UC considers changes to guaranteed admissions.

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<p>UC</a> considers changes to guaranteed admissions</p>

<p>Changes could be on the horizon. Forget those SAT2s?

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**The University of California is considering a major shift in the way it determines which students are eligible for admission - a formula some say is now too rigid.

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**If adopted, it would let campuses review the individual merits and opportunities of students instead of relying only on a set formula of courses, test scores and grades. The proposal would also eliminate the requirement for the SAT II subject exam.</p>

<p>The UC Academic Assembly, which represents the faculty, voted 38-12 this month to recommend that the regents adopt the changes.

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<p>I pretty much agree with the changes.</p>

<p>All those objecting can just look to CSU's--no matter what, their child can get an education in California for a very low price.</p>

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<p>I'm kind of confused by exactly what they're trying to achieve.</p>

<p>It seems that they want less kids coming in because of the overcrowding problem. At the same time they want these kids to be more qualified (thus the decrease from 12.5% to 10% of kids being guaranteed a spot). Am I wrong? Yet to do this they are removing requirements such as SAT II, which probably are better indicators of ability to do well at campuses like Berkeley. Wouldn't it make more sense to just increase the numbers required to be guaranteed admission.</p>

<p>In response to the idea that counselors don't know requirements - Really? I mean really? You'd have to be a pretty terrible counselor to not know the requirements that are posted on the main/every page of the uga website.</p>

<p>Now for those who want holisitic admissions, I want them too, but to a certain degree SAT II scores are important. They shouldn't be setting up kids for failure at Cal by promoting ideas such as scores aren't important and then forcing them to compete against other kids with strict curves.</p>

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<p>From what I could see at the huge public school my kids attended, the counselors know the requirements, but by the time they got around to holding the big college admissions night in the spring of junior year, it was too late for some students to meet those requirements. There are lots of families out there who have no idea that they need to take a proactive role BEFORE their kids choose their frosh classes in high school.</p>

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<p>It's about time they lessen the power of the dreaded SAT's.</p>

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<p>Too rigid..?</p>

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<p>Too rigid..?</p>

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<p>They should just follow the master plan and SELECT from the top 12.5%.</p>