University of California Board of Regents Chairman Richard C. Blum today (Sept. 18) issued the following statement regarding UCLA admissions:

By any standard, the students enrolling at UCLA are as accomplished, as talented and as ambitious as any previous class, and we firmly believe that UCLA's students compare favorably with those of any top-tier university in the United States.

Ongoing discussion about the merits of UCLA's admissions process has unfortunately -- and wrongly -- led some to question the qualifications of some incoming students. But on behalf of the University of California Board of Regents, I wish to be clear: UCLA has been, and remains, one of the country's most selective public universities, and all admitted students have earned their place on its campus.

Further, the Regents strongly support UCLA's admissions process, a system used successfully by many prestigious universities. We are confident that all of our campuses are in compliance with the requirements of state law pertaining to student admissions, and that all students admitted by this process have earned their place at the University.