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Applications for admission to UC Riverside are up nearly 10 percent compared with last year, similar to an increase that is happening across the UC system.
Riverside’s 9.8 percent increase was ahead of the 5.8 percent average increase at the rest of the UC campuses, with only UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz attracting more applications, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise.
Riverside also led the University of California system in transfer applications, with a 7.9 percent increase.
“UCR is consistently ranked among the nation’s finest academic institutions, receiving special praise for the global impact of our research, our community service and our contributions to the public good,” Emily Engelschall, the school’s director of undergraduate admissions, said in a statement. “These are some of the reasons that only begin to scratch the surface as to what attracts potential students to the UC Riverside campus.”
