Graduate and professional school applications for next fall's entering classes at UC Davis are down overall except for the College of Veterinary Medicine. However, of the four professional schools on campus, both the Graduate School of Management and the veterinary school had higher numbers of underrepresented ethnic minorities applying for admission. The business school increased 6 percent over last year in minority students applying for admission, and the vet school increased 39 percent. Total applications received at the law school were lower that they were a year ago, which reflects a national decline in applications to law schools, says Sharon Pinkney, director of admissions for the School of Law. In addition, the numbers of underrepresented ethnic minorities applications in law were down by 63 percent. Medical school applications also were down overall including an 8.7 percent drop in minority applications from 1995. Graduate Studies reports a significant drop in applications, according to M.R.C. Greenwood, graduate dean. "This may indicate that students from currently underrepresented groups may be unwilling to even apply," says Greenwood. Affirmative action applications are down 15 percent thus far in the admissions cycle.