Stats on this year's admissions?

unlimitedx
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:10:04 +0000

Q: Can you tell me why I was denied?

A: Every application receives a minimum of three reviews, which balance academic and extracurricular information, combined with information we learn from the personal statement. Because this process is not based on a formula, there rarely is a single reason (such as one low test score or grade, etc.) that we can point to as to why an individual applicant is not admitted.

Generally speaking, the primary reason that we must turn away so many qualified students is simply that of competition. UCLA received more than 50,729 freshman applications for a class of just over 4,700 new freshmen. We had to deny more than 39,000 applicants. Among these 39,000 were some of the brightest and highest achieving high school seniors in the state. Almost all of them were UC eligible. Most students denied by UCLA are eligible to gain admission to at least one of the other UC campuses. We strongly encourage you to focus on the options you have.

The average admitted applicant to UCLA for Fall 2007 had a weighted GPA (a GPA that includes all extra grade points for honors or AP coursework) of 4.30, an unweighted GPA (no extra points) of 3.83, an SAT Reasoning Test score of 2006, SAT Subject scores (we use highest scores from any two of five subject areas) of 727 and 674, and 19 semesters of honors/AP course work completed between 10th and 12th grades.