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Originally Posted by sammyg2
But that wasn't enough to get him accepted to UCLA which is where he wanted to go.
He was kind of bummed but they were cool about it, he was simply too white and too rich and too local.
A friend of the family works there and told us if he was a non-resident he would have gotten in. Same story if he were poor or had a different complexion.
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What complexion would have helped? I thought affirmative action at the UCs was banned in California by Prop 206? Making admissions race-neutral and merit based only? (Which is why the top UCs are now 40-50% Asian and only 1-5% African American).
Although it seems like it does help to be out of state, given that the cash strapped UCs desperately need that out of state tuition ($30K/yr higher than in state). That always struck me as outrageous. Californian families who have paid taxes for decades, only to find their kids can't get in to the top UCs because those spots are being whore'd out to the higher out of state bidders.
Congrats on finishing the process and I'm sure he'll like UCSD and be very successful there!