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Article: COLUMN: UC system sets poor example with appeals
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- April 17, 2003
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Dan Chan
University Wire
04-17-2003
(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Students are in the midst of our second wave of exams, and finals are a few weekends away. They are feeling the intensified anxiety, as are high school students.
Now is the time when most colleges send acceptance and rejection letters to eager students. A rejection can be a significant disappointment.
Or perhaps not. At least, not to students rejected from the University of California campuses. The recent trend is for applicants to appeal an initial rejection with or without reason. And looking at the numbers, it may be wise to appeal, no matter how unqualified an applicant is. In 2001, 5,000 students appealed a UC ...