Protect the delicate psyche of the special little snowflakes at all costs!
Via Camopus Reform:
In an effort to make the campus more “inclusive,” freshmen students who are admitted for the spring semester at the University of California, Berkeley, will no longer be referred to as “spring admits.”
According to The Daily Californian, the public school’s student newspaper, the change is an effort to make students who are admitted for the spring semester feel less inferior to those admitted in the fall. Amy Jarich, assistant vice chancellor and director of undergraduate admissions, told the student publication that “spring admit” students can feel as though “their admission was significantly different” from other freshmen.
The Daily Californian reported that students who are admitted in the spring can be a part of one of three categories: Fall Program for Freshmen (FPF), an academic program where students can live on campus and attend games and classes through an extension program; fall semester off to work, travel, or take classes elsewhere; or enroll in a study abroad program for freshmen.