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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Further trashing of the UC haters:

Acceptance rate for in-state applicants:

UCLA: 10.0%
Berkeley: 13.5%
UCSD: 26.5%

UVA: 25.5%
Michigan - Ann Arbor: 39.5%
UT - Austin: 41.0%
UNC - Chapel Hill: 41.5%

Compare those stone cold facts with the respective OOS acceptance rates.

We’re supposed to believe that the institutions accepting a higher percentage of their population are better than the more selective ones that are accepting a lower percentage of their population? Yeah, OK.[/quote]
My kid is graduating from Berkeley in a week, so what I’m about to say isn’t coming from a “hater”, but this is one of the dumbest analyses I’ve seen on DCUM.[/quote]

The opinions of CC transfers don’t count, so settle down. And it’s an analysis.[/quote]
Do you know how singular/plural nouns work?[/quote]

The thesis is “the UC system is the best public education system in America”.

Where’s the additional assessment, genius?[/quote]
So needlessly aggressive.

When I say “one of the dumbest analyses I’ve seen on DCUM”, I mean “I’ve seen many analyses on DCUM”. Among those, I’ve seen both intelligent, thoughtful takes, and … takes that are … not. Of the many analyses I’ve seen on DCUM, “the UC low admit rates mean they’re the best schools in the country booya mic drop” is one of the dumbest.[/quote]
Resentment and jealousy of the State of California has become an obsessive pastime for large swaths of America, but that doesn’t excuse your lame responses.

There. Have a great day, though![/quote]
I am a Californian. And, again, my kid is graduating from Berkeley (after getting in as a senior in high school, though I think the CC-transfer system is great). There's no "resentment" or "jealousy" here. You just don't have a compelling argument.[/quote]

This isn’t an argument. It actually seems like one side promoting the consensus best publics and the other side downplaying them without any semblance of defense for the alternatives they apparently think are better.

Where’s the case for Virginia over Cal?
Where’s the case for Texas over UCLA?
Where’s the case for UNC over Michigan?

At one point, someone even argued that ANY of the Top 50 LACs would be a better choice for an OOS applicant than Cal or UCLA (or any other UC)!

Macalester or Occidental or Grinnell or Lafayette, all costing $10 - $15K more per year, would be better choices?

This sure seems like individual(s) irrationally attacking the UC system without presenting any objective arguments - just their feelings.[/quote]

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