April 22, 2003
Contact: Mike Reilly (509-963-1200/fax 509-963-3022/e-mail: reillym@cwu.edu)
ELLENSBURG, Wash. - For the second year in a row, Central
Washington University will close freshmen admission to the university
on May 1. Applications for admissions postmarked by May 1 will be
considered for fall quarter 2003, but those received after that date
will be returned to the students or forwarded to a future term,
according to Mike Reilly, CWU director of admissions.
“The reason for the freshmen admissions closure is that
freshman applications continue to rise here at Central,” Reilly notes.
“They’re up nearly 10 percent from this same time last year and 40
percent from just two years ago. That’s unreal!”
To expedite the process, students are now being encouraged to
apply for admission online at CWU’s Web site, www.cwu.edu. The
application is located in the “Admissions” section of that Web page.
Transfer student admission will not be affected by the
admissions closure and will remain open until at least July 1, Reilly
adds.
For more information, call (866) 298-4968, or (for the
hearing impaired) TDD (509) 963-2143.
CWU fall quarter enrollment this year was 8,768 students, a
4.1 percent increase over the previous year. The freshman class of
1,347 was the largest in school history.
