| For the non Californians here, there is very important context on admissions that may not be widely known. Under the 1960 California Master Plan, the top 12.5% of California high school graduates have automatic entry into the UC system. That is no longer quite the case though. Nowadays, under the Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) system, the top 9% of high school graduates are guaranteed a spot in the UC system, regardless of rejection to school. That said, you will commonly hear about the Master Plan in conversations here without the nuance. In practice, this is typically UC-Merced or UC-Riverside as the UCs of last resort. That said, about 32% of all UC entrants are in the ELC system. So, I'd assume that around 32% of incoming UCSD (the UC in question in the article) entrants are ELC. The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) found that ~80% of ELC entrants came from below average schools. So, assuming nothing special here, 0.8*0.32 = ~0.25, or ~25% of incoming UCSD students came from an 'bad' high school. > Statewide, 37.3% of students meet math learning standards in the grades that are tested. Look, there are a lot of complicated stats and math that I just do not have the coffee for here. But a 'failing' 25% of incoming entrants is in the right ball park. The University of Texas system has a similar matriculation standard too. TLDR: Failing high schools are the root cause here. UC professors should get out of the ivory tower more. None of this is surprising. |
This dig seems misaimed, inaccurate, and inapplicable to the request of having SAT factor into admission.