UC Regents to Cut Enrollment?

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<p>There was an item in the news today:</p>

<p>[UC</a> regents vote to shrink undergraduate enrollment](<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/14/state/n114217S10.DTL&tsp=1]UC”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/14/state/n114217S10.DTL&tsp=1)</p>

<p>UC regents vote to shrink undergraduate enrollment</p>

<p>… Under the plan approved Wednesday, the freshmen enrollment target would be reduced from 37,600 in 2008-09 to 35,300 in 2009-2010. Enrollment would be cut at the Davis, Irvine, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz campuses; remain the same at Berkeley and UCLA; and grow at Merced. …</p>

<p>Our son is applying to several UC’s but Davis seems like a good match for him. The proposed cuts do not look TOO deep – but somebody is going to get left out. Does anyone have any practical predictions on whether this would affect the chances for a kid with good SAT scores and nearly-straight-A’s who is interested in mechanical engineering?</p>

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<p>Since there are several taken into consideration besides SAT scores and GPA it is difficult to determine how this will affect applicants. We will need to be more selective when admitting students so, it will make it more difficult to be admitted overall.</p>