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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This debate has been going on in California for years.  Maybe the UC San Diego debacle has made it more apparent.  The UC's admit based on high schools, not just merit of the general applicant pool.  It is an equity driven way to avoid Prop 209.

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Dominguez High has 1,600 students Dominguez High has 0 NMSF finalists and 0 Commended.
University High has 2,363 students. University High has 33 NMSF finalists, 102 Commended

Keep dreaming if you think their applications are being treated equally.

Dominguez High
Berkeley
21 Applied
6 Accepted
28% acceptance rate
UCLA
72 Applied
7 Accepted
7 Enrolled

University High
UC Berkeley
266 Applied
31 Accepted
14 Enrolled
11% acceptance rate
UCLA
294 Applied
24 Accepted
12 Enrolled

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UC admissions are not based on High Schools, that is a myth. However, they do have a commitment to achieving a student population that broadly matches the regional distribution of students across the state. There is a group on DCUM that will not be satisfied until Berkely and UCLA are extensions of Gunn, Lynbrook, Monte Vista, Mission San Jose, Lowell and other Asian dominated High Schools in the Bay Area.[/quote]

If they are light years more qualified, smarter and ready to excel then frankly they should make up the overwhelming majority. [/quote]

Frankly you are wrong. Why? Because the state University system has a responsibility to the entire state and they need to take that responsibility seriously. Why? because if they don't you could end up with policies like those in Texas which would mean even fewer Bay Area kids getting into the top schools.[/quote]

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