INSTANT GRATIFICATION; CSUN HOPEFULS LEARN FATE ON SPOT; WOULD-BE CSUN STUDENTS BYPASS NAIL-BITING WAIT.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer College hopefuls braved the rain Monday to take advantage of California State University Enrollment  , Northridge's instant admissions days.
The two-day program lets most students know right away whether
they're in or out for next fall.
The quick, on-site application processing and admissions service, which continues today, drew an estimated 1,000 high school and community college students looking to secure a spot in the university in fall 1998. Deborah Locke and her daughter Tina, a senior at El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. in Woodland Hills, came prepared with school transcripts and SAT scores and waited to meet with an admissions evaluator. In less than an hour they walked out with a letter confirming Tina's acceptance - and a reason to relax. ``You just eliminate the waiting period and all the anxiety,'' Deborah Locke said. ``I remember my other daughters would wait by the mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). and say, `Did I get anything? Did I get anything?' '' Administrators said that the instant admissions program, which began three years ago, serves an even more crucial role this year. A surge in applicants last year forced CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge administrators to sharply curtail cur·tail tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten. [Middle English curtailen, to restrict accepting first-time freshmen and limit applications to the month of November - instead of the usual 10-month window. instant admissions gives the university better control over when to cut off acceptances once the number of open seats are filled. Many students Monday said they came to beat the new, tighter deadline. Crowds of young people shuffled into the dim auditorium under soaked baseball caps, umbrellas and colorful parkas. Over the two days, some 2,000 students are expected to be processed through instant admissions - 1,500 to 1,600 students who signed up for appointments, and 300 to 400 expected to walk in. The success rate of instant admissions for students and the university is high. Up to 90 percent of the students will be admitted. Of those, up to 80 percent will end up enrolling next fall, admissions officials said. They would fill about 1,400 of the school's 2,200 freshman class spots. ``The students participating in this, they want to come to CSUN,'' said Leroy Geter, assistant director for CSUN transfer services, student outreach and recruitment services. ``They know that Cal State Northridge is the school of their choice.'' Still, there were plenty of students like Jonathan Barco. A senior at Village Christian High School Christian High School, also known as CHS, is in O'Fallon, Missouri. The school mascot is the Eagle and the school colors are teal and black. Their women's soccer team has won many state championships. . He saw instant admissions as a chance to shore up CSUN as a backup so he can focus on getting into first-choice schools. ``It's less of a hassle. You don't have to wait and see if you got in,'' said Barco, who's crossing his fingers first for Loyola Marymount University Marymount University is a coeducational, four-year Catholic university whose main campus is located in Arlington, Virginia. History Marymount was founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) as Marymount College, a two-year women's school. and USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . This year's application deadline was tightened partly due to ``Tidal Wave tidal wave, term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore. II.'' New students are on the leading edge of an enrollment boom expected in California colleges and universities over the next eight to 10 years. By 2005, undergraduate enrollment in the state is estimated to increase by some 488,000 students, compared to 1995 figures. This academic year, CSUN accepted more students than planned. Enrollment rose by 2.8 percent, sending administrators rushing to add 66 extra class sections, including 13 developmental sections in math and writing, at a total coast of about $250,000. INSTANT IN CSUN's instant admissions continue today from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the University Student Union, 18111 Nordhoff St. To participate, applicants must bring: A completed California State University application and a check or money order for $55, or a completed fee waiver request form. Transcripts from current high school, community college or other colleges and universities attended. Test scores from either the SAT I or ACT. Students with a grade point average below 3.0 must have test scores to receive an admissions determination. If scores are not yet available, applications and other documents will be collected. Both freshman and transfer students must have a minimum GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted of 2.0. Transfer students must have completed 56 transferable units. Source: California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, box BOX: INSTANT IN Photo: (1) Peter Lee, 17, of Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
(2) Prospective students await their turn to apply for instant admission to CSUN. David Sprague/Daily News |
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