UC Berkeley & Mission HS

"According to data from the University of California released on March 13, Mission High School had an acceptance rate of 43% at the flagship UC campus, the highest of any high school surveyed and almost three times the state average of 15%. …"

"Though Mission High has traditionally lagged in state standardized testing results, it surpassed a wide range of high schools throughout the state in the acceptance rankings, including private schools and San Francisco’s highly competitive Lowell High, which requires placement testing for enrollment. …"
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Mission HS Percentile Score on Smarter Balanced 8.1%
Lowell HS Percentile Score on Smarter Balanced 99.1%
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"During the Racial Reckoning, the politicians on the UC Board of Regents over-rode the findings of the expert commission of the faculty senate and banned even the option submission of test scores by high school students applying to UC campuses."
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​"The UC system overall saw an increase in California students and groups that are 'historically underrepresented in higher education,' such as African American, Latinx, Native American and Pacific Islander students, UC officials said in a Jan. 25 news release."

https://www.unz.com/isteve/how-to-get-into-uc-berkeley-go-to-a-bad-high-school/​

The title of the statistical analysis is
"How to Get Into UC Berkeley? Go to a Bad High School"

What is going on? Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This policy defeats merit-based education and everything I have done in my tutoring career, which is to improve test scores. I hope that another analysis is done to show the success/failure rate of the students receiving preferential treatment.

Note #1: Latinx is a noun or adjective relating to people of Latin American origin and is used as a gender-neutral or nonbinary alternative to Latino or Latina. Using it slaps a disgusting label on young people. Frankly, using any of these labels divides people and is un-catholic.
Note #2: Equity means equity of outcomes. What it really means is, if you get a C, you deserve an A because your racial background disadvantaged you in a 'white' society. This is an insult to 'nonwhites'.
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