UC Eligibility Changes, 2004 UCLA Legislative Assembly Meeting Adrienne Lavine November 16, 2004

CPEC Study Master Plan recommends that UC accept students from top 12.5%. Last year, California Postsecondary Education Commission showed we were admitting students from top 14.4% of California high schools. Therefore, eligibility criteria had to be tightened.

Paths to Eligibility Statewide Eligibility, based on GPA in “a-g” courses and test scores. Eligibility in the Local Context, top 4% based on GPA in local high school. Eligibility by Examination alone. Ineligible students may be admitted “by exception,” e.g. based on special talents.

Statewide Eligibility Index Eligible Not Eligible

Process for Eligibility Changes Begins with Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (systemwide Academic Senate). BOARS recommends to systemwide Academic Senate, which recommends to Regents, who have ultimate authority to approve.

Changes to Eligibility Rule Changes (effective immediately): Change in average GPA calculation Enforcement of ELC requirements Eligibility Index Change (effective 2007): Raising minimum GPA from 2.8 to 3.0 The 3.0 GPA was President Dynes suggested modification of BOARS’ original recommendation.

Change to Statewide Eligibility Eligible Not Eligible

Reduction of Pool Rule changes reduce pool to top 13%. Increase in GPA reduces pool to top 12.8%. Don’t reduce further for now.

Effect on UCLA Admissions Most of our admits are not near bottom of eligibility pool. Based on last year’s admissions, there would be essentially NO effect. Only 46 out of 9,949 admitted freshmen had GPA < 3.0. These students had special talents (athletic, musical, artistic, etc.) and could still be admitted “by exception.”