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Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Tuesday that his campus will be admitting as many as 600 fewer "unfunded" California students a year to offset a 20 percent cut from Sacramento. Those slots will instead go to out-of-staters.

We're told the idea is also being looked at for both UCLA and UC San Diego which, like Berkeley, attract large numbers of out-of-state applicants.

UC Berkeley to admit more out-of-state students

hmmmmmmm

Wait, does this refer to seniors in the class of 2010 or 2011? The "next year" part is a bit ambiguous to me.

lockn

This is huge for OOS students. Berkeley got 6309 OOS applicants last year, and let in 1110 for a 17.6% admit rate. If this change is made (and everything else is equal) the admit rate will increase to 27.1%.

If this is put in place this year, I will apply.

Batllo

lockn- The Berkeley window for OOS students is open. Apply early and often! California needs your money. Thank you for your continued support.

slisenberger

That's insane! I'm an OOS who plans to apply to berkeley, and I'm glad I've got more of an opportunity.

rollz4

while it's not necessarily a transgression the school is happy to make, i think it'll make the school a better evironment almost immediately. out-of-state students are held to higher admissions standards, and broadly speaking, an influx of OOSers enhances the quality/intellectual diversity of the student body as a whole. more funding means more programs for students, making it more attractive to potential applicants, etc. i don't see a whole lot of downside to this for berkeley.

lockn

FYI... I called admissions and they said the change applies to current applicants for fall 2010 enrollment.