<p>If I was Mr. Macias, I would be fighting mad.</p>
<p>Back in the day when I went to UW Seattle, I had the luxury in grad school to actually be able to petition to take certain classes in the law school and the business school which I felt, after discussion with my advisor, would supplement the classes I was taking in the public affairs school. It didn’t take a huge effort and I really enjoyed those classes.</p>
<p>I managed to complete my undergrad in the UW in three years, by taking extra credits each quarter and taking classes over the summer. No way could I do something like that if I’d had to face what these students in CA are looking at, and there are signs it will get worse. (Since my H is on faculty at USC, he knows plenty of colleagues at the UC schools.) Therefore, we are crossing fingers that our S will get accepted at some of the privates he’s applied to, so he doesn’t have to face the UC system. And he wants to study physics, which means that limited supply of lab space.</p>