CSE lottery system

Just4Years
Sat, 08 Apr 2017 04:53:02 +0000

I think we need to read between the lines. IMO, there’re two main drivers. One is to diversify for groups that are not as prepared or dare I say not as talented in CS to have a shot at CS. It’s essentially a mini AA for CSE. AA is AA and there may be some merit to it, but it’s kind of BS to say 3.3 gets in over 4.0 is more fair than the other way around. The other one is to reduce the number of UD kids come in to UCSD with a false sense of hope who’d end up unhappy campers. That I can agree. Last year more kids enrolled as UD than in engineering school, And most UD kids tried to get in engineering school to begin with. Now why UCSD admits so many as UD is another topic but you can see the issue facing UD kids. CSE is the biggest target for UD kids and the new lottery system should deter some of them from coming. In last year a GPA of 4.0 (yeah it’s getting harder over years) ensured a spot in CSE, which is around a 10% transfer rate. Now with the lottery it’s estimated to be about the same %, as even more kids will try their luck, why not. But the thought of a flat 10% chance no matter how good or how hard you try must be discouraging.