9,000 Students Apply to Attend Newest UC

More than 9,000 students have applied for admission to the first undergraduate and graduate programs at UC Merced, which is scheduled to open in the fall. About 8,000 of those are applying for the freshman class, UC officials said Wednesday.

UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey and other UC officials said they were pleased at student response to the new campus, which is expected to enroll about 1,000 students in its first year.

Freshman applicants for UC Merced, and the university’s eight other undergraduate campuses, will be notified of admission decisions by March 31, officials said. Transfer applicants will be informed in late April.