<p>@ucbalumnus - I understand their mission. However, Cal state is not cheap these days (I believe they are running 4-6K a year just for tuition). I think it would be ideal to keep the drop out rate to less than 10%. Perhaps, the adcom should steer some of the kids to cc instead of admitting them. But I guess those poor adcom’s are probably overwork ed and underpaid.</p>