Anonymous
11/16/2025 18:16
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
It's absurd, plain and simple. The standards are different by zip code, this IS discrimination based on race, plain and simple, just not the way you like to look at it.
It’s technically selection based on socioeconomics rather than income to be honest. I also think it’s a brilliant and totally legal workaround. And you can always move to a neighborhood like Compton if you want a hook. It’s about making informed choices
Your system, or rather UC's system, is working pretty good then. Nothing like UC San Diego being put on blast for having college students who add like third graders. A resounding success!
I have just two questions: 1) does this article refer to UCLA or UCB math skills being subpar and 2) does UVA or other state colleges offer remedial math? Having a couple of kids get admitted with weak math skills doesn’t mean the school is unsuccessful.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 18:04
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
It's absurd, plain and simple. The standards are different by zip code, this IS discrimination based on race, plain and simple, just not the way you like to look at it.
It’s technically selection based on socioeconomics rather than income to be honest. I also think it’s a brilliant and totally legal workaround. And you can always move to a neighborhood like Compton if you want a hook. It’s about making informed choices
Your system, or rather UC's system, is working pretty good then. Nothing like UC San Diego being put on blast for having college students who add like third graders. A resounding success!
Anonymous
11/16/2025 18:01
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
It's absurd, plain and simple. The standards are different by zip code, this IS discrimination based on race, plain and simple, just not the way you like to look at it.
It’s technically selection based on socioeconomics rather than income to be honest. I also think it’s a brilliant and totally legal workaround. And you can always move to a neighborhood like Compton if you want a hook. It’s about making informed choices
Anonymous
11/16/2025 17:04
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:UC San Diego admitted 26 students from Lincoln High School in San Diego. Only 12 students in the entire senior class met California's basic high school math standards on their CAASP test. Only 4% even pass an AP exam.
UC San Diego isn't getting the best and brightest from California. It is getting the best and brightest from each high school. The problem is a large proportion of their high schools have extreme low performers and no high performers.
So here we are. College students who are barely literate and with math skills of 5th graders.
The best and brightest from each school has been around for a long time. The best and brightest in low performing schools didn’t have the opportunities that kids from the top schools had but they managed to stay on top. If the universities have the supports for these kids they should do ok. One of them is remedial math. Hopefully they also have writing classes and other basics freshman year.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 16:21
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
In the current grade inflation environment, B is essentially not making efforts to turn in homework.
One of the most horrifying details in the report is that some students who couldn’t test out of precalc had As in high school calculus classes.
In many California HS's you can take math classes online from another HS. Students know which online math classes are easy to cheat on. Vola you have an A in calc in HS.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 16:21
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
It's absurd, plain and simple. The standards are different by zip code, this IS discrimination based on race, plain and simple, just not the way you like to look at it.
Fixed it for you:
It is ensuring statewide representation to maintain political support, plain and simple, just not the way you like to look at it.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 16:19
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
Shut out of top 20 and UVA, despite 1550. Luckily UIUC came through!!
That app obviously hs other issues that you aren’t mentioning.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 16:11
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
In the current grade inflation environment, B is essentially not making efforts to turn in homework.
One of the most horrifying details in the report is that some students who couldn’t test out of precalc had As in high school calculus classes.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 15:58
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Why is calculus necessary if you're not doing STEM?
It isn’t. The UCSD math department puts students whose majors do not require calculus (11% of incoming freshmen) in a separate category, and they aren’t evaluating their math ability at all.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 15:57
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
In the current grade inflation environment, B is essentially not making efforts to turn in homework.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 15:54
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Why is calculus necessary if you're not doing STEM?
Anonymous
11/16/2025 15:12
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
Shut out of top 20 and UVA, despite 1550. Luckily UIUC came through!!
Assuming you were in-state for UVA, I'm very surprised you were rejected from UVA with that SAT. That is well above the 75th percentile where fewer than half of all applicants even submit an SAT. There must have been some deficiencies in the rest of the application? What was GPA, rigor, AP's if not private, LOR's?
Anonymous
11/16/2025 15:06
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
It's absurd, plain and simple. The standards are different by zip code, this IS discrimination based on race, plain and simple, just not the way you like to look at it.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 15:05
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.
Shut out of top 20 and UVA, despite 1550. Luckily UIUC came through!!
Anonymous
11/16/2025 14:55
Subject: Harvard is not alone. UC students Without 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How can all this be true and yet everyone keeps telling me my kid with a B average who is in advanced math and sciences classes won’t get in anywhere for college?
Yes. I am puzzled too. This is just discouraging that my kid is shut out because of the skin color and income of the parents.
But is your kid shut out? Seriously not admitted to one UCSD-caliber school in the United States? Many such schools have admissions rates over 80% and rely heavily on SAT scores. And if you’re focused on the short list of elite privates, well, UCSD was never one of those anyway.