I believe that UC Irvine and UC San Diego usually sent the admissions the same day as UCLA. My son received UC Irvine on Friday, so I think UCLA may be sooner than 3/22
typically withdrawing option is taken out one week before the decision date ( seen the text in John hopkins application)…if that so, then decision will be out in a week’s time
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Just saw this on reddit. 174,000+ applications…Holy smokes!
# UCLA application screening
Just saw UCLA got >174,000 applications this year. Obviously there aren’t enough hours or employees to individually screen that many apps. So what are the filters? And if it all comes down to a computer making first-round selections, how do special circumstances get reviewed?
The 173,400 applications includes Freshman (146,250) and Transfers (27,150).
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Yowza…that’s amazing.
The numbers are down from a high of 149,779 Freshman applicants in 2022 but higher than 2023.
I suspect is a quick 2 min glance at the essays. If it’s not interesting enough to spent more time, it’s over.
It’s like taking the Bar Exam. They (the Bar Review Class people teaching the classes) tell you to highlight keywords so the grader can award the points without reading what you wrote.
I agree. I think it is a quick glance and alot of luck! UCLA is worth it though! My daughter (Class of 2027) is living her best life! Good luck to everyone!!
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if we have the applicant count what is the estimated acceptance rate
Last year the overall acceptance rate was 9%. Since decisions are not out yet, no way to know but probably similar since UCLA has a high enrollment yield.
CS last year was 3.8% (according to their UCEE). Good luck if you applied CS this year.
I’ve already penciled this one in as a rejection, along with Berkeley CS, which has even lower acceptance rate 
would Linguistics and Computer science have as low of an acceptance rate?
Linguistics and CS are found in the College of Letters and Sciences which does not admit by major. The admit rate for the College of L&S was 11% last year.
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I see CS under School of Engineering. Is it also in College of L&S?
No, Linguistics + CS is under L&S. Study Area - New Student & Transition Programs
Thank you! So there are 2 CS majors (one in Engineering and one in L&S), similar to Berkeley?
No, Linguistics + CS is a completely separate major from the CS in the Engineering College.
CS at UCB is found in the College of Computing, Data Science and Society now and the Engineering CS is actually EECS (Electrical engineering/CS).
UCB: An essential difference between the two majors is that the EECS program requires a greater number of math and science courses than the CS program, which requires a greater number of non-technical, or breadth, courses.
UCLA: Linguistics + CS is part of the Linguistics department.
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i also applied for ling + CS!!
Curious… how does this work when L&S doesn’t admit by major? Do they just have a set total / target number for the entire college? And what criteria do they use to evaluate fit or select students if they’re not trying to match an applicant to a proposed major?