<p>Hey d00ds, you guys forgot that the UCs may actually read your essays.</p>
<p>i’m sorry i’m not poor UCLA, i’m sorry my parents are well educated, i’m sorry i’m not black, hispanic, or native american. i’m sorry i didn’t go to a poor disadvantaged hs. i’m SORRY.</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>They didn’t accept a White/Hispanic male with a 1300, so apparently they do not use AA. When I told my mom it looks like they didn’t acknowledge my race in my admission, she said, “That’s so unfair.” LOL.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s a backlash against Mexican-American applicants whose only hook was their race.</p>
<p>I am shocked, though, because my income level is the lowest possible as well. However, I didn’t inform them of my income until late-February in a letter. Maybe they didn’t get it in time for my decision.</p>
<p>UCLA = University of California of Lost Amigos</p>
<p>i’m asian and affluent; i live in the second richest community in san diego and have a high GPA and SAT. my mother has a double masters degree in sanskrit and library science and my dad is a phD chemist.</p>
<p>my goodness! how on earth did i get accepted? according to all of the above, i didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell!</p>
<p>of course it’s really tough that you guys didn’t get in, but bear in mind that there must be other factors than just statistics, race, affluence, etc…</p>
<p>socalnick: good one</p>
<p>yeah, UCLA admissions is rather puzzling. From what we’ve seen, stats are probably secondary factors to some ethereal selection criterion.</p>
<p>I have friends that are URMs in the lowest income bracket with 4.0+ GPAs and with decent SAT scores (1200-1300s) who still got rejected. So what’s up with that?</p>
<p>Well, I got in. WOOT!</p>
<p>My friend: same GPA as me, same SAT as me, lower SAT IIs than me. Different (but equivalent) ECs (his focus on sports, my focus on academic things- he was NOT recruited, BTW), and I am a better writer (thus, better essays- and yes, this is objective).</p>
<p>He got in. I did not. We come from the same town, same high school, similar families (in terms of wealth, etc.)…</p>
<p>UCLA admissions is completely random. I just didn’t think it was this random, or this unfair. :(</p>
<p>UCLA admissions is <em>always</em> the most random. UC admissions as a whole is known for its randomness, but UCLA really takes the cake. Last year there was a guy who got accepted by Harvard and rejected by UCLA.</p>
<p>You can blame it on Tuft’s Syndrome, and say that UCLA doesn’t want to admit people who wouldn’t end up there. But this doesn’t seem to match the facts…many of these rejects are 1400ish people who very likely <em>would</em> end up there.</p>
<p>Anyway, a lot of the “how the hell did I get rejected from UCLA” people will get accepted to Cal, and a lot of the “how the hell did I get accepted by UCLA” people will be rejected from Cal, and maybe even UCSD.</p>
<p>i’m sorry i’m not poor UCLA, i’m sorry my parents are well educated, i’m sorry i’m not black, hispanic, or native american. i’m sorry i didn’t go to a poor disadvantaged hs. i’m SORRY.</p>
<p>If you knew you were not going to get in b/c you are not any of the above, then why did you waste $55 on your application?</p>
<p>I’m surprised that there hasn’t been a class-action lawsuit filed against UCLA admissions from the parents of rejected freshman applicants.</p>
<p>malagamba2k: haha i’m just saying it shouldn’t be that way. from what i said earlier, “i’m sorry i’m not poor UCLA, i’m sorry my parents are well educated, i’m sorry i’m not black, hispanic, or native american. i’m sorry i didn’t go to a poor disadvantaged hs. i’m SORRY.” i guess i’m just saddened a bit and bitter lol… those shouldnt be the criteria for acceptance…</p>