Anyone who has recently attended UC Berkeley would tell you that this is warranted: the school was running into scaling issues <i>hard</i> (particularly in the EECS department), and continuing to grow enrollment without the state investing significantly more money in the school would only result in a decline in the student experience and overall quality of the education.<p>Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely <i>love</i> UC Berkeley and wouldn’t want to unnecessarily deny anyone the wonderful opportunity that is studying there, but in order for that opportunity to <i>stay</i> so wonderful the school has to be realistic about growth.<p>(For context I graduated in 2021)