<p>Im curious. Students are not allowed admissions boosts because of race and many other factors.
But do they actually care about some things that they might say they dont (im talking with admissions)?</p>
<p>Would charitable donations boost admissions chances (as in millions donated)?</p>
<p>Would having a relative as a former, high authority in the school be of importance?</p>
<p>Would having a close relative's name labeled as the pioneer of a project at Berkeley that revolutionized or greatly advanced some type of science be of help.</p>
<p>Or being possibly 5th generation Berkeley? Or the 17th person in a family to have attended (want to attend)?</p>
<p>Berkeley doesn't have a legacy system. Now, whether it means that you don't get an advantage from having an uncle who donated millions to a department or something - I can't say.</p>
<p>Dr. Sarah: Prop. 209 forbids any consideration of race, but whether 'under-the-table affirmative action,' as the NYT or the WSJ called it, is surreptitiously practiced, and if so to what degree, by UC adcoms is unknown.</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure they do...i mean i always hear stories of "3.5 gpa, tiny detail: hispanic or tiny detail: black"
it must make some sort of difference.</p>
<p>and they try to reach out to inner city kids a lot (especially berkeley)...i'm pretty sure it has a lot to do with admissions. not directly, but it does.</p>
<p>I met some of the folks from the development office at Cal. They told me, that much to their regret, they really are not allowed to give any boosts to donors in admissions.</p>