It’s going to be harder to get into UC Riverside next fall. State budget cuts had university officials planning to cut the freshman class by 550, to 3,750 students, said Jim Sandoval, vice chancellor of student affairs. That’s on top of a cut of 125 freshmen this fall. That 2010 admissions number likely will drop further because the number of students returning this fall is 14 percent higher than expected, Sandoval said. He declined to say how much the admissions would drop. The surge in students has put the university at a "potential breaking point," he said. The higher-than-expected retention rate means the UCR will enroll 2,000 students, instead of the 1,400 planned for, without state help, Sandoval said. That will cost the university about $8.3 million, he said.

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by Sean Nealon, The Riverside Press-Enterprise.

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