VALLEY COLLEGE STUDENTS GAIN CSUN ADMISSION.

Byline: Robert Monroe Staff Writer

California State University, Northridge officials estimated the participation of 200 Valley College students in a pilot program Wednesday to admit them to the university at the Valley campus.

Instant Admissions Day will be repeated at four other colleges in the region this semester and another five next semester, said Ludim Seja De Manzano,CSUN director of student outreach and recruitment.

CSUN faculty members and counselors went over Valley College students' transcripts and signed them up if they met admission requirements.

Seja De Manzano said the goal of the admissions event is to bring the university to the students.

``It's a philosophy of demonstrating to the community that we are student-centered,'' she said.

Valley President Tyree Wieder said the program complements a CSUN program already in place that facilitates admissions of high school students.

``We have a very strong transfer alliance in place,'' she said.

Instant Admissions Day is one of several admission programs offered by Cal State University schools. The Cal State system this week said applications received online through the CSUMentor system increased by 178 percent in its second year. The system received more than 42,000 applications, roughly 25 percent of all applications, online for the fall 1999 semester.

Other colleges hosting the CSUN admissions officials this semester will include Glendale Community College on Nov. 23, Moorpark College on Dec. 2 and Pierce College at a date to be determined. Seja De Manzano said Mission College and College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita will host Instant Admissions Day in the spring semester.