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The 18-year-old De La Cruz graduated barely in the top 20% of her San Pedro High class and is competing against students with much higher GPAs and test scores. She probably doesn't have enough money to finish her first year of classes.
She has almost no safety net: She doesn't know her father, and her mother, who lives across the street, didn't get up to wish her good luck. She met a few people during orientation but doesn't have anyone she would consider a friend.
UCLA officials acknowledge that some freshmen are admitted for reasons other than their grades and test scores, that some students come from dramatically different backgrounds than many of their peers but show academic promise.They say there are programs on campus to help these students But De La Cruz isn't aware of them.
"To have a chance to thrive here, students like that need an advocate," said Charles Alexander, UCLA's associate vice provost for student diversity.
For an illegal immigrant, getting into UCLA was the easy part - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-freshman2-2009feb02,0,7890948.story - broken link)
Gee, I guess they can't find a single poverty stricken American child that has big enough hardships to overcome in order to be allowed to attend an American University.
The 18-year-old De La Cruz graduated barely in the top 20% of her San Pedro High class and is competing against students with much higher GPAs and test scores. She probably doesn't have enough money to finish her first year of classes.
She has almost no safety net: She doesn't know her father, and her mother, who lives across the street, didn't get up to wish her good luck. She met a few people during orientation but doesn't have anyone she would consider a friend.
UCLA officials acknowledge that some freshmen are admitted for reasons other than their grades and test scores, that some students come from dramatically different backgrounds than many of their peers but show academic promise.They say there are programs on campus to help these students But De La Cruz isn't aware of them.
"To have a chance to thrive here, students like that need an advocate," said Charles Alexander, UCLA's associate vice provost for student diversity.
For an illegal immigrant, getting into UCLA was the easy part - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-freshman2-2009feb02,0,7890948.story - broken link)
Gee, I guess they can't find a single poverty stricken American child that has big enough hardships to overcome in order to be allowed to attend an American University.
De La Cruz needs to be deported post haste----------along with her 'mother'. Needless to say: we do not need that sort of trash here in the USA.
Before anybody here dares call me a racist or similar: many folks here (including myself) have no problem using the phrase PW Trash------and, I am White.
De La Cruz needs to be deported post haste----------along with her 'mother'. Needless to say: we do not need that sort of trash here in the USA.
Before anybody here dares call me a racist or similar: many folks here (including myself) have no problem using the phrase PW Trash------and, I am White.
Radical does not equal racist. Anyone calling you "racist" would be uninformed and non objective. College should be for Americans not illegals.
Actually, the concept of granting in-state tuition or ANY preferential treatment to illegal aliens is absurd. It’s the old stray cat syndrome. How can we ever expect to rid ourselves of illegals if we continue to feed them goodies?
Actually, the concept of granting in-state tuition or ANY preferential treatment to illegal aliens is absurd. It’s the old stray cat syndrome. How can we ever expect to rid ourselves of illegals if we continue to feed them goodies?
I prefer stray cats myself
Never mind the little monsters can be a PITA.
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