emi722
February 17, 2024, 5:34pm
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Aimlesscat1:
There are alot of doughnut hole families in this group that need a UC price point. But in their eyes CA has stacked the deck against them in the same manner as some groups feel that admissions to elite privates is stacked against them.
They all test (and have high scores) but test blind takes that away. Capped weighted works against highlighting the rigor of their work. They see the admissions results and their take away is that uncapped GPAs aren’t really looked at but rather the UC system is set up to make their 4.0GPA look like everyone else so the schools can just pick who they want.
I’m not saying that they are right with their impressions though it is pretty obvious that these changes were made to limit (or expand) admissions from certain areas. I do think that people who believe that the current system is working are missing some signal.
My observation - this might result from the narrowly concentrated goal, most of these families expect/request their children to study CS. (Even in College Confidential site, lot of “seemingly negative comments” associated with - Bay Area, Asian Male, CS…)
The most recent famous case from Bay Area - Stanley ZhongHe was rejected by 14 colleges. Then Google hired him. - CBS News )
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