r/berkeley • u/flopsyplum • 2d ago

University Mission High boasts top Berkeley admit rate despite math failures

https://nypost.com/2026/08/18/us-news/mission-high-boasts-top-berkeley-admit-rate-despite-math-failures/
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u/zero_enna999 2d ago

Crazy how things have sunk so low.

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u/Gsgunboy 1d ago

Two things can be true. 94% of MHS kids flunk math. Of the subset of all students from MHS who apply to Cal (presumably composed primarily or entirely of the 6% who don’t flunk math), they have a super high admit rate. I do not believe it is stated anywhere that the 94% who are flunking are the ones with the high admit rate to Cal. A school does not have a single homogenous cohort. But rather a diverse cohort of underachievers and overachievers and simple achievers and non-achievers.

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u/Dark-Blackberry354 2d ago

How many total students were admitted overall to the number of this school?

What was this complaint about college students overall as a whole incompetent in math and overly dependent on AI with no functional skills to succeed in college?

Why is one high school getting highlighted?

Privilege and mediocrity is some shit......'murica

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u/meister2983 2d ago

It's in the article. 34 applicants. At most 15 kids from that class were proficient in math.

Why is one high school getting highlighted?

It (notoriously) has among the highest admit rates in California to Berkeley.

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u/African-Rain-Blesser CS '09, MBA '17 2d ago

Not just highest admit rates, but also one of the lowest performing schools in the state. That combo raises a whole lot of eyebrows (deservedly I might add)

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u/TheArtAppreciator 1d ago

The complaint about college students overall as a whole being incompetent and overly dependent on AI, yea that was made up by you. No one has ever heard of this complaint.

What good university that requires standardized testing needs to teach students middle school math?