UC Berkeley to admit more out-of-state students

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<p>Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Tuesday that his campus will be admitting as many as 600 fewer “unfunded” California students a year to offset a 20 percent cut from Sacramento. Those slots will instead go to out-of-staters.</p>

<p>We’re told the idea is also being looked at for both UCLA and UC San Diego which, like Berkeley, attract large numbers of out-of-state applicants.</p>

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<p>Wait, does this refer to seniors in the class of 2010 or 2011? The “next year” part is a bit ambiguous to me.</p>

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<p>This is huge for OOS students. Berkeley got 6309 OOS applicants last year, and let in 1110 for a 17.6% admit rate. If this change is made (and everything else is equal) the admit rate will increase to 27.1%.</p>

<p>If this is put in place this year, I will apply.</p>

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<p>lockn- The Berkeley window for OOS students is open. Apply early and often! California needs your money. Thank you for your continued support.</p>

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<p>That’s insane! I’m an OOS who plans to apply to berkeley, and I’m glad I’ve got more of an opportunity.</p>

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<p>while it’s not necessarily a transgression the school is happy to make, i think it’ll make the school a better evironment almost immediately. out-of-state students are held to higher admissions standards, and broadly speaking, an influx of OOSers enhances the quality/intellectual diversity of the student body as a whole. more funding means more programs for students, making it more attractive to potential applicants, etc. i don’t see a whole lot of downside to this for berkeley.</p>

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<p>FYI… I called admissions and they said the change applies to current applicants for fall 2010 enrollment.</p>