If youre eligible for CSU, youll be guaranteed a slot under California budget deal
More than 30,000 students who meet California State University admissions requirements are turned away each year because there is no space for them in the system’s most popular programs.
Under a state budget deal unveiled Tuesday, CSU will soon have to offer those applicants a slot somewhere at one of its 23 campuses statewide.
The policy, which CSU must develop and approve by next May, is based on a guarantee at the University of California: All California high schoolers who rank in the top 9 percent of graduates statewide, or finish among the top 9 percent of the graduating class at certain high schools, are eligible to attend UC; if they are not admitted to the campus of their choice, UC offers those students a spot at another campus where there is space, which in recent years has been only Merced.
CSU does not have an equivalent guarantee. Last year, it rejected about 31,000 qualified students who applied to “impacted” campuses or majors, where enrollment is restricted because the number of eligible applicants outstrips available seats.
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