More Applicants

From the LA Times: ...Applications to UC’s nine undergraduate campuses soared to a record 250,000 — a 15% increase over last year, including significant rises among California Latino and Black freshmen applicants, according to preliminary data disclosed by UC President Michael V. Drake in a meeting this week with The Times editorial board. Campus-specific data will not be released until early next year.

“For all the challenges and all of the noise about is [college] worth it, we see more people looking to the University of California as a pathway to their future than ever before,” Drake said...

Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-18/uc-numbers-soar-cal-state-tumbles-as-pandemic-upends-college-application-season