As an old UC alum, I thought I’d share some information regarding the UC application policy that was in place prior to about 1986. Up until 1986, prospective students were allowed to apply to only ONE UC campus, so most people would select the ONE UC campus that he/she had great confidence of admission or presumably would select the ONE dream campus with great hope of admission. I can speak for myself and my peers at the time, but we were very careful about which campus basket to place our one application egg. You can see the statistics reflecting some change in 1986 with the jump in applications and the decrease in admission percentage.
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