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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]California originally set up UC to serve the top 20% of students in the STATE not by high school, provide graduate programs and degrees and conduct research, Cal State was designed to take the next lower 20%, provide a combination of 4 year liberal arts or technical/vocational degree and provide degrees in education. If you wanted to be a nurse, a teacher, get a business degree, hospitality, medical tech, engineering etc Cal State was there even if you weren’t a top student.

When CA removed race based admissions, Cal came up with a way to use proxy measures and switch to admitting within the top 20% by school. The others followed this approach. It’s not working well for anyone.

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No, your numbers are not correct. The Master Plan for higher education in CA:

University of California (UC): For the top 12.5% of high school graduates, focusing on research and advanced education. Only UC’s have doctoral programs (with a few exceptions) and law/medical schools.

California State University (CSU): For the top 33.3% of graduates, providing broader education and career-focused training.

California Community Colleges (CCC): Open to all students, emphasizing vocational education and the first two years of undergraduate preparation.

UC’s use BOTH eligibility in local context to identify the top 9% at each high school AND they run a top 9% in the state. My son went to a really competitive high school. He was not in the top 9% of his high school but his application was marked top 9% in the state. For the top 9% in the state they look at GPA and how many UC honors designated classes as well as /AP/ CC classes you have taken.

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