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May 25, 1988

CHANCELLORS

University of California policy on Undergraduate Admissions

The attached University of California Policy on Undergraduate Admissions was adopted by The Regents on May 20, 1988 and becomes effective with applications for Fall 1989.

Universitywide guidelines¹ for implementation of the Policy are now being developed and will be available for your review within the next week. Once these guidelines are in place, you will be requested to develop campus selection criteria based on the Policy and on the Universitywide guidelines.

David Pierpont Gardner

Attachment

cc:

Members, President's Cabinet
Academic Council Chair Schwartz
Assistant Vice President Cox
Director Rogin
Principal Officers of The Regents

¹See Guidelines issued 1-20-02 and related Exception Policy issued 7-29-96.

University of California
Office of the President
May 25, 1988

The undergraduate admissions policy of the University of California is guided by the University's commitment to serve the people of California and the needs of the state, within the framework of the California Master Plan for Higher Education.

The entrance requirements established by the University follow the guidelines set forth in the Master Plan, which requires that the top one-eighth of the state's high school graduates, as well as those transfer students who have successfully completed specified college work, be eligible for admission to the University of California. These requirements are designed to ensure that all eligible students are adequately prepared for University-level work.

Mindful of its mission as a public institution, the University of California has an historic commitment to provide places within the University for all eligible applicants who are residents of California. The University seeks to enroll, on each of its campuses, a student body that, beyond meeting the University's eligibility requirements, demonstrates high academic achievement or exceptional personal talent, and that encompasses the broad diversity of cultural, racial, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds characteristic of California.

Because applicant pools differ among the campuses of the University, each campus shall establish procedures for the selection of applicants to be admitted from its pool of eligible candidates. Such procedures shall be consistent with the principles stated above and with other applicable University policies.