The university has found ways to save as many undergraduate slots as possible, and does not actually have to slash enrollment by 3,000 students.
UC Berkeley was ordered by California's Supreme Court to freeze its undergraduate enrollment at 2020-21 levels.
Undoubtedly these measures will have a substantive impact on students' immersive and full-bodied experience at Berkeley."We have no doubt that we can deliver an excellent education within the context of online learning," Mogulof said. However, all prospective students will know their status at the same time as other universities."We not operating in isolation. UC Berkeley's sending out its letters the same time as other universities and we want to make sure that students who've applied to UC Berkeley know what their options are before they make one of the most important decisions in their young lives," said Mogulof.
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