After freezing admissions in January due to over enrollment, the University of Washington announced they would again accept applicants for the fall.  UW joined the ranks of fiscally troubled higher Ed institutions in October with the announcement of a $10million budget cut for the remainder of the fiscal year.  At that time, they did what many university systems and colleges are forced to do: it limited enrollment.  UW is overenrolled by about 110 students, mostly because of an unexpected decrease in the number of second and third year students leaving school without graduating.  Because spring is a small admission session, about 370 applicants were denied, but will be considered for fall quarter if they choose to resubmit their applications.  UW Admissions Director Phillip Ballinger said that a combination of "over-enrollment and mid-year budget reduction" led to the sudden freeze, but admissions will resume for fall quarter.  Ballinger said UW chose to freeze admissions now to preempt bigger problems this fall.  Other campuses in the UW system are open to new enrollment this semester.

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