Category Archives: UC Admissions

An Inexpensive Virtual Statewide UC Campus

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Dennis SILVERMAN

An Inexpensive Virtual Statewide UC Campus Now that we know that virtual college educations can work, we can face up to the serious financial problems poorer and even middle income families have sending their college students to expensive UC locations. … Continue reading →

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The University of California Acts to Protect International Students

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The University of California Acts to Protect International Students UC System President Janet Napolitano announced that the UC is suing the Trump Administration action threatening to deport international students with F-1 or M-1 visas unless they take at least one … Continue reading →

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University Aid to High School Teaching and Educational Equality

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

University Departments’ Aid to High School Teaching and Educational Equality in the Time of the Pandemic. We are immediately concerned about the behavior of Police Departments to Black Americans, but this is just the tip of the iceberg of racial … Continue reading →

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US News Best Value Ratings Seems to Neglect UC Tuition Reductions

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

US News Best Value Ratings Seems to Neglect UC Tuition Reductions The University of California campuses have the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan which reduces or waives UC tuitions depending on family income.  This social equity program waives the $12,570 … Continue reading →

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No Racial Discrimination in College Admissions, Really?

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

No Racial Discrimination in College Admissions, Really? The point is simple. Minorities have been discriminated against all of their lives, and their parents’ lives, and so on. Attention to a full student evaluation for minorities is the last attempt to … Continue reading →

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International College Students in the US

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

A major increase in American education is the influx of college and high school students from other countries. They help our financing of colleges since they pay tuition at private colleges or a high out-of-state tuition at public universities. They … Continue reading →

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Top California Universities in the 2018 US News and World Report Rankings

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We list the top ranked California Universities in the 2018 US News and World Report Rankings, with their ranking number (dropping the word “tie”), and their undergraduate enrollments.  What I really like to look at is the evaluation score, but … Continue reading →

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Several Budget and Legislative Restraints on Freshman Admissions to the UC System

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Several Budget and Legislative Restrictions that Restrain Freshmen Admissions to the UC System There are too many, and numerically arbitrary, conditions on UC admissions imposed by the legislature, which act to constrain UC freshman and transfer admissions, and UC budgets.  … Continue reading →

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