Newsweek - While college admissions typically bring to mind essay writing, SAT scores and extracurriculars, a new trend has emerged in higher education—direct admissions, with high school students now being able to get accepted to college without ever truly applying.
As many colleges experience a major drop in enrollment each year, direct admissions are a way to keep student numbers higher by offering one major appeal—instant acceptance.
The college enrollment crisis has many contributing factors. For one, birth rates have declined, leading to fewer students in college across the country. A surge in Gen Z Americans looking into the trades has also prompted a departure for many that might have attended a four-year university otherwise.
Several schools have opted for direct admissions in recent years including San Francisco State University (SFSU), which has lost around 6,000 students since 2020, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. That’s roughly a quarter of the college's undergraduates...
To qualify for direct admission, high schoolers must complete their A-G classes with at least a C and have a GPA of at least 2.5 in courses taken from grades 10 to 12, the newspaper added.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has also signed Senate Bill 640 into law, creating a California State University (CSU) Direct Admission Program which will enable every California high school student to be admitted automatically to CSU if their grades pass a certain threshold. This only applies to 43 of the state’s 937 school districts, however.
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