Opinion: I teach calculus at Berkeley. Some of my students can’t do middle school math | The San Francisco Standard
Since the University of California abandoned the SAT and ACT, thousands of faculty say it’s admitting students who aren’t prepared for the coursework. Will UC listen?
In March, two California families opened college admissions decisions that should make anyone who cares about higher education stop and think. One student — I’ll call him Elias — was admitted to a top University of California engineering program. His family was thrilled though surprised. Math had been his weakest subject in high school, but they assumed the university had seen something they hadn’t. Another student — Nadia — watched rejection after rejection arrive from UC campuses. One turned her down even though she had earned A’s there in Calculus II and other college-level STEM courses…
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