<p>Our local newspaper reported that UCSD received 82K applications for Fall 2013. This number represents an 8% increase from the previous year.['College</a> application inflation’ continues to rise Page 1 of 2 | UTSanDiego.com](<a href=“http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/05/college-application-inflation-continues-rise/]'College”>http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/05/college-application-inflation-continues-rise/)</p>