Among the applicants for the class of 1992, there were 251.

The percentage of women among the applicants was only 10 %.

"Housing Works ranked first among all the applicants," one of the state officials said.

That may help your letter and résumé stand out among applicants.

It would indeed go a small way toward leveling the field among applicants, researchers say.

But among black applicants with similar transcripts, 22 out of 27, or 81 percent, were offered admission.

Students are selected through a lottery among qualified 8th-grade applicants.

All private and most public colleges make subjective distinctions among applicants.

The intense competition has also raised anxieties among applicants and their parents.

And among applicants for the apprentice program, women now outnumber men.