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(Michael Zshornack/Photo editor) The Board of Regents approved a system-wide policy for undergraduate admission that would allow selected students to submit additional material

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Several students said they supported a new policy change to the University of California’s undergraduate admissions, but felt that part of the change, which allows admission officers to request recommendation letters, would put some students at a disadvantage.

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New policy allows admissions officers to request supplemental items

By Sharon Zhen

July 17, 2017 12:27 a.m.