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January 11, 2005 Students rush to apply to UWGB University cutting off freshman applications early By Cynthia Hodnett "I know it's going to be more competitive to get into UWGB with one
week left," said Lee, adding that he would apply to UW-Milwaukee or St.
Norbert College if he doesn't get into either of his top two choices.
"It's very stressful because I haven't heard from Madison yet and not
knowing whether I'll get into (UW)GB either."
Time to apply for UW-Green Bay's fall semester is running out for Lee
and other would-be freshmen. Demand for enrollment forced UW-Green Bay
to stop accepting most freshman applications for the fall semester on
Jan. 18, said Pam Harvey-Jacobs, director of admissions.
The university will continue to process already-submitted applications,
even those that require additional information and are completed after
Jan. 18, Harvey-Jacobs said.
Exceptions to the application cutoff will be made on a case-by-case
basis. Exceptions will be considered for freshmen who would enrich the
campus community through other factors such as a special talent, diversity
or other factors.
This is the earliest UW-Green Bay has stopped taking freshman applications,
Harvey-Jacobs said. It will be the first of the 13 four-year campuses
in the UW System to cut off freshman applications for fall.
"Word of mouth, students telling other students about the university
is our biggest advertisement," Harvey-Jacobs said. "We're not a new institution.
We're coming of age and have gained a solid reputation as school where
students want to come. But what exactly would cause such a dramatic increase
in the number of applications from last year to this year, we don't know."
As of Jan. 3, UW-Green Bay has received 2,951 freshman applications
for the fall semester, an increase of 9 percent from the same time a year
ago, Harvey-Jacobs said. Of those, 1,794 have been admitted.
Last fall, the university had a record full-time-equivalent enrollment.
The full-time-equivalent enrollment is based on the number of credits
taken and is used in measuring the university's capacity.
The university is projecting a fall head-count enrollment — the
total number of students enrolled in September — of about 5,400 students.
Its goal is to have no more than 970 freshmen, Harvey-Jacobs said. Overall,
the university serves about 7,400 students throughout the year.
Word about the application deadline is causing a mad rush among many
high school seniors who have put off applying to UW-Green Bay.
"I didn't apply to UWGB because they didn't have what I wanted to study,"
said Claudia Ortega, who has been accepted to UW-River Falls and wants
to study to become a veterinarian. Ortega, an 18-year-old senior, said
she now wants to attend UW-Green Bay to be closer to home. "I don't like
(the deadline) because it puts a lot of stress on you. You may not be
able to get into the school you want and have to go someplace where they
don't have what you want to study."
Paula Geishirt, a counselor at Green Bay East High School, said the
deadline will affect about 10 percent to 15 percent of the students she
advises. Some of the reasons why many students haven't applied to UW-Green
Bay yet are because they are waiting to see what their semester grades
are, want to retake the ACT or thought they had more time to apply.
"If UWGB is their first or second choice and they don't get in, they
may have to go wherever they can," she said. "They will have to go to
a university that's not in Green Bay and they are going to have to pay
more."
Geishirt said she encourages her students to start applying for colleges
as early as possible and apply to more than one school. That's sound advice
that Lee says college-bound students need to heed.
"Try to apply to as many schools as you can," he said. "Don't put all
of your eggs in one basket."
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