During Sexton's presidency: Applications for freshman admission more than doubled, from 29,000 to over 60,000. Average SATs increased from 1300 to 1340. The number of freshmen with 1500 or greater SAT scores doubled. NYU became the #1 US university searched for by international students through the College Board's website in 2012. The percentage of underrepresented minorities among students increased from 11% to 19%. The percentage of Pell eligible students increased from 19% to 23% -- higher than most other top private universities. Scholars who have been faculty members at NYU since 2000 have been awarded the Nobel Prize five times, the Abel Prize three times, and National Medals of Science, Technology, and the Arts, among other honors. The number of faculty in the National Academy of Sciences increased from 18 to 31. Two NYU students (one from NYU Abu Dhabi) were awarded Rhodes Scholarships (the first in a generation); two others were awarded Rhodes Trust Falcon Scholarships. Thompson-Reuters found that NYU — along with King's College London — enjoyed the greatest increase in reputational standing between 2010 and 2014 among the leading universities it studied in its survey. NYU opened two successful comprehensive, degree-granting liberal arts campuses — in Shanghai and in Abu Dhabi — and came to have study abroad sites on six continents. The financial aid budget more than doubled, with the average grant size increasing from 34% of tuition to 55% of tuition. In 2013, NYU undertook a $1 billion fundraising campaign to improve financial aid. Fundraising totaled $4.9 billion from Fiscal Year 2003 to the end of Fiscal Year 2014. NYU's endowment increased from $1.14 billion in 2002 to $3.49 billion in 2014. NYU was selected as one of the winners of the Applied Sciences NYC initiative with the creation of the Center for Urban Science and Progress in Brooklyn, as announced by Mayor Bloomberg. NYU heavily invested in student wellness and student services, and the University received more Excellence Awards from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators than any other college or university. Engineering was restored as an academic discipline at NYU for the first time in 40 years following the merger with the former Polytechnic University. NYU built its first new dedicated science building in 30 years. With the construction of a state-of-the-art co-generation plant to provide electricity, heating, and cooling to many campus buildings, NYU reduced its carbon footprint by 30%. In