<p>“Hi, epiphany, are you saying that the UC system genuinely takes into account economically limited circumstances?”</p>
<p>Absolutely. They do walk the walk. Again, it’s actually calculated within a point system. And several varieties of challenges, in addition to economic, are considered – weighted in specific ways, according to the campus in question. This is not something new for U.C., but because of increasing numbers of applicants recently in low-income ranges, it is no longer true that the in-state upper-middle-class student can consider many U.C.'s to be “safeties” (and thus approach their applications with an expectation of admission). More work & care must be put into that application, and still there might not be the desired results, depending on the size & economic make-up of any accomplished applicant pool. This year’s UCLA results are signfiicant in that regard.</p>