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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Vol. 96, Issue 7
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ENTERTAINMENT
STILL GOT IT PHOTO EDITOR DAVID J. OLENDER captured this adrenaline-filled moment at last week’s Green Day concert in Chula Vista. Read about the show on page 6.
Spring application deadline extended RUTHIE KELLY EDITOR IN CHIEF
Last week, San Diego State extended the deadline for applications to transfer to SDSU in the spring of 2011 from Aug. 31 to Sept. 22. This gives upper-division students from local community colleges an additional three weeks to apply for a possible transfer, an opportunity that has not been available at SDSU since spring of 2008. This news represents hope for local students who did not make the Fall 2010 cutoff, or who hadn’t completed enough transfer requirements by the Spring 2010 semester. However, the funding for Spring 2011 spots depends on the passage of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget, which means the ability to accept transfer students is not guaranteed. Gina Jacobs, manager of media relations at SDSU, said there was no
way to tell how many spots would be available. “We don’t know if any will be available, because it all depends on the budget being passed and extra funding for enrollment being received,” Jacobs said. The university opened applications for upper-division transfer students from localarea community colleges on Aug. 1. In a press release, SDSU’s media relations team noted that “the governor’s proposed budget — which includes the restoration of $305 million, as well as an additional $60.6 million that would fund further enrollment expansion — would allow CSU campuses to reverse course offerings and to provide access in the 2010-2011 academic year to an estimated 29,000 additional students.” How many of these slots would be at SDSU specifically is difficult to determine until the funding is actually restored. Both portions of the budget need to be passed for spring slots to be available.
The proposed $305 million represents a “backfill” from last year’s budget, and the possibility of receiving this funding prompted the California State University Board of Trustees to only raise the State University Fee by 5 percent in June, instead of 10 percent. If this funding is not restored, the board will likely reassess the fee amount again this November. “If the $60 million is included with restoration, then we would be able to enroll students, but we’re not sure how many that would be. But we don’t want to have the money, but not the applications,” Jacobs said. As of Sept. 1, SDSU has received nearly 1,000 applications. This is significantly fewer than the nearly 5,000 applications from local transfer students SDSU received for this semester and the more than 2,000 applications received for the last spring cycle, which makes spring slots, if they are available, less competitive. Jacobs said SDSU will continue the practice of prioritizing students who did
all community college work at one of the local community colleges and have met all the transfer admission guarantee requirements, followed by students who have completed their requirements but only completed half of their coursework at a local community college, and so on. Currently, the focus is only on local community colleges. If the funding is not restored, all those who apply will have their application fees refunded, so if they choose, they can use the refunded fee to reapply for the Fall 2011 semester, Jacobs said. None of the currently proposed funding is slated to be used to reduce current student fees. While the likelihood of the funding being restored is speculation at this point, Jacobs said the university is “cautiously optimistic.” “The proposal has gone through a couple of committees and come out the same, which is a good sign. But we don’t know when the budget is going to be finalized,” Jacobs said.