<p>For the class that will enter this August SC received 37,164 applications for the freshmen class. That was posted in a website article. In addition, there were roughly 10,000 applications to transfer to SC. I do not have the official number of transfer applicants.
That is still quite a few applicants using the old system.</p>
<p>Univ. of Michigan also used the common application for the first time. Michigan uses rolling admissions. Their number of applicants rose, but not anything near Columbia’s rate. I am guessing USC’s applicant pool next year will be around 40,000 for freshmen admission.</p>