University of Colorado Applications Are Up 33% This Year; We Wonder Why!

Kevin MacLennan, CU's admissions directors, said that while the school has no way to track whether the arrival of recreational pot contributed to the increase in student interest, his office hasn't heard much about it.

“I don't know,” MacLennan said of the marijuana issue. “One of the things is we're not getting a lot of questions from families about that. We don't have any mechanism of tracking that. I just don't know.”

 

Oh right. Right, right. Go on.

More likely, the increase was a result of CU recruiters visiting an extra 120 high schools last fall. Plus, the university began using the Common Application, which makes it easier for prospective students to apply to more schools.

 

Um-hmmm. Please continue.

MacLennan said it's not uncommon for schools new to the Common Application to see a 25 percent to 30 percent jump in applications the first year.

 

Alright, that's enough. This is the strangest article ever. It's the University of Colorado grasping at straws for 1,000 words. Of course, pot has played some kind of role—especially for international students who might be starting to recognize Colorado as America's Amsterdam.

C'mon. You'd have to be crazy to think footage like this doesn't play a role: