Why do UVA and Michigan have such low yields?

charlieschm
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:46:30 +0000

The person speaking in the radio program may have said the entire U. California system, not Berkeley, or his numbers may have been wrong. There have been adjustments to the U.C admissions policies over the years since the original outlawing of affirmative action, so it is hard to compare.

In any case, it is interesting that at least a few of the U. California campuses have over 40% Asian-American undergrads in their enrollments. People who believe Asian-Americans are being discriminated against are using those numbers to attack other selective universities.

At the same time, I read that some Asian-American applicants feel they are being displaced by the higher numbers of Chinese students who are paying full sticker price.