Re: Asians dominate UC admissions.


beernuts wrote:
PeterL wrote:
For the first time, Asian Americans are the dominant group being
offered freshman admission this coming fall to the University of
California's 10 undergraduate campuses, UC officials announced.

Until now, the largest racial group of accepted students systemwide was
always white.

That's not true at the flagship UC Berkeley campus. Asians have been
the largest group there since 1993, said Richard Black, associate vice
chancellor for admissions and enrollment.

Officials said the systemwide change is a reflection of population
trends throughout California, as well as Asian American applicants'
disproportionate success in meeting UC admission standards.

Asian Americans make up 36 percent of the record 55,242 freshmen
admitted for the fall term, compared with 35.6 percent for whites,
according to figures released by the UC president's office.


How is 1/2 point (or less) dominating?

Based on the population of Asians in California.

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