HTN: SUNY, UB Applications Up

The faltering economy has driven a record number of students to fill out applications for SUNY schools. The influx of students has prompted the state university system to crank up admissions standards. Applications are up seven-percent at U-B. Transfer student applications have increased by eleven-percent. At current prices, the yearly cost of a SUNY school costs about 6,160-dollars. At a private college, annuaal tuition and fees are about 25,000-dollars.