Close To Home: UCSB Woos Record Number of Prospective Freshmen

Santa Barbara Newsroom
By Tom Schultz and Rob Kuznia
April 5, 2007

A record number of freshman admission offers were made for the coming fall quarter at UCSB, giving seniors across the country a serious decision to ponder as high school graduation nears, the school announced Thursday.

A total of 22,168 admission letters were sent in mid-March, with university officials anticipating 4,200 yes responses. If that many offers are in fact accepted by a May 1 deadline, it would be the largest freshman class in campus history by about 100 students.

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