<p>I don’t see why significantly higher tuition would help. Would that mean UCLA should do the same? Not like people significantly prefer Berkeley. Only the highly academically inclined (very high stat and academics oriented) may. And they frankly are not likely to find paying way more for Berkeley palatable, when they have (in the common eyes of CA) better options which suddenly don’t seem to cost outrageously more. </p>
<p>Also, how low do we want standards to go? I am not sure if we need to be any laxer on instate students than we are. One of Berkeley’s greatest assets, being that it attracts academic overachievers, is its price coupled with a world class education. Take that perception away, and I am not sure, but it sounds pretty unlikely to succeed, does it not?</p>
<p>Really, is there good evidence to suggest many current UCI and UCSD prospectives really should be at Berkeley due to the OOS admit rate? I doubt it, but am willing to be convinced otherwise.</p>