Moreover, in the year to February, the number of job openings for every ten applicants rose from five to seven.
At the University of Chicago, international applicants grew 23percentto to 1,826, and early admissions applicants rose 46percentto to 4,430, Theodore A. O'Neill, dean of admissions, said.
But the number of qualified Asian-American applicants rose so that by 1993 roughly 20 percent of Harvard students had Asian heritage.
And he has seen the caliber of job applicants rise, as layoffs sent talented Internet entrepreneurs, project managers and designers looking for their next projects.
Labor market data showed that the ratio of jobs to applicants rose to 0.92 in June from 0.9 in May, meaning jobs were available for more than 9 out of 10 job seekers.
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Six of UC's nine undergraduate campuses accepted a smaller number of California students than last year even though the number of applicants rose.
Across all nine UC campuses, 15,173 applicants from other states were offered a freshman spot — 1,711 more than last year — but their admission rate dropped to 49.6% from 51.3% because the number of those applicants rose so much.
The share of minority applicants who are rejected from all UC campuses where they submitted applications rose by 9.2% from the pre-period to the post-period.
The median grade point average of its applicants has risen nearly 0.1 point, to 3.5, since 1998, and law school test scores have risen 3 points, to 165, George Washington reports.
