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> Her own child was turned down by her top three UC choices two years ago, despite SAT scores and a grade point average above the 90th percentile. Her daughter
by vmarsy 10y ago
> Her own child was turned down by her top three UC choices two years ago, despite SAT scores and a grade point average above the 90th percentile. Her daughter ended up at a fourth UC campus.
Why not simply follows Texas' Top 10% Rule[1] ?
> The law guarantees Texas students who graduated in the top ten percent of their high school class automatic admission to all state-funded universities
This top 10% rule, (in conjunction with a minimum SAT to avoid bad schools) would solve that mom problem (assuming the child is above the 90th percentile for that particular school).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_House_Bill_588 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_House_Bill_588
- flat6turbo 10y agobecause there's too many people in california to do that. there is a similar heuristic in place, but of course, the top 3 UC's is the same for everyone (berkeley, LA, SD) http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/california-residents/admissions-index/ http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/califor...
- flukus 10y agoSounds like a scheme to improve enrollments for lower quality schools.
- ben_jones 10y agoIt also would give an unfair advantage to students of means who can afford tutors to write admissions essays, do there homework, or SAT prep programs that drill test taking strategies and rote memorization of common answers. Maybe it would be better still, when I was in school I just saw too much of this.
- dukeluke 10y agoThose students already have an unfair advantage.