In finding ``good news'' in Berkeley's new freshman admissions plan (``The Privileged Class,'' editorial, Sept. 20), you're reading the headline but not the story. The plan indeed raises from 40% to 50% the number of freshmen applicants admitted strictly by academic criteria.
half of the students attending Berkeley will be admitted this way
But that doesn't mean ``half of the students attending Berkeley'' will be admitted this way.
In finding ``good news'' in Berkeley's new freshman admissions plan (``The Privileged Class,'' editorial, Sept. 20), you're reading the headline but not the story. The plan indeed raises from 40% to 50% the number of freshmen applicants admitted strictly by academic criteria.</s>But that doesn't mean ``half of the students attending Berkeley'' will be admitted this way.</s>half of the students attending Berkeley will be admitted this way