Applications to attend UC schools rise despite higher cost
The number of students applying to the University of California continued to grow this year despite rising tuition and other fallout from the state’s bleak budget. Applications for the fall of 2011 were up 6.1 percent from last year, figures released this morning by UC show, leading to a record high of 142,235 applications… Much of the growth in freshmen applications was fueled by students from outside California: Applications from other states were up 10.7 percent, and applications from other countries grew by 22.5 percent.
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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.