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Article: UC system turns away 8,700 eligible freshmen; UC Berkeley students stage small rally
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- April 21, 2004
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Tina Nguyen
University Wire
04-21-2004
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- The University of California system turned away 8,700 freshmen it would have otherwise accepted this year because of budget cuts, adding to a sharp drop in underrepresented admits, UC officials announced Tuesday.
The number of black students admitted to UC Berkeley plummeted by about 30 percent this year, and underrepresented freshmen admits dropped by 12.5 percent.
This year marked the first time in more than four decades that the university system has not been able to offer space to all eligible applicants.
"This has not been a terrific year for students and the university," said Susan Wilbur, director ...