Like Ivies, Berkeley Adds Aid to Draw Middle-Class Students

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<p>Some think going CC is a backdoor way to the better UCs for people who did not have the stuff to get in out of high school.</p>

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<p>CC is the second chance or back door route to redemption for those who did poorly in high school or did not have enough money, etc… But one has to do well in CC to transfer to UC (particularly Berkeley and UCLA), and the transfer route is not necessarily easy because some majors require a fair amount of “catch up” courses after transfer due to lack of equivalents at CC.</p>

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<p>RML, a long time ago, I asked people who complained about my “criticisms” of schools such as Cal to quote my exact words. I challenged Alexandre who complained about my “attacks” hurled at Michigan to provide direct quotations, and he could not come up with any. </p>

<p>There is a world of difference between criticizing a school and pointing out that the kool-aid should not flow that freely and that there are few reasons to wave the pompoms without discernement. </p>

<p>Cal is what it is; the problem is that some love to pretend it is much more than it really is, and find opinions that diverge from their own to be offensive.</p>

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<p>I understand that BB, but my comment was about the number of students who might be unable to join one of the UC schools. The real number is often buried in a faulty addition of the various schools. The percentage of admitted students has increased in the past three years. </p>

<p>UNIVERSITYWIDE (unduplicated count)
Year -.Applied Admitted Percentage
2009 -.98,119 66,265 67.5%
2010 100,428 68,329 68.0%
2011 106,186 72,432 68.2%</p>

<p>Cal has gone from 26.6% to 25.6% to 25.5% in 2009 to 2011. UCLA’s number are increasing with 21.7%, 22.6%, and 25.3% in 2011. But there is more to the UC system than Cal and UCLA.</p>

<p>PS The source is <a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2011/fall_2011_admissions_table1.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2011/fall_2011_admissions_table1.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This is a major increase in financial aid for low- and middle-income students. It’s a big deal considering the recent clashes among dorms, students, and other organizations. More than anything, *this new class[/admit.stanford.edu] represents one of the many ways that Stanford students have evolved and can maintain a safe involvement in taking control of alcohol. Stanford is firmly committed to keeping students safe, regardless of age.</p>

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<p>$80,000 to $140,000 household income (approximately 70th to 95th percentile) is “low- and middle- income”?</p>

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<p>What do Stanford and alcohol have to do with it?</p>