UCLA Accused of Admissions Coverup
Professor investigating race-based admissions says he was denied access to student applications
Reader Comments
Not all that great
You know, UCLA isn't the only school in all of Southern California. Consider doing research in public institutions. I myself have heard all the great things about public schools, but we have to face the facts the because they are publicly funded there's always that chance that a certain class may not be offered because of budget cuts. I say look into private institutions. I myself am looking in Loyola Marymount University and University of San Diego. There are many more benefits too.
Fairness and UCLA
Ever since I was in middle school, I wanted to attend UCLA. I spent my middle school and high school years studying extremely hard and trying to become the best person that I could possibly be. I also spent some of my time helping others to excel in school. My studies resulted not only in winning many awards and medallions, but in becoming a valedictorian for Poly High School in 2006. I thought that all my hard work had come to fruition until I received letters that I was rejected from UCLA. I was disheartened and embarrassed as I watched my classmates received admission into the UC system. I saw my dream shatter before my eyes. I was in the ELC program which states that the top 4% of seniors in each California high
school are entitled to admission to at least one UC campus. I, however, was denied admission to any. So, I attended another university and continued to study hard. I made the dean's list several times ( 4.0 GPA) and have received many awards. However, I felt unfulfilled and decided to reapply to UCLA for Fall 2008. When I applied to UCLA I was rejected yet again. I do not quite understand why I was rejected. I just wanted to be the first in my family to attend a UC and I really worked hard for it......is it fair?
race base admission
Race should not be considered at all for admission to any universities.
1. First and foremost: acedemic and non acedemic acheivements should be litmus test for admissions.
2. Personnel essays provides the applicant an opportunity to outline special circumstance which may support his/her application (ie family hardship, medical hardship) and an opportunity to present her/his special qualities beyond acedemics and non acedemic acheivements. There should be no race or ethnicity imply or mention in the essay.
3. One can argue that under represent groups will have a difficult time breaking into institution such as UCLA. True, but the real problem is that the K-12th are failing the minority students. The real solution is to properly prepare promising minority student at a very young age so that they can effectively compete with traditional more advantage students. Only then can there be a true affirmative action program.
To all Africans/African Americans...next year don't apply
I say just leave UCLA to THEM. There are better/less-expensive schools out there anyways. If you are an African-American who got in because of high grades & stellar academic achievement...most would think that you were just undeservedly GIVEN a space anyways. NO ONE should have to study in that kind of environment. All of this fighting "to be included/considered" just takes away from the task at hand which is GETTING AN EDUCATION!
Litmus Tests
Someone people still don't understand that there are 2 possible points that can be made for racism. Intent (Kinda Obvious) and differentiated impact.
The courts can and will open up those documents, if they suspect racism.
Prof. Groseclose is on a witch hunt without merit
Tim Groseclose's assertion that he suspects "mischief" and "malfeasance" in UCLA's Admissions' process sounds utterly ridiculous on its face. In skimming through his report, I noticed that he claims that some of UCLA's most well respected faculty members conspired to obstruct him from looking at student's private applications. As a UCLA alumnus, I feel that Groseclose is out of touch with the reality of falling numbers of underrepresented students and, even though he claims that he really does care about the low numbers of students of color, we can easily see past his smoke screen--Groseclose is a conservative, one can see it in his writings about media bias wherein, like most conservatives, he falsely cries out about the media's left of center or liberal slant. Groseclose is an opportunist and it sure sounds like he's trying to create an opportunity for a class action lawsuit to further set back opportunities for students of color to fairly matriculate at UCLA specifically, and at all public universities in general.
