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www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MARCH 19,2003 PAGE 5 Numbers add up for UOIT it?More than r-4,400 applications '"'"BY MIKE RUTA Staff Writer DURHAM -- Ontario's new uni- versify opens in six months, and more than 4,000 applications have come from students applying to enter the Oshawa facility. The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) is poised to accept accept 700 to 1,000 first-year students in nine honours degree programs. ,r; ' Richard Levin, UOlT's vice-presi- 1)1 dent of student services and registrar, said 4,400 applications have been received received from prospective students and not many more are expected. Mr. Levin distinguished between applicants applicants and applications, noting the latter latter means the same student could be fiî1 ,counted more than once if he or she applied applied to more than one program. But he said "the number wouldn't be reduced greatly by taking out the double applicants." applicants." He said 3,068 applications are from high school students, and 313 are from non-secondary pupils. "That could be anybody from some- ,-;body who's done a university degree previously, to somebody who's just stepped out of high school for a year or two, international students, or a student from out of province," Mr. Levin explained. explained. He said a separate application process exists for nursing and education applicants, resulting in 772 and 250 applications, applications, respectively. Meanwhile 11,925 applicants, an 18 per cent increase over last year, have ap- "LIVE" BANDS JPs SPORTS BAR H. J <: ,)»! ! i ?i hJ ROLLING STONES SAT., MARCH 22/03 10 P.M. S 10 Advance S 12 Door TRAGICALLY HIP SAT., MARCH 29/03 10 P.M. $ 10 Advance s 12 Door CCR SAT., APRIL 5/03 10 P.M. s 10 Advance s 12 Door FLUDD (CORDOVA CROSSING) SAT., APRIL 12/03 9 P.M. s 10 Advance M2 Door AC/DC SAT., APRIL 19/03 10 P.M. M0 Advance M2 Door VANHALEN SAT., APRIL 26/03 10 P.M. 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