CSE lottery system

BunnyBlue
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 02:33:29 +0000

Also I just followed the link to their rationale for changing their system for how students are let into a CSE major:

http://cse.ucsd.edu/sites/cse.ucsd.edu/files/undergraduate/NewMajorAdmissionsPolicyRationale.pdf

They thought that the old way, letting in only those with the highest GPA in the required courses, was unfair and was causing too much focus on grades and too much stress. I think they are saying that some people with good GPAs, but GPAs that were too low to get in competitively in the old system, also deserved to get in, so they wanted to give them an equal chance. It was also interesting to read that they lack adequate funds to hire enough full-time long-term instructors.