NEWS
UB Freshmen Class Sees Increase
By ERIN SHULTZ AND DAWN WEE | Oct. 2, 2002UB's population is getting bigger and better, according to statistics on the freshman class of 2002 compiled by UB's Office of Institutional Analysis.Last year, the amount of applications received by UB was the highest in 13 years, and this year's freshmen have the highest SAT scores in the university's history, said Sean Sullivan, vice provost for academic information and planning."We received a total of 16,065 freshman applications and have experienced, on average, a 2.5 percent compounded growth in applications over the past three years," said Sullivan.According to Sullivan, this year's average freshman SAT is approximately 1160, four points higher than last year.
