{"id":43018,"date":"2017-01-17T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=43018"},"modified":"2017-01-17T17:33:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:33:28","slug":"early-signs-suggest-more-applicants-are-looking-at-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/01\/early-signs-suggest-more-applicants-are-looking-at-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Early signs suggest more applicants are looking at Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">Brock officials are cautiously optimistic after an early indicator showed rising numbers of potential first-year students have expressed interest in attending the University this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Though it will be months before universities have a clear picture of their enrolment for September, the Ontario Universities\u2019 Application Centre (OUAC) says applications for admission to Brock are up by more than two per cent from a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>OUAC tracks applications received by the Jan. 11 deadline for aspiring first-year students to identify their Top 3 choices of Ontario universities to attend this fall. The applicants are from two categories: those who will be graduating from Ontario secondary schools this year; and those who come from other sources, including transfer students from colleges or other universities, and from outside Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the OUAC numbers, Brock\u2019s own data tracking suggests increases in the following categories: number of applicants who made Brock their first choice; applications to Brock from Niagara secondary schools; applications from international students; and the number of international applicants who listed Brock as their first choice this year.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Mandigo, Brock\u2019s Vice-Provost for Enrolment Management and International, said he is \u201cheartened\u201d by the OUAC news, \u201calthough this is just one very early report in what is a lengthy admission cycle for universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrock is certainly holding its own in an increasingly competitive environment,\u201d said Mandigo, \u201cbut we all need to keep working to convert this initial interest into confirmed registrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A shift in Brock\u2019s messaging to potential students has also contributed to increased interest in applying to the University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several months, Brock\u2019s marketing efforts have focused on telling the unique \u2018Brock Experience\u2019 story,\u201d said Gord Hunchak, Brock\u2019s Executive Director, Marketing and Communications. \u201cSome of Brock\u2019s many strengths are found in the exceptional experiential learning opportunities embedded in its programs, and in the highly rated campus and student-life experiences Brock students enjoy while working towards their degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the coming weeks, Brock staff will continue to engage high school students, who have until June 1 to decide which university they will attend in September, said Brock Registrar Geraldine Jones. Recruitment staff will organize campus tours for prospective students and their families throughout winter and spring, and on April 2 the Spring Open House is expected to draw up to 4,500 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already had record attendance at our Fall Preview Day, which probably contributed to the encouraging picture we see in these new numbers,\u201d said Jones. \u201cOur admissions staff has been aggressive this year in promptly getting offers out to high school students who applied early. The feedback tells us that these students are extremely excited at the prospect of their admission to Brock.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock officials are cautiously optimistic after an early indicator showed rising numbers of potential first-year students have expressed interest in attending the University this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":40057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,1,4],"tags":[3442,4014,3764,125,105],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43021,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43018\/revisions\/43021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}