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Originally Posted by sammyg2
That is not correct.
There are many ways around the system. They can and do set admissions requirements lower for students eligible for pell grants, minority grants, etc.
They can and do control the admissions based on race.
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You'd think that, since colleges are addicted to social engineering.
But Prop 206 makes affirmative action illegal in the UC's. And if they are controlling admissions based on race (through minority grants, etc.), the UC system is doing a pretty bad job of it.
UCSD, is for example, 50% Asian and 1% Black. If they are controlling admissions based on race, why are the demographics like that? What's the explanation?
(UCB and UCLA are similar, even with all the black athletes, they are still only 3-4% black, and highly Asian).
They do seem to be admitting based on income, though. The UC's are filled mostly with low income students these days. (40% are Pell grant eligible, meaning less than $50,000/yr family income, and around 70% receive some form of need-based financial aid). The UC Regents and admissions departments no doubt love low income and first-in-the-family-to-attend-college students. But for some reason, that's not translating to racial diversity.