<p>RACE MATTERS</p>
<p>got rejected from ucla as president of senior class, asb, 2190 sat, 3.7 unweighted gpa, 770 LIT sat2 700 math and over 600 hours of community service among other things.</p>
<p>friend got in with a 3.4, 1900 sat becuase they checked the specified language box for 'speaks spanish at home' </p>
<p>i'm just sayin...</p>
<p>Food for thought----</p>
<p>According to a UC Santa Barbara press release. The University of California does not release the race or ethnicity of applicants to the individual campuses until AFTER an admissions decision is made.
Remember when we applied to the UC, the application first went to the University of California Processing Service located in Concord, CA. They did not go directly to the campuses.</p>
<p>Seems to be an adequate way of enforcing Prop 209
Also it seems to question a few individual claims of racial/ethnicly influenced admissions</p>
<p>The girl with no honors classes got into UCLA</p>
<p>br3nt, wow.. with a 3.5-3.8 GPA and 1700-1800 SAT? NO WAY. I mean, I know that UCSBS standards might be higher.. but no way. My friend got in with a 3.4 GPA and 1400 SAT. Nothing special about ECs either.. Race does really play a factor.. :</p>
<p>The whole comprehensive review thing is pretty much affirmative action. It's meant to let more minorities into colleges. At some point everyone needs to be judged at a level playing field. It shouldn't matter how much money your parents make, what kind of job they have, what your skin color is, if they went to college or not, or any of that stuff.</p>
<p>Are employers going to care what hardships you went through, that your parents didnt go to college, etc? NO! They're going to ask what's your GPA, what did you get involved in at college, and why are you qualified for this job?</p>
<p>It should be the same for college admissions.</p>
<p>I also tend to believe that race does come into play. My best friend applied as a chicano because his dad is from mexico and although his grades sucked and he had the same test scores as me (roughly 2000 on the SAT) we both got into UCSB and UCD but rejected from UCSD. not that concrete of evidence but the fact that we got into the same places despite my being a better student is enough to raise an eyebrow, at least from a personal perspective.</p>
<p>I am not in favor of affrimative action but I do want to point out that no two students are the same despite having the same SAT score or similar grades. The fact that a student goes through hardships such as parents not going to college, doesn;t only apply to minorities. The UCs also consider experiences and other important factors.</p>
<p>Obviously it doesn't apply to only minorities, but I'd imagine the majority of kids who fall into that category are minorities.</p>