<p>Hi,</p>
<p>With the poor state of the economy, universities are cutting their budget while application numbers are simultaneously rising. </p>
<p>Some numbers ofon changes in applications:</p>
<p>[Grad</a> Applications Up at Some Schools - The Paper Trail (usnews.com)](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/02/20/grad-applications-up-at-some-schools.html]Grad”>http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/02/20/grad-applications-up-at-some-schools.html)</p>
<p>Meanwhile, budget cuts are quite significant, for instance, 10% for the University of California System:</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - UC Newsroom | State budget contains $115 million in new cuts for UC, stretches UC’s total budget challenge to $450 million](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/19562]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/19562)</p>
<p>Should non 4.0, perfect GRE and Nature published candidates not apply and look elsewhere?</p>
<p>AlCanadi</p>