The rules limit admission to the upper 8% of California high school graduates (out-ofstate applicants must meet slightly higher requirements).
This quota was later substituted with geographic distribution preferences, having the same effect of limiting Jewish admission.
In 1904, it was not uncommon for American medical schools to have quotas limiting admission of Jewish students, and medical fraternities.
But the District 2 Superintendent, Anthony J. Alvarado, wants to limit admission to the school to children who live in the neighborhood, where housing is becoming increasingly expensive.
Many veterinary schools limit admission to students from their area, state or country.
Others limit admission to invited guests, and no longer mention anything about the opening on the cards they mail out.
Earlier that week, curators had to rescind their decision to limit admission because the public demand was so great.
Another consequence of the increased reliance on these exams is easy to foresee: to insure that pass rates are high, teacher education programs would limit admission.
Columbia at this time was one of the only elite private universities that did not limit admission of Jewish applicants with implicit quotas around 12%.
At first, it was coeducational, but soon it was decided to limit admission to girls due to the limited space available (only six buildings were usable then).