Will An Extra Year At Community College Help Me Transfer To A Better UC If...?

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@ThatKGuy

The UCs admitted more hispanics than whites for the second year in a row and it seems unlikely to me that Hispanics are just simply doing better than white people (not because of race or anything, but when you tend to be in lower income areas you also tend to have less of a shot at doing well in school unfortunately)

In 2015, there were more Latino applicants (35,120) to the UC system than white applicants (25,699).
http://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/factsheets/2015/fall-2015-applications-table3.2.pdf

Out of those applicants, there were 18,280 Latino admits and 15,719 white admits.
http://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/factsheets/2015/fall-2015-admissions-table3.pdf

Out of those admits, there were 10,183 Latino matriculants and 7,654 white matriculants.
http://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/factsheets/2015/frosh_trsirs_table3.1.pdf

Note that California’s overall population has more Latino than (non-Latino) white people, though it is likely that the high school senior / college frosh age group is heavier with Latino people than the general population.