UC Irvine Decides to Admit Most Students Whose Offers Were Revoked

UC Irvine Decides to Admit Most Students Whose Offers Were Revoked

UC Irvine recently revoked almost 500 admission offers due to errors. Now the school has decided to make good on most of the offers.

Inside Higher Ed reports:

UC Irvine Admits Those Whose Offers Were Revoked

The University of California, Irvine, announced Wednesday that most of those whose admissions offers were revoked last month will in fact be admitted. The announcement follows anger at the news that about 500 acceptances were revoked last month, leaving students scrambling to find college options. The university said that the unusually high number of revoked acceptances had no relationship to the news that about 800 more freshmen were planning to enroll in the fall than Irvine had expected. But many have openly doubted that and said the university was punishing students for its own mistakes. Many of those who had acceptances revoked reported that they were told they had failed to submit one form or another on time — a situation that in past years did not lead to this many revoked applications.

“The stories of our students whose college dreams were crushed by our decision to withdraw admissions to hundreds of students are heartbreaking. And unacceptable,” said a statement from Howard Gillman, chancellor of the university. “This process is not working. We are a university recognized for advancing the American dream, not impeding it. This situation is rocking us to our core because it is fundamentally misaligned with our values. I must step in and change our direction.

“Effective immediately, all students who received provisional acceptances into UCI will be fully admitted, except those whose transcripts clearly indicate that they did not meet our academic standards. Those standards are: no D’s or F’s their senior year; a senior-year grade point average of at least 3.0; completion of all A-G requirements outlined by the University of California; and required test scores as indicated on the students’ admission portals. Even for students whose transcripts show that these requirements were not met, we will establish an expedited process to allow students to make the case for extenuating circumstances, and otherwise will work with students to identify other possible pathways into the university.”

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