What is the impact on UCs diversity?
The impact on the diversity of the freshman class is difficult to project, because we cannot know who will apply under the new policy, and among those who apply, who will be admitted. Based on the best data available, the broader pool of students entitled to review is predicted to be more diverse with respect to race/ethnicity, geography and socioeconomic status than the current eligibility pool. The guaranteed pools, however, are projected to be slightly less diverse (in the current eligibility pool, 3% of students are African American and 19% Latino; under the new proposal, those proportions in the guaranteed pools would be 3% and 18%, respectively). Historically, only a small percentage of students offered admission via the guarantee have accepted.
