Description: Your Tucson college counselor explains what IECA consultants do, and how the college admissions scandal affects students with learning disabilities.
Each year, Tucson students ask for my help in applying to the University of California. The attractions are obvious: sun, sea, and access to the remarkably robust California economy.
Until last year, like many other state universities, the University of California (“UC”) welcomed non-residents because of their outsized tuition payments. For some campuses, being from out of state conferred a sizable advantage. I noted it here: Geographic (or Monetary) Diversity?
This year the UC altered course. It is now prioritizing admitting more California students, and will most likely do so for the rest of this decade. If you want to get into one of the flagship universities, or even one of the second-tier institutions, your quest will be significantly more difficult than in years past.