Director of Admissions Rob Seltzer gave the committee an Admissions Update. By last Thursday afternoon the University received 24, 766 applications and expects to have a total over 25,000 - meaning about 500 more applications received than last year. UW has had a steady increase in applications over the past few years. This year, the Admissions office is under strict orders to keep the 5,700 cap for students in the freshman class. As a result, less postponed applicants will be admitted.
Jeff Shokler of L&S Honors reported that they have made a few changes. In previous years, L&S Honors sent applications to select incoming L&S freshman who met quantitative requirement. Their post-graduate survey found that most students were part of L&S Honors only for credentials. In an attempt to focus on improving knowledge rather than students' resumes, starting this year, L&S Honors sent applications to all incoming L&S freshman. The new invitation details the goals of L&S Honors (which can also be found at http://www.honors.ls.wisc.edu/SiteContent.aspx?id=269). The new first-year student application to L&S Honors does not ask for GPA, class rank, or ACT/SAT scores but has more short-answer essay questions and space to list activities in which the student participated.
Undergraduate Symposium - The committee encourages all students to consider participating and sends a reminder that the online applications are due this Thursday, February 28.
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That concern was expressed by members of the committee...I should have mentioned it. So far, they have had slightly less applicants than previous years. L&S Honors is not worried about the smaller numbers yet because they usually receive about half of the total applications in the last week before the deadline and, as a result of technical difficulties in the admissions area, many students received applications later than past years.
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