And it's true: all-four universities rank in the top 25 of total number of applicants, with UCLA (92,000 applications) and Cal Berkley (79,000 applications) ranking first and second in the latest IPEDS data.
The aggregate data support this policy-based explanation: although we do not notice an increase in the number of total applications in 2007 and 2008, the share of males in the total number of applicants increased in the 2006 2008 period - as can be seen from the left panel of Figure 2.
In total, 15% of applicants were refugees, two of whom were among the winners.
Ucas also said the total number of applicants was expected to top 500,000 for the first time.
In total 45.8% of applicants maintained the same level of funding, while 8.4% received uplifts and 1% received reduced amounts.
For each entry, the overall acceptance rate provides an overview of how many students were accepted, based on the total number of applicants.
As a result, the total number of applicants to the top 20 private nursery schools in New Delhi is well over 50,000 for about 1,500 slots.
The total number of applicants to all British universities has fallen by 7.7%, with a 10% drop in the number of English applicants, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas).
With respect to high school grades, all SUNY campuses consider applicants' grade-point averages in decisions, but among the total pool of applicants across the state system, those averages have remained fairly consistent over time.
A student's place in the ranking changes with every screening, as more students' scores are added to the total pool of applicants.
