Drop-outs have also affected enrollment, Newlon said. The first three weeks of the semester is the time when the highest number of drop-outs occur. Students can also be barred from enrolling because of hindrances such as library fines, advisement holds or passing bad checks. As for seniors, they make up a bulk of the students enrolled this semester. There are from 2,200 to 2,400 freshmen as of this spring and the senior class is about 9,000 strong.
Many students remain a senior for three or four semesters.
CSUN is the second largest campus in the CSU system, just behind Cal State Long Beach. My 100 classes are smaller, I think because the requirement that students take remedial classes before 100's has been around for about a year. I think they're making their money. Now I think they don't have enough resources for 27,000 students going here. Students are forced to buy their own computer, for example, because they don't have enough resources to facilitate 27,000 students.