NYT: Expensive public Us/out of state and international students

[ucbalumnus]

Re: #7

The article does not say what “her desired program at Berkeley” was. It could be something that is widely seen as stronger at Berkeley than at Yale (e.g. EECS).

@New York Times

In debating a bill in June over enrollment at the University of California, Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown told colleagues about her granddaughter, who recently graduated from high school in Sacramento, but did not bother to apply to U.C. schools. That is because a college admissions adviser told her she would be a good candidate only if she were from out of state.

Seems like Brown’ granddaughter took some poor advice from a college admissions adviser who greatly overstated the claims made in the auditor’s report. If the student were at the top end of the range (i.e. with a reasonable chance of admission to UCB and UCLA), she would almost certainly have gotten into some other UCs. If she were at the lower end of the UC admissible range for California residents (3.00-3.39 HS GPA, realistically probably may only be admitted to UCM), then she would not be admissible at all if she were a non-resident (which requires a minimum 3.40 HS GPA).