<p>an increase in the number of african americans applying will most likely increase the number accepted, which is what we've seen with this admitted class. and no offense but you guys act like black people are taking over or something. i mean 392, out of the thousands of people admitted, are black. that's nothing. for holistic admissions to truly be favoring black people don't you think this number would be higher than a measly 392? UCLA admitted roughly 5000 asians and 4000 whites. for every one black person admitted for fall 2007, there are 12 asian people. this is totally affirmative action.</p>
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<p>UC admissions counselors cannot see a person's name when viewing applications...</p>
<p>I agree with RJK. Plus, maybe after many people in california heard about how UCLA was not accepting many african americans, perhaps it triggered many more blacks to apply. This would cause an increase in qualified black applicants...</p>
<p>I think the publicity about the issue was a big factor.</p>
<p>Why would hearing that UCLA was not accepting many african americans cause more african americans to apply? Eh, maybe it might have encouraged the well qualified people to attempt to prove themselves. But still, I wouldn't want to apply to a school that was known to not accept many students of my race.</p>
<p>At any rate, was there some big event since last year that caused an increase in the number of african american applicants this year? If not, then it would seem that the percentage of african american applicants this year should be the same as last year.</p>
<p>If it was AA, then average GPA/SATs would've gone down, but they've gone up</p>
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I wouldn't want to apply to a school that was known to not accept many students of my race.
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<p>well, since many african americans students know that the reason behind their low acceptance rate wasnt racist, i dont see why they would not want to prove themselves academically speaking. In fact, most people are not driven by the numbers of how many people from the same race are in your school, but whether they can get into a good school or not. With that in mind, since they knew that their chances would increase, this could have also triggered more qualified applicants of that race to apply.</p>
<p>You have to wonder how many recruited athletes there are... :rolleyes:</p>
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If it was AA, then average GPA/SATs would've gone down, but they've gone up
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<p>While the increased number of less qualified people being admitted through AA would tend to lower average GPA/SAT, this could have easily been offset by increasing admissions standards for the greater majority of people not being admitted through AA.</p>
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In fact, most people are not driven by the numbers of how many people from the same race are in your school, but whether they can get into a good school or not. With that in mind, since they knew that their chances would increase, this could have also triggered more qualified applicants of that race to apply.
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<p>Most people are driven by whether they can get into a good school or not, so ideally their choices of what schools to apply to would not be affected by how underrepresented their race is at a given school.
Also, ideally, shouldn't the chances of a student of a given race being admitted to a given school not increase, but stay the same, for the sake of not employing AA?</p>
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What makes a Bruin anymore?
UCLA’s new holistic admissions policy still rejects the applicants with real diversity</p>
<p>His eyes skimmed a UCLA letter that was three paragraphs long, but the length didn’t matter.</p>
<p>One simple word explained it all – rejected.
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<p>does anyone know if UCLA did something special for the black admits last year? this year it seems like they are pulling out all the big guns...this weekend is the "black by popular demand" admitted students weekend and they offered to pay for my southwest airlines plane ticket (up front, not a reimbursment) and provide free housing in UCLA dorms and food for free! three days and two nights. and then there is the $1000 Legacy scholarship thing provided by the Black Alumni Association. i feel like a piece of meat. nonetheless, it has made me 70% sure i'm going to UCLA and the other 30% to USC. Before i found out about all of this, I was dead set on USC. hm...</p>
<p>are you serious?</p>
<p>that is just crazy....and unnecessary</p>
<p>yeah i'm serious. free transportation from anywhere in the united states i believe. i know it's from anywhere in california for sure. and they even offered to pick me up from the airport! so i guess this is something new?</p>
<p>i feel for him....the new policy is bull crap....only in Los Angeles.....the top notch schools in America don't take that bull crap into account..it should be objective.....no matter the circumstances....pure scholarship that counts in the real world...in a professional environment productivity counts...not skin color...that is the real world....period...people that are ucla material and don't get in will show their true qualities after college...that's all i have to say</p>
<p>for some reason i don't believe you..</p>
<p>because i'm black?</p>
<p>acutally...i do believe you..lol..i just read the article..</p>
<p>uh, no, because it is ridiculous</p>
<p>post the link to the article you're talking about. i don't think i've seen it</p>