jpoliver

The Daily Bruin - Record numbers apply to UC



----But officials said that as a result of recent state budget cuts, the UC faces the possibility that it may not be able to offer admission to all eligible students next year as it has previously, particularly since the budget cuts coincide with the high number of applicants.------

officespace

i thought the budget cuts only affected students applying next year

alansda

UCB and UCLA suffer from budget cuts, while Stanford can give away free tuition...any way to become semi-private? :P

Woman.Of.Troy

Sorry to be cynical but surely that means they are raising the standards of GPA and so on in order to be admitted. (???) If so then high GPA people that have fulfilled reqs. shouldn't worry (?) But who knows. Bummer.

Torrancecali

yah... i thought it's going to start from next year applicants..

dbguy4eva

well.. if it starts next year.. phew.. but if it is for this year. im s**t out of luck.

Ektaylor

If it is this year, only the borderline cases will suffer, while those who would be admitted by previous standards will be admitted as they would any year.

Woman.Of.Troy

hmmm. Whatever "previous" standards for admission are.
>_<

Ektaylor

Previous standards of no-question admits, different from the borderline cases. As to what the standards are, I don't know.

motul

This sucks! Why is this happening right now!

poppin3000

they better not cut transfer admit rates....


freshman admits have a 2nd chance by going through CCC.

for us that's not an option..

so really, in terms of of an equitable approach, only freshman admits should be cut.

Can anyone confirm that this doesn't affect us? (people who applied for fall 08)

AcademicHopeful

University of California - UC Newsroom | Governor's budget proposes cuts to address deficit

Here is an alternate source.

"The governor’s proposal is for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008. The Legislature will consider the governor’s budget and make proposals of its own during the spring. The governor and Legislature typically adopt a final state budget in the summer.

The governor’s proposal does not include mid-year budget cuts for UC in the 2007-08 year."

...and another: UC Davis News & Information :: University prepares to meet budget challenge

"UC breathed a sigh of relief last week when Gov. Schwarzenegger did not call for midyear budget cuts in the university system.

However, from the Office of the President in Oakland to Mrak Hall in Davis, the 10-campus system is readying for the prospect of a tough budget year in 2008-09 — when the governor wants a 10 percent cut in UC spending and in every other part of state government."




When they refer to 2008-2009, isn't that technically the NEXT batch of applicants?

That still wouldn't mean that we won't be seeing any cuts though.

ARNOLD!1111111

jpoliver

Terminator needs a gas to get any sense of education.......T_T

AcademicHopeful

UC's money troubles may turn away students this fall

Who knows the validity of this article, but they state there is a definite possibility of the budget cut affecting the Fall 2008 applicants.

"The University of California may have to consider turning away thousands of eligible student this fall because of expected cuts in revenue caused by the state's $14.5 billion budget deficit, the UC Board of Regents was told today."

nuveen

If the UC's know they probably face impending budget cuts, why wouldn't they take that into account in deciding how many students to admit this fall? It's rather naive to believe that their spending is planned one year at a time, without respect to what will happen the following year.

But hey, hopefully I'm wrong.

Either way, the (unofficial) minimum standards for admission rise every year regardless of budget cuts. The question is how much budget cuts might exaggerate this years increase. I hope that administrators have already been aware of these fiscal woes and, as such, last year's admissions standards should predict this year's more closely.