SUMMARY OF APPLICATIONS
	FALL 1996		FINAL REPORT		As of Third Week of Instruction
Underrepresented Ethnicities
UCSC Office of Admissions
	FRESHMEN			ADVANCED STANDING			TOTAL
	THIS	LAST	%	THIS	LAST	%	THIS	LAST	%
	YEAR	YEAR	INC	YEAR	YEAR	INC	YEAR	YEAR	INC
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED	2,550	2,790	-8.6	654	686	-4.7	3,204	3,476	-7.8
African-American/Black	418	412	1.5	83	84	-1.2	501	496	1.0
Chicano/Mexican-American	1,205	1367	-11.9	324	354	-8.5	1,529	1,721	-11.2
Filipino/Filipino-American	344	346	-.6	85	67	26.9	429	413	3.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	116	148	-21.6	31	40	-22.5	147	188	-21.8
Latino/Other Spanish-American	467	517	-9.7	131	141	-7.1	598	658	-9.1
DEFER	831	343	19.0	78	79	-1.3	486	422	15.2
African-American/Black	75	68	10.3	14	12	16.7	89	80	11.3
Chicano/Mexican-American	185	172	7.6	36	42	-14.3	221	214	3.3
Filipino/Filipino-American	38	25	52.0	10	6	66.7	48	31	54.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	20	23	-13.0	4	6	-33.3	24	29	-17.2
Latino/Other Spanish-American	90	55	63.6	14	13	7.7	104	68	52.9
ADMIT LETTERS	2,121	2,424	-12.5	511	567	-9.9	2,632	2,991	-12.0
% of Applications Received	83	87		78	83		82	86
African-American/Black	338	340	-.6	59	64	-7.8	397	404	-1.7
Chicano/Mexican-American	1,011	1181	-14.4	261	292	-10.6	1,272	1,473	-13.6
Filipino/Filipino-American	303	318	-4.7	68	58	17.2	371	376	-1.3
American Indian/Alaska Native	94	124	-24.2	24	31	-22.6	118	155	-23.9
Latino/Other Spanish-American	375	461	-18.7	99	122	-18.9	474	583	-18.7
ENROLLED	382	461	-17.1	167	193	-13.5	549	654	-16.1
% of Applications Received	15	17		26	28		17	19
% of Admit Letters	18	19		33	34		21	22
African-American/Black	48	68	-29.4	15	15		63	83	-24.1
Chicano/Mexican-American	181	201	-10.0	88	104	-15.4	269	305	-11.8
Filipino/Filipino-American	54	68	-20.6	20	16	25.0	74	84	-11.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	18	30	-40.0	8	11	-27.3	26	41	-36.6
Latino/Other Spanish-American	81	94	-13.8	36	47	-23.4	117	141	-17.0