A linear programming approach for placement of applicants to academic programs

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Table 1 Distribution of applicants by their program preferences

Program	No. of applicants who rate a program as their
	First choice	Second choice	Third choice	Total	Percent
ACT	330	234	105	669	82%
ECO	177	173	198	548	67%
LOG	12	33	55	100	12%
MGT	209	240	247	696	86%
MKT	51	92	131	274	34%
TOR	33	39	75	147	18%
Grand Total	812	811*	811*

*One applicant indicated only his first preferred program (ACT) without rating the other programs for his preference. For this student, we assumed equal ratings of 3 for all the remaining programs.