Record 60,000 frosh admitted to UC campuses
The University of California offered admission to the most freshmen ever, sending out more than 60,000 acceptance letters for fall 2008 even as it faces budget cuts from reduced state funding, officials announced Monday… UC received a record number of applications – 79,661 – because of a peak in the number of Baby Boomers’ children graduating from high school and because a greater number of students are becoming UC eligible, officials said.
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by Carrie Sturrock, The San Francisco Chronicle.