Amy Jarich

The fall 2016-17 UC Berkeley freshman class includes 1,000 more in-state admits compared to last year out of a total number of 14,425 admitted students, according to new data released by the UC system Wednesday.

The campus announced Wednesday that Associate Vice Chancellor for Admissions and Enrollment Anne De Luca has accepted a position at Harvard University and will be leaving UC Berkeley at the end of July.

After opening the acceptance letter plastered with the face of Amy Jarich, the woman who holds a mysterious allure surpassing even Chancellor Dirks’, my sense of self worth soared. It'll be marked in my life history as my most monumental validation. It was perhaps the only time in my life where I felt as on top of the world as Oprah Winfrey does daily.

Last month, the UC Office of Admissions announced that it would be modifying the undergraduate application for freshmen applying in the upcoming fall semester, replacing the two essay prompts with eight new questions.

In a bid to make the campus more inclusive, the admissions office will no longer use the phrase “spring admits” to refer to incoming freshmen admitted to the spring semester.

Since the start of the semester, a record number of students have asked for their admissions files from the UC Berkeley campus -- a spike that followed an online post about a group of Stanford students outlining a process to request admissions documents.

To combat the state’s disinvestment in higher education, UC Berkeley's financial model has shifted to become more dependent on out-of-state and international student tuition.

Despite a marked increase in applications from underrepresented minorities to UC Berkeley this year, the representation of those minorities in the admitted pool of students remained constant compared to previous years.

UC Berkeley maintained the ethnic composition of its freshman admits and has accepted fewer in-state students this year while increasing nonresident acceptance rates, according to data released by the UC Office of the President Thursday.

A record-breaking 67,658 students applied to be a part of UC Berkeley’s next freshman a class - a 10 percent increase in applicants from last year.