Candidates question the results of UFSCar’s second call after the new quota law; understand | Education

“The publication, on 2/27, of the list of people called to apply for enrollment in the 2nd call for UFSCar’s undergraduate courses generated misunderstanding related to the call for candidates in broad competition and, consequently, statements that there would be an error in the call .
UFSCar reaffirms the list, first clarifying the importance of considering how dynamic the entire call process is. We highlight two points very especially. The moment of publication of the list is a photograph; the next day, and with each new stage of expression of interest, registration, confirmation and others, the situation is different. Furthermore, it is only possible to compare notes within each group, never between groups, precisely because this dynamic is specific to each of them. Thus, at this specific moment of the 2nd call, there is priority to fulfill the 50% of places in each course reserved in the quota program, as required by law. This prioritization explains the number of people opting for the reserve called up at this time, which does not mean, in any way, harm to broad competition. In the next calls, in all cases where there are vacancies remaining in the broad competition, the people with the highest grades not included in the current list will be called. At the end of the entire process, therefore, WITHIN EACH GROUP, the list of people called up will necessarily be in order from highest to lowest score.
A last important clarification is that, with the new quota law (Law No. 14,723, published on November 13, 2023), all people compete for widely competitive vacancies, only those who, having the right to reservation, enter the quota program. , do not reach the grades for admission to highly competitive vacancies. In other words, the people called up in broad competition are those who obtained the highest grades, regardless of the option for the different groups in the quota program.
As a result, when people who indicated their right to enter through the quota program obtain grades that qualify them to enter through broad competition, these broad competition vacancies are filled, respecting, we reiterate, the order from highest to lowest score. Therefore, it is possible that there will not be widely competitive vacancies left to be called in subsequent calls, in some courses. On the other hand, vacancies in the quota program may remain unfilled, thus leading to the call for candidates from different reserve groups. In other words: the number of highly competitive vacancies not filled by highly competitive candidates in the 1st call IS NOT EQUAL to the number of vacancies to be made available in this category in the 2nd and subsequent calls, since unfilled vacancies can be filled with candidates those opting for the reserve who obtained a sufficient score for entry through broad competition. With this, we understand that expectations generated by experience with processes prior to the new law are not confirmed, one of the reasons why we went public with this clarification, which we hope to have resolved these doubts and misunderstandings, natural in moments of transition like the present. Finally, we reiterate that the entire process is carried out with the utmost seriousness and compliance with legislation and internal standards, that checking procedures have been applied and, up to this point, no inconsistencies have been verified and, therefore, the list of people remains valid invited to apply for enrollment in the 2nd call for UFSCar undergraduate courses”.