UCLA to Discuss Cost-Cutting in Admissions
A UCLA committee composed of students and school officials will meet to discuss budget-tightening tactics that could significantly affect admissions for some, especially transfer students, the Daily Bruin reports. Because the university estimates it is overenrolled by 1,475 students based on its budget, the group will debate admitting fewer students, both freshmen and transfers, to save cash in a severely deteriorating financial situation.
One way the university could reduce enrollment would be to accept transfers only from community colleges, as opposed to four-year colleges. Critics contend a change like that would likely disproportionately affect low-income and minority students, who are well represented in the transfer ranks. Transfer students as a whole make up 40 percent of UCLA's graduating class.
The committee also will discuss boosting enrollment of out-of-state and international students, who pay higher tuition and would give the school more cash in hand.
The committee will submit its final suggestions to the chancellor in December.
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It sucks
In general, those that got into UCLA as freshmen are much smarter and qualified. For instance, SAT averages for freshmen Biochem majors were 1400+ and 4.21 GPA (this was in year 2000 and 2001, so I don't know about now). This is even higher than most of the top private school averages, save for Harvard and Stanford. Come on, lets be realistic now. Many dumb people that major in something easy like sociology or French get into the Harvard's or the Stanford's also.
Well, during my third year classes, 20% of the classes were filled with transfer students, as they replaced those that got weeded out. However, I thought the classes were as competetive as before. But honestly, there are dumb people everywhere. I currently attend one of the better med school in the Northeast US, and I see some students that are worst than some transfer students that I had encountered. In short, don't under or overestimate anyone. Just my two cents.
To the previous post:
First of all, if you knew anything about what you're talking about you would know it is not "too easy" to transfer to UCLA. In fact, it is pretty difficult, their acceptance rate for transfers is still about %35.
Second, to the college, transfers are less of a liability, they have completed their first two years of coursework successfully without flunking out, which is more than anyone can say for the majority of first time freshman.
Lastly, the GPA for transfers is their 3/4th year GPA, the Community College GPA is not factored into their UCLA GPA upon graduation. So your "number that would be more telling" doesn't exist.
Easy Solution, level out the acceptance rates
Freshman are accepted at around 20%
Transfers are accepted at around 40%
Find somewhere in between, there are too many transfers and it is too easy to transfer (compared to getting in as a freshman). It is obviously a back-door.
And to anyone giving contention based on graduating GPA a much more interesting number would be 3/4th year GPA at UCLA for transfers vs 4 years. I'm sure that number would be a bit more telling.
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