University of California freshmen applications hit new high

[ucbalumnus]

@twoinanddone

I still don’t agree that recruited athletes just send in an application to their chosen UC and wait to hear if they’ve been accepted. Their sports are not just another EC, even if it says ‘Olympics gold medal winner’ or ‘played in the McDonald’s All American game’. The admissions office knows which athletes are being admitted and they don’t get rejected first and then admitted. Do their applications look just like all the others? Yes. Are their applications processed just like all the others? No.

As stated previously, they are run through the regular admission process first, but those not admitted then are considered for the recruited athlete admit spots. Note that this means that those admitted through the regular process do not take up any of the recruited athlete admit spots.

You may want to read http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/student_athelete_admissions_policy_2016-2017_approved.pdf to see how recruited athlete applications are handled.