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https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/preparing-freshman-students/freshman-requirements.html https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/prep... "UC eliminated its standardized test requirement in 2020." You may note a correlation with the data showing the remedial class needs skyrocketing after that. Edit: the report notes the same. Obviously there's the confounding factor of Covid, but you would expect the damage to recover by 2024, yet we see that the problem is still getting worse as of the latest data.

apparent 11mo ago
Of course; it wouldn't have been feasible to admit so many clearly underprepared students when standardized test scores were required. It was only by eliminating this requirement (against the recommendations of the UC faculty) that it became possible to enroll so many students who are woefully unprepared.