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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS had a 790 on the math SAT and 750 RW SAT and didn't get in. Only UC he got into was UC Santa Cruz.

Meanwhile he got into Williams, Tufts, Carleton, Wesleyan, WashU and more.

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Same SAT score for my son. He did get into a “higher” UC, but not Cal or UCLA.[/quote]

I really, really doubt the UC AOs at other schools couldn’t distinguish these kids from kids at lower performing, predominantly Hispanic kids just because they didn’t have SAT scores. UC wants to force top stat kids into the lower tiered UCs. The upper and mid tiers need a certain % of hispanicc kids. Requiring or not requiring SATs is not changing this. [b]It will just piss people off more.
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The test blind policy is already pissing off most STEM/Econ faculty.

They can still “force top stat kids into the lower tiered UCs” and admit more Hispanic kids to the upper and mid tiers will a test-required policy. Just be transparent with the scores even if you want to admit low-scoring kids to Cal/UCLA! If anything, studying for the SAT/ACT helps those kids to get better prepared for a top college by building a better foundation in the very basic math and language skills.
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Given the political makeup of the state, there is no way a policy that results in fewer Hispanic students getting into top UC's will ever be implemented. [/quote]

My kid is at UCLA and surprised by how few Black students there are. Meanwhile, being on campus feels like you are in Asia.[/quote]

The Black population of California high school students is only 5%.  California's low scores in high school are from the increased number of Hispanic students.[/quote]

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