1.   Although the report did not cite specific instances, it also found that some minority students in the applicant pool were being admitted ahead of more-qualified whites.

2.   And the size of some applicant pools has been vastly increased because the Internet has made the resume-writing process much less time-consuming.

3.   Beth Bailey, director of admissions at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, said that the applicant pool remained strong.

4.   Big businesses have the name recognition to attract large applicant pools and the resources to search for talent.

5.   - The immigration hawks seek to create a national ID card using a retina scan device, which could screen job applicant pools for illegal immigrants.

6.   By taking a large portion of the class from the early applicant pool, the statistical chances of later admission become far smaller.

7.   By opening the door to some students who might not have been interviewed in the past, UT had a more diverse applicant pool from which to draw.

8.   Despite the shrunken applicant pool, FCC Chairman Reed Hundt predicted success for the auction.

9.   Employ sophisticated, standardized online tests to screen candidates, winnowing the applicant pool to a manageable number.

10.   He added that the ultimate challenge is to repair educational disadvantages that exist so that the broad, diverse applicant pools will form.