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UC system sets new procedures

Next year, the University of California system will begin to check students’ claims on their applications regarding their accomplishments and personal circumstances in an attempt to discourage falsifying applications to increase their admission chances.
 
Currently, UC campuses check high school grades and suspicious statements.
 
Critics to the new fact-checking procedures argue that it is just another way to practice affirmative action. However, there is not much evidence to back up those accusations.
 
This is a smart and necessary action on the part of the UC system. It is widely known that because of the level of competition concerning college admission, many students exaggerate and fabricate achievements and stories in order to better their chances of getting into the college of their choice.
 
It is interesting that the UC system is just now implementing this procedure. If a school requires certain information for admission, and bases admission on that information, then they should also automatically verify all of that information to insure that all applicants receive the same chances.
 
Who even knows how many students have been admitted into the UC system based upon false claims and accomplishments?
 
Students should be held accountable for everything that they put on any application. The thought of a student making up stories about the difficulties they have had to face, just to get into a school over someone else is despicable. Yet we all know it happens all too frequently.
 
The new procedures will insure that college admissions remain fair and that students remain truthful on their applications. The procedure should have been implemented from the beginning but it is better late than never.

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