<p>And *, that post #10 is one great excerpt read, as is your articulate opening paragraph. </p>
<p>jovenes, many people (naturally! logically!) assume that since the University system provides a great education, and the State University System a good education & certainly many opportunities, that K-12 bears some resemblance. (Wrong!) </p>
<p>So what you get is the State cream-of-the-crop seniors entering U.C. from the best publics (& often largely educated elsewhere) & from a significant percentage of privates. A much larger segment of public high school seniors are not even in the running for U.C. Most of thestudents I'm acquainted with will be looking for a job or going to community college. A few will qualify for the State University system. An <em>occasional</em> senior qualifies for a lower level U.C. campus.</p>