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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Maybe more extracurricular activities would have done it

UC schools reject March For Our Lives leader David Hogg 

By Pueng Vongs | PUBLISHED: March 27, 2018 | UPDATED: March 28, 2018

David Hogg, the student who helped launch the March For Our Lives movement, apparently can’t get into a UC school. Hogg, originally from Los Angeles, was rejected by all four University of California schools he applied to for undergraduate admission. These included: UCLA, UCSD, UCSB and UC Irvine, reports TMZ.com.

You’ll recognize Hogg as one of the outspoken students who survived the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14. Along with 20 of his classmates, Hogg helped found gun control advocacy group, Never Again MSD, which launched the global March For Our Lives movement. You might think that would impress college admissions committees. What’s more according to the UC site, a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for admission for California residents and 3.4 for nonresidents. Hogg’s GPA is 4.2.

For the record, Hogg did get accepted to Cal Poly, Cal State San Marcos and Florida Atlantic University, according to TMZ...

Full story at https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/27/uc-schools-reject-march-for-our-lives-leader-david-hogg/

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