Tag: admissions
Time is a luxury only the rich can afford, and it...
“Time is of the essence,” is a statement that was constantly reiterated in my mind growing up. At the time, it was difficult to...
College bribery scandal reveals unsurprising rift in admission process
The U.S. Department of Justice faced a record breaking scandal when it was revealed on March 12 that at least 50 people were being...
In the name of diversity – except Asian-Americans
In an effort to further combat college applicant processing based on race, the Trump administration is investigating Yale University, which has received accusations of...
Transfer Success Zone manager discusses Zone’s objectives
Sixteen hundred transfer students were enrolled at UC Riverside this fall quarter. This is just a hundred shy of the projected fall enrollment by...
Step forward for UC standardized testing policy reveals an uncertain future
The University of California Board of Regents announced they will be commissioning a study to examine the relationship between the SAT and ACT tests...
International undergraduate admissions down across UC: Is it our new president?...
The University of California (UC) saw a one-percent drop, which equates to a shortfall of about 353 applicants, in international freshman undergraduate applications for...
“MyUCR” portal mistakenly tells students they were accepted
On Wednesday, March 8 the MyUCR undergraduate admissions portal was shut down for technical reasons, following the accidental posting of acceptances to some applicants’...
Students voice their opinion on the rising number of freshman applications
According to UCR admissions, the number of freshman applications to UCR for fall 2017 has risen by 4.5 percent which amounts to more than...
UCR is getting too big, too fast
UCR is in the midst of a crisis. At a glance, it may seem to be the same UCR as last year. There have...
UC ramps up admissions by 15 percent
The University of California granted a total of 66,123 California high school seniors admission for the 2016-2017 academic school year, a nearly 15 percent...