Crowding May Force Cal State Northridge To Turn Away More Students
NORTHRIDGE (CBSLA.com) — Cal State Northridge is so crowded it may start turning away students.
The school reportedly needs to cut admissions by one percent each year over the next four years. That means an additional 300 students would get turned away each year, a CSUN spokesperson said.
A legal notice published by the school, and obtained Monday by City News Service, shows the University plans on granting enrollment preferences to students in the surrounding San Fernando Valley so that they'd enter under existing admission criteria.
That would translate to tougher standards for in-state students from outside the local area.
As of last fall, CSUN had more than 40,000 graduate and undergraduate students enrolled. As of 2013, the school accepted roughly 60 percent of applicants.
CSUN will hold four public hearings on plans to tighten admission standards next month:
- 6-7 p.m. March 5 at the CSUN campus, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge
- 6-7 p.m. March 9 at Glendale Community College, 1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
- 6-7 p.m. March 11 at Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Rd., Moorpark.
- A final meeting will be held March 10 at a location yet to be determined.
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