UC’s: Close to making new admissions requirements
- Posted by Lori McCormick on June 26th, 2008 in Admissions
Currently, the nine University of California campuses admit about one-eighth of California’s high school graduates. Many applicants, however, feel this admissions process is not fair and should be reformed.
Earlier this month, UC faculty leaders approved a proposal plan to improve the admissions chances of students who don’t meet minimum standards. If this proposal plan is approved by the Board of Regents, admissions requirements will be less rigid. For example, new standards of admissions would include the following:
* eliminate the requirement that applicants take at least one SAT single-subject test
* guarantee complete review of applications from students who just missed minimum UC standards
* guarantee admission for a handful of the otherwise unqualified students
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