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U.C. Admission in the News

9/23/2010 - JunkScienceMom's Truth or Scare Blog has sharp insight into recent biased media reports.

9/15/2010 - Bay Area Citizen's Pulse of the Bay has an interesting brief on what could actually be the cause of racial and economic disparity in college admissions. Are teachers to blame?

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Check out the Silicon Valley Education Foundation's full report!

9/14/10 - Right on the Left Coast Blog: Large Public Schools Make Employers' Short List, But Our UC's Resting On Their Laurels?

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9/13/10 - ANNOUNCEMENT

The College Board is again running the gauntlet as they prepare to release their latest report on the validity of the SAT. You can bet that certain members of the media are ready to jump at every chance to tear down a cornerstone of applying to college in an attempt to dumb down the admissions process and lower the education standards in California and the rest of the country’s finest universities.

8/30/10 - Public News service confirms standardized testing is an important part of the admissions process

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Congressman Doug Ose

The University Of California Board Of Admissions and Relations with Schools is once again trying to lower academic standards and change the requirements for admission to UC schools. Just two years ago, they lowered the admission requirements for UC schools by taking out the SAT II subject tests. Their increasingly vocal opposition to standardized testing has now brought it into confrontation with the SAT itself.

Eliminating the SAT will prove a multifaceted problem for UC campuses.
• It will not improve the diversity of students being accepted. Instead, it will eliminate data used to indicate whether students have the ability to succeed at the next level.
• It will hurt UC campuses by eliminating choice for students and families who wish to take the SAT for admission.
• It will increase the complexity and anxiety for student applying to the UC system by removing crucial pieces of evidence that would have demonstrated their academic fortitude and replacing them with additional uncertainty.
• It will result in higher administrative costs by making the admissions system more convoluted and irregular.

The University of California system is the model for public institutions of higher learning. Lowering requirement standards will only serve to erode the reputation for academic excellence that the UC system has earned.