Audit blasts UC Berkeley, UCLA for admitting rich donor kids over more qualified applicants

The UC system has inappropriately admitted dozens of well-connected students in the last seven years, according to a new state audit.
Four of the system’s most elite schools admitted 64 applicants — including 42 at UC Berkeley — between the 2013-14 and 2018-19 academic years based on families’ donations, relationships to campus staffers and other factors. Most of the students were white and came from families making at least $150,000 a year.
The bombshell audit report com