<p>I am sure they mean 23 courses that qualify under the UC A-G system. My daughters high school had 7 periods per day, 7x4=28.</p>
<p>I'd like to post a different take on things:
Record UC freshman admissions from state
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The University of California has offered admission to a record 57,318 California high school seniors, including incrementally larger numbers of African American and Latino students widely distributed throughout the nine undergraduate campuses.</p>
<p>The figures, 2,076 admissions more than a year ago, are part of a profile of the prospective 2007 freshman class released Thursday by UC President Robert Dynes' office. ....</p>
<p>The larger numbers of African American and Latino students invited to attend -- up more than 10 percent over 2006 in both categories -- reflect substantial increases in applications from those groups. ....</p>
<p>UC-wide, the prospective class of 2007 also has larger percentages of students from poor families, from poorly performing high schools and from families where neither parent has a four-year college degree. In each of the three categories those increases are distributed systemwide.</p>
<p>UC has admitted 77.4 percent of all applicants, down from 78.2 percent last fall. The drop reflects a tightening of the minimum grade point average required for high school students to meet UC eligibility standards.</p>
<p>All eligible freshman applicants have been offered admission. The admitted class is 55.6 percent female and 43.4 percent male, in line with a long-term trend.</p>
<p>The average California high school senior awarded a UC slot has a grade point average of 3.79, virtually unchanged from a year ago. ....</p>
<p>Nine in 10 of all admitted freshmen are California residents. UC has offered admission to 6,283 out-of-state and international students, up from 6,143 last year.
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Source: <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/06/UC.TMP%5B/url%5D">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/06/UC.TMP</a></p>