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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"For example, for three consecutive year, 20-30% of UC Berkeley first-semester calculus students who participated in mathematical diagnostic testing displayed [i]severe[/i][b][u] preparation deficits."

Ouch.[/quote]

How is this going to be fixed by SAT scores if it is the HS math instruction that sucks? [/quote]

Most likely by admitting fewer unprepared students.  Right now UC's admit by high school.  The lower SES, URM high schools have the same admissions chances as high performing ones.  Presumably the SAT will provide cover to deviate from this and pick more Asian and white students.[/quote]

This. Texas has similar issues with the 6% rule. Gaming GPA over high school rigor is rewarded. There is a big sea change coming there as well. At least scores are used but it does not matter as much with the guaranteed GPA admit rules. 
When you have taught in the UT system and now are at an ivy you see the difference however, in the past few years the percent unprepared for the ivy has gone up a lot. The bottom 15-20% is not close to the median student anymore. Professors are frustrated everywhere; our CA colleagues have merely seen the issues longer and are fed up. Ivies are (quietly) going back to academic minimums over diversity goals but it will take 3 more admission cycles to fully reverse the damage the TO/pandemic years did.  [/quote]
There are no changes to Texas’s top 6% rule. It’s a negotiation between liberals and conservatives, because it uplifts marginalized identities of all backgrounds- rural white people, inner city black and brown people, etc. [/quote]

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