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WVU Applications Spike
By: Associated Press
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West Virginia University will have more students to choose from when weeding through applicants for the next school year.
The institution reports a 16 percent increase in applications over last year, mostly from New England.
Enrollment Director Brenda Thompson credited the increase to a number of factors: media coverage about WVU's conference realignment and the fall broadcast of ESPN's College GameDay from Morgantown.
About 11 percent of the applications are coming from neighboring Pennsylvania, traditionally a big producer of WVU students.
In addition to the out-of-state applications, the number of in-state applicants has increased.
Thompson said the jump could also be credited to a new system that allows in-state residents to file applications faster.