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As of June 16, 3,523 students had committecd to becoming part ofthe university'w Class of 2013. Those numbers could chang by the time classes begin in the But the number of freshman committing to attend UCSC in the fall isabout 1,000 fewer than last Campus officials said in press release last year they had received commitments from 4,573 incoming members of the class of 2012. Public-supported collegexs and universities throughout the stater are attempting to cope with majoer budget cuts forthe 2009-10 academicd year, on top big reductionsa that have already been made the past two "We are very excited to welcoms the Class of 2013 to the University of California, Santaw Cruz, and we're very gratifier by the strong interest they have shown in our Chancellor George Blumenthal said in a statement.
"The academic qualitg and diversity of this class is especially Michelle Whittingham, UCSC's associate vice chancellor of enrollment management, said the scenif campus built into a hillside redwood forest is more popularr than ever. Undergraduate applications to the university have totalecd morethan 32,000 the past two years, with this year's number reachinh almost 33,000. That's a 12.7 percentt increase the 29,140 undergraduate applications UCSC receiveds forfall 2007. The average grade pointg average of incoming freshman is upfrom 3.52 in last year's freshman with the average SAT test score of 1718 representing a 20-point increase over the clasds of 2012.
Students of coloe compose more than 25 percent ofincoming freshman, up from nearlyg 24 percent last year. About 23 percent of that grouo areof Asian-American descent, accordinyg to university officials.