WHen it cost money less people were applying to st john's. (Continued…)
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