Brown University raising $120M to eliminate all student loans

Re:Brown University raising $120M to eliminate all student l... by burritofanatic on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @01:12PM (#15799799)

I can confirm the general profile of undergraduate students at UC Irvine. I graduated in 2004 as a first-generation high school/college graduate and went on for an advanced degree. A substantial number of my classmates were also the same. I believe in the UC because, for the most part, it maintains its mission of providing Californians access to higher education if you want it.

I recall the rule (not sure if it's still the same) that if you are within the top 10% of your high school class, you will be admitted to a UC campus so long as you meet a minimum SAT score.

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Re:Brown University raising $120M to eliminate all student l... by dragonwriter on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:18PM (#15802924)

> I recall the rule (not sure if it's still the same) that if you are within the top 10% of your high school class, you will be admitted to a UC campus so long as you meet a minimum SAT score.

If you are in the top 9% of all California graduates, and you are not accepted at any of the campuses you applied to, you will be offered a space at some other UC campus, if there is space available. [0]

If you are in the top 9% of your California high school class, that's a competitive factor in admissions but not a guarantee of admission. [1]

[0] http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/califor...

[1] http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/califor...

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Re:Brown University raising $120M to eliminate all student l... by dwcnnnghm on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:11PM (#15802859)

This is true except for Berkeley and UCLA. They require you to submit separate applications (at the very least at some high schools, it could be that the elite high schools in California are allowed admittance into any UC).

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