"University of California, Berkeley officials have offered freshman admission to more than 15,500 high school students for the 2017-18 school year. And more offers were made to first-generation college students and underrepresented minority students than in 2016-17.
The admissions data was released today in coordination with the UC Office of the President, which released its data, including for freshmen and transfer students, for all nine undergraduate campuses in the UC system.
In total, 15,528 UC Berkeley students received freshman admissions offers, a 7.6 percent increase compared to the previous academic year. They were selected from the more than 85,000 who applied.: …
http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/07/06/campus-offers-admission-to-more-than-15000-students/