<p>[Economy</a> Affects Public, Private College Applications](<a href=“FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul”>FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul)</p>
<p>Minnesota is indeed going to be getting more selective. At the same time they are decreasing the size of the freshman class, they just received a record high number of applications (32,000). </p>
<p>While Wisconsin’s applications dipped to 24,200 for a slightly smaller freshman class. Apparently, far less in-state people applied to the school, for a reason no one really knows, while out of state applications went up.</p>