Lure of Chinese Tuition Squeezes Out Asian-American Students - Oliver Staley, Bloomberg

The University of California system, rocked by budget cuts, is enrolling record numbers of out-of-state and international students, many from China, who pay almost twice that of in-state residents, squeezing out high-achieving Asian-Americans. Kwanhyun Park, the 18-year-old son of Korean immigrants, spent four years at Beverly Hills High School earning the straight As and high test scores he thought would get him into the University of California, San Diego. They weren’t enough. The sought-after school, half a mile from the Pacific Ocean, admitted 1,460 fewer California residents this year to accept higher-paying students from out-of-state, many from China. “I was shocked,” said Park, who also was rejected from four other UC schools, including the top-ranked campuses in Berkeley and Los Angeles, even with a 4.0 grade-point average and an SAT score above the UC San Diego average. “I took it terribly. I felt like I was doing well and I failed.”