UC opened Merced to add capacity. Other campuses are increasing enrollment, but are limited by space around campus and NIMBYs against growth.
4 Likes
Agree! Santa Cruz can’t house their students because the community homeowners won’t allow expansion in that area. They block every attempt to build additional housing or new department buildings.
They have extremely high rents in that area because they want to discourage students from renting near their homes.
The State of California tries hard to increase spaces and public university access. The state realizes not every student is going to get into Berkeley or LA.
In case you haven’t noticed, buying land in California is difficult. Buying any kind of property in California is extremely difficult and expensive.
The State has tried to get Community Colleges to develop Bachelor’s degree programs at their schools. The problem is that students don’t even want to THINK about attending a CC.
Also learn to get over the fact that other students have different levels of achievement. Just because they didn’t take 15 AP classes doesn’t mean that they’re not capable or intelligent. You can’t take out your bitterness on them.
I taught at the high schools. I was always amazed at the talent of the artists, musicians, carpenters, graphic artists, apprentice trade programs, chefs in training who planned to pursue an undergraduate degree, but continuing within their choice of field. They didn’t have to take 15 AP classes, but maybe did sports, or ECs that are crucial to them.
1 Like
I don’t know what’s next but San Marcos opened when I was in CA. Then Merced.
I know some Cal States are consolidating the back end.
Is there a need for more schools?
If so any in the offing ?
The overall population seems flat to slight decline.
That, or they are the landlords renting houses or rooms to students, so that any new housing will increase competition on their side, reducing the rent prices that they can charge, so they will oppose any new housing for that reason.
1 Like
What were your college admission credentials (including UC and CSU recalculated GPAs), what colleges did you apply to, and what were the results?
Instead of vague unspecified complaining, if you give more specifics, people may be able to answer your questions with more specificity and useful detail.
2 Likes
Over the past decade, the CSUs went from mostly campus impacted to mostly not campus impacted, and few majors at non-impacted campuses are impacted now. “Impacted” means that the campus or major capacity is smaller than the number of students applying to it, so admission is competitive (mostly by CSU recalculated GPA plus campus-specific bonus points like for local area) rather than automatic at the CSU baseline (2.5 CSU recalculated GPA in complete a-g course pattern for California residents).
However, the trend toward more students wanting the “top” schools means that the most selective UCs tend to get more selective, even when there is plenty of space in the less selective UCs and CSUs.
2 Likes
Have you read this article? How the University of California evaluates student applications | University of California
I think that the UC’s want students that are genuine meaning they take classes that interest and challenge them, participate in EC’s which they enjoy and can make a positive difference in their life and the life of others and take advantage of all possible resources/opportunities that are available to them without thinking will this look good for college admissions.
2 Likes
Plenty of students who only took classes and did ECs that they were genuinely interested in still don’t get into the UCs.
Yes, that is true but are these students not getting into their choice UC or they not getting into any UC’s? UC Merced had a 91.7% admit rate for 2024 Freshman applicants so if you meet the UC requirements, you can pretty much count on an acceptance to a UC school.
2 Likes
Not getting into any UC besides Merced or Riverside. And I think it is pretty well-known why nobody wants to go to Merced.
Hopefully you have a wonderful school to attend.
You, not your school, will make your success.
Best of luck wherever you land!!
1 Like
Not really, S24 is now attending UCD. He also got accepted by OOS with Merit: Ohio State (COA $45K), Oregon State (COA $45K) and Arizona (COA $25K). Good Luck.
I will answer this with ‘intellectual curiosity’.
But, if you want some metrics: should be ELC, should have 10+ weighted classes, should have 25+ A-G classes.
ECs/Activities: Something interesting. I know this is vague. But, do something you love instead of checking boxes.
I’ll give you an example: swimmer with many local awards, volunteers with local charities helping kids learn how to swim, surfing passion, bodysurfing awards, lifeguard, EMT certified.
For the UCs, your PIQs should show who you are, not highlight your achievements. Can you imagine how many applications they read that are exactly the same? Show your voice.
1 Like
Yes, UC expands capacity by building and expanding UC Merced (because expanding other campuses runs into physical and NIMBY limits), and those who complain that there is not enough space in UCs refuse to go there.
4 Likes
5 posts were split to a new thread: New UC Location