<p>^ This OOSer is not doing any replacing!</p>
<p>I totally get that state flagships exist to serve primarily their own, and making an outreach to lower socioeconimic students serves the state’s mission. I don’t see that cohort has significantly diluted UCB admission standards. Average unweighted GPA is a record 3.88, and the 75% end of middle SAT is an all-time high of 2260. Does the outreach contribute to the funding problem? No doubt. Some 55% of resident students receive FA to attend UC Berkeley. Obviously, if we agree those kids should be the ones getting that education, then we the UC system has to find off-setting revenue sources. If OOS and int’l students who are as well qualified as their in-state peers can be part of the fiscal solution, everyone wins. If UCB is so broke they will take anyone who can write the check, we all lose.</p>