UCLA Accused of Admissions Coverup

Many local black activists were largely upset that Ucla had only 100 black applicants enrolled at the time were scrutinizing and pressuring Ucla over this low number.They wanted the school administration to find ways to improve this number or else???

Despite what a person’s ethnic background maybe how much lower should a university have to lower its enrollment eligibility standards just to fulfill the objections and vocal outcries from community activists?

Maybe these same activists should redirect some of this valid energy and direct some of it towards the poor parenting skills of some parents in the black community when it comes towards instilling the importance of getting a education. Let's stop being so politcally correct here and let's pass on some of the blame onto others who equally deserve it.

Hector of CA 1:56PM October 24, 2009

People are discriminated against all the time, and 90% of the time it can't be proven in a court of law. We pretend to be tolerant, but in reality we just hide our prejudices better now.

As for college..If you have decent SAT scores and GPA's you'll get into a good college. The universities want to make it seem like they are gods and have some secret to how they select their students. But you know what? It's all BS. I've sat on many an admissions board, and attended 'prestigious' schools. It's all about who you know and if you have money. Also today's applications have many nuanced factors, like extra curricular s, who should those count if at all? What does it mean to be a tri-sport Varsity athlete in comparison to a student with a 3.8 GPA taking all AP classes? What does it mean to a college if you have 1000 hours of comm. service but average grades? Hell what does it even mean that you are the valedictorian with a 4.6 GPA taking all AP classes?

The prestige of a school counts for little after graduation. Get into a college, get a good GPA and find an internship during college. When you graduate you'll find a job or acceptance into a graduate program. If not going into a grad program, focus more on getting good work experience as an undergrad-(do not work in the dining halls unless you need the money, try to find a professor or a family friend to intern for, or even start your own simple business, it counts for more in the real world.)

universities only pretend to be part of the real world. In the end they are businesses. that want to make money and they put applicants through many games to create some sort of educational greatness illusion. Don't worry about UCLA, many up and on the rise schools teach better. Harvard, Yale, UCLA and USC are like the Costcos of college degrees. They give them out like candy, because kicking out poorly performing students means less money for their school. (Cal Tech on the other hand has perhaps one of the highest dismissal rates, so you can bet who ever grads from there knows their stuff)

SO kids, join 1 club, play a sport, volunteer and study a bit. Have some fun and work when you have to. Life's too short to bother spending hours to get 10 more points on an SAT

Steve of CA 7:11PM July 01, 2009

I can't imagine why black people would want to live in Califonia, let alone , attend one of its crowded overrated universities.That said, Harvard, Yale, and princeton reject over half of the valedictorians that apply! Moreover, the UC schools admit people with an average of 1200 on their SATs--which is below Ivy league schools.If the UC schools really admitted students based on grades and SATs, the student body would be 100 percent Asian.This is true because most Asians have much better credentials than the white students.The Asians should be lodging protest against the white affirmative action.

Black people have let the whites send their kids to inferior schools for generations. They should know white people do not want black children to get a good education. That was the reason behind housing segregation, Jim Crow laws etc. Not much has changed.You have be proactive. I have spent $150,000 so far on my child's private schooling through 8th grade.I am prepared to pay more. You can't expect the white public schools to educate your child. Hopefully,she can attend a top Eastern liberal arts college.

Art of CA 5:01PM November 08, 2008

LUDICROUS! Have you guys even read his bloody 89 page report? I have.

"He ignores the research that exist that shows African Americans applicants with stellar academic marks..."

For a self-professed UCLA alumni, you don't do a lot of reading. He in NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM implies this. Read the report. He wants to conduct an analysis on the admissions process of 2005-2007, even going so far as to consult with UCLA Law professors, etc. regarding privacy issues and the like. But he is being STONEWALLED. WHY?

Spare me the mudslinging. I want FACTS. He wants FACTS.

Nothing more, nothing less. Spare me the self-righteous "He's a racist garbage".

Here's a link to his report for you lazy know-nothings...

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/groseclose/CUARS.Resignation.Report.pdf

WISDOM of CA 10:23AM September 15, 2008