This week, UC Berkeley announced that if a court order stands, it would be forced to slash its incoming fall 2022 class by one-third, or 3,050 seats for first-year and transfer students. The news — just a month before the campus was set to release admission decisions — set 150,000 applicants and their families on edge.
The University of California is appealing to the California Supreme Court, asking justices to stay the lower court ruling that froze enrollment, which would allow Berkeley to avert any cuts in its planned admission targets for fall.
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