University of California OKs a 'Radical' Admissions Change
The University of California system has approved "a radical departure" in its admissions process, as described in today's San Francisco Chronicle . The plan relaxes some admissions standards, but it could guarantee admission to fewer students.
The changes include dropping the SAT II (subject test) requirement and also lowering the standards for which applications can be reviewed by admissions committees. These applicants will not be guaranteed admittance but will be considered for acceptance when they previously would not have been.
The other significant change adjusts who is guaranteed admission into one of the UC schools. Essentially, officials estimate that 10 percent of California's high school graduates would be guaranteed a spot, down from 13.4 percent before.
In all, the changes are expected to reduce the guarantees by about 10,000 students a year, to about 35,475, and boost the number eligible for review by about 30,000, to 76,141 a year, officials estimated.
The changes will take effect for students who would begin fall 2012.
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American will compete against Asians, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc,in 21st Century. Competing against Asian American students in CA may be good training for future competition, If rest of Californian feel uncomfortable because Asian students have better work ethics. Please let me assure all of you, Asian kid in CA are not as hard working as those kids in real Asia. May I call them Asian light. If we cannot compete agiast Asian light without compromising academic standards, I wonder how those kid will compete against real ones.
UC's and CSU's
I work at a college as a counselor and I find it very unfair that all students who attended a High School in California (regardless of legal status) can attain a spot at the UC's over a student who has legal status in this state (country). This is an unfair practice as the UC's are very hard to get into (most) and some CSU's (Long Beach) are also competive. I think AB540 is a great benefit for students but there should be in place a selection process that picks from High School students and Transfer Students based on legal status over not having legal status. Sorry but where is the justice...in being an American? FYI: I'm Latina but fair is fair.
UC's and CSU's
I work at a college as a counselor and I find it very unfair that all students who attended a High School in California (regardless of legal status) can attain a spot at the UC's over a student who has legal status in this state (country). This is an unfair practice as the UC's are very hard to get into (most) and some CSU's (Long Beach) are also competive. I think AB540 is a great benefit for students but there should be in place a selection process that picks from High School students and Transfer Students based on legal status over not having legal status. Sorry but where is the justice...in being an American? FYI: I'm Latina but fair is fair.
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