A BRUIN AFTER ALL LAST-MINUTE ANTE HELPS FRESHMAN.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - After years of studying, earning good grades and taking advanced placement classes, Veronika Barsegyan got what she had been hoping for: a big, fat letter of acceptance from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . It was followed, however, by another letter - this one explaining that, because of funding shortages, she'd have to wait two years before starting at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . Disappointed, the 18-year-old Glendale resident enrolled in classes at Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
But wait. Barsegyan is now headed back to UCLA - the result of last week's state budget vote that directed $33 million back to University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). and California State University Enrollment  campuses.
``I'd be more understanding if they said they couldn't accept me because my SAT scores weren't high enough or my grades weren't good enough,'' Barsegyan said. ``But after you worked that hard, they tell you you're in, but you're not in. And it's hard to explain to everyone who asks, 'Where are you going to school?''' About 7,000 UC and Cal State applicants who had been redirected to community colleges - with the understanding that they would be guaranteed transfers to their chosen schools if they kept up their grades - will again be offered positions at the schools. Glendale Community College had 22 students who had indicated they were interested in joining the guaranteed transfer program, and Pasadena City College, 66. ``The reality is that these students had qualified by grade and by SAT scores and ... they had to redirect them despite having done everything necessary to be admitted,'' said Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, chairman of the budget subcommittee on education that had fought against the higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. cuts. ``We can't deny dreams and the kind of values and upward mobility upward mobility n. The state of being upwardly mobile. upward mobility Noun movement from a lower to a higher economic and social status that education gives people.'' Barsegyan - unlike the 80 percent of students who, when offered UC redirecting, turned it down to attend other schools - chose not to attend the private Loyola Marymount University Marymount University is a coeducational, four-year Catholic university whose main campus is located in Arlington, Virginia. History Marymount was founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) as Marymount College, a two-year women's school. at about $25,000 a year because she didn't want to go into debt. She had already immersed herself in classes at Glendale College, finishing summer school Thursday and planning to take classes in the fall. Her goal was to finish up community college in one year. ``It was a dream of mine to go to UCLA, and I was kind of disappointed. I was trying to hurry up to make haste. See also: Hurry and get there,'' she said, laughing. ``It wasn't like 'Bummer, I'm going to GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). ,' but now I'm really excited because it's a completely different atmosphere there, to experience the UCLA life.'' Barsegyan, who graduated from Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School is an Armenian-American private school located in Los Angeles, California, USA, and while historically consisting of a large Western Armenian population, has in recent years seen children of Eastern Armenian immigrants particularly from Armenia with a 3.9 grade point average and scored 1260 on her SATs, plans to study political science and eventually apply to law school. Her father, Apet, who had been closely monitoring the state budget discussions, said he's pleased that his daughter will attend the university she was qualified to attend. The family moved from Armenia to the United States 15 years ago, and his children grew up knowing that education was the No. 1 priority. ``One of the goals for human beings is to lead a better life and provide better living conditions for your children,'' Apet Barsegyan said. ``In this case ... even though the decision was made to cut the financial budget to schools, people stood up to reverse it. That's what makes this a great country.'' Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Veronika Barsegyan will finally be able to attend UCLA after an infusion of $33 million into the UC and Cal State systems. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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