UCLA Class of 2028 Official Thread

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UCLA had sent us a comprehensive schedule ahead of time listing various events and presentations and we could create one that met our needs. The information fair was spread out all over campus with booths for every department, financial aid, academic advising, alumni association, etc. Campus tours, and housing tours were available through the day.

Student volunteers were everywhere guiding us and offering help.

We got there at 8 AM, and left a little after 1 PM, before the rain started. We attended the University Welcome, Freshman New Student Presentation, Summer Sessions and the department presentations specific to us. We had already done a campus and housing tour earlier in the month. If you know what you want to do and plan ahead, it will be a productive day.

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Yes. It was cold but luckily did not really rain until we were leaving. Before Bruin day they post a detailed list of activities on the website and people can do or see what they want to see. We started off with some welcome speeches at Pauly Pavilion with all the admitted students and families after learning some UCLA cheers and clapping along with the band and cheer squad. Despite the weather there were a LOT of people. After the welcome speech we started off with a guided tour which honestly was not that big a deal, we could have just walked around ourselves but perhaps we learned a few facts we did not know. Then we went up to the “Hill” where most of the student housing is. There were tours of a sample dorm and a dining hall. There were long lines to eat so we ventured further up to another dining hall where mostly students were eating. The food was really good. Throughout the day there were a lot of 30 minute seminars about various services and programs at the school and we attended some of these. There is also a large information fair with representatives of the various majors and school resources is tutoring, health, writing center, study abroad, etc., where people could get information and some swag. S24 seemed impressed with everything if not slightly overwhelmed. He says he is now 75% leaning toward accepting UCLA after this visit over his other choices. So we will see. For those wondering if it is worth it to go, I would say if you cannot make it do not worry about it as you can get most of the info from the website and a normal tour or visit although S24 felt it was kind of exciting and joyful being with all the other admitted students.

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Last year we got a picture perfect day.

My son is now a freshman. We are OOS from the east coast, and flew out for a day - should have made a longer visit, but were somewhere on the east coast the day before. DS wandered the campus and explored on his own, I went to some info sessions. the general welcome, and visited booths. The most useful things were (1) seeing the campus in person, and (2) the level of energy and enthusiasm, which were impressive.

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No, I havent

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It was pretty much a marketing event to get your kid committed to ucla. It’s really not for gathering any special information so no need to feel bad if you couldn’t attend. It was very packed despite of the weather.

My kid was already committed so it was just a fun day for us. The benefits were: free swags, 20% off at the ucla store, photo ops, etc. But the best was my kid got to meet with other admitted students in person … great for finding potential roommates.

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A question to some of our Forum Champions or others who may know. After deliberating between various schools, my S24 finally decided to accept his offer to UCLA tonight. He went in the portal and was filling out the online questions. It said in Next Steps that students would have to sign the SIR and put down a $250 deposit among other things. When he started the process, it asked if there were any dropped courses or poor grades or changed courses from what was on the application. He remembered that at the time of his application he thought for 2nd semester in English the course would be called H Modern Literature as that is how it typically is for 12th grade 2nd semester and is how it was listed in the school catalog. However, this year, for some periods the school is having the 2nd semester class be H Writers Seminar B (H Writers Seminar A was 1st Semester). Anyhow, he felt he should tell them of this change as it was different then on his application and did not want any potential issues later. It does not seem like it should be a big deal as it is still an Honors English course and he did not drop anything or get poor grades he just got the class name wrong. All his 1st semester grades were A’s. After submitting the change he got an email that UCLA will review the changes submitted and let him know within 15 business days whether this will affect his admission status. Is there anything to be concerned about? Also, it did not seem he could complete the acceptance process (like making the $250 deposit or other forms) after submitting the changes. Although he was able to do create a UCLA ID and submit the housing application. Does this change submittal put the process on hold? Thanks for your responses.

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My daughter’s friend changed one of her 2nd semester classes and experienced something similar - it was no big deal at all. Just could take up to 2 weeks to process. I don’t think there is any reason for concern.

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Ok. That is good to hear. Thanks!

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My son hasn’t accepted his spot yet but plans to.
He had a class change for spring of senior year after applying so he submitted that change via email a few weeks ago and heard back within a few days that his admission offer will still stand.
Hopefully he will be able click through and pay his deposit having already done this step in writing?

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Has anyone received College Financing Plan yet? Thanks!

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@Father_in_California

I am not sure this will help in any way, but a few years ago, the CS department put out a stat which showed the mean for the CS department admitted students was 1560 and 4.0 unweighted GPA with only approximately 3 percent of the applicants being admitted. Your son did great and I am sure he will succeed wherever he goes.

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UCLA is test blind so the SAT score is not considered in this situation and you tagged the wrong poster which I corrected.

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@Gumbymom the conditions of admission say that if you get two Cs you have to report it to them, in a worst case scenario if this does happen is it an automatic rescind?

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No 2 C’s is not an automatic rescind but they do want a reasonable explanation for the grades.

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Is that the financial aid package from ucla? My kid got an email from the school to check her financial aid info and it had her check a separate account. This was two days ago.

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Decision: Accepted
Major applied to: Mathematics

ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.03

Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 1
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): took 15, all 5s (self studied 12)
SAT 1570

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME 2x, USAMO qualifier + other contest awards

SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Published math research, biomedical research w/ tech company, robotics team co-captain/programmer, founder of math club, trumpet in jazz club, competitive swimmer
Job/Work Experience: Math tutor
Volunteer/Community service: English mentor, founded few nonprofits and fundraised, motivational speaker, executive volunteer at local organization.
Summer Activities: worked on projects, interned, attended PROMYS

Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Math interest, leadership, creativity, problem solving

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::
Country: Canada
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? Yes

Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, Berkeley, Cornell, CMU, UWash, JHU
Waitlisted: Stanford, NYU, UPenn
Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Columbia, Princeton

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Where do you think you’ll commit?

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Has anyone received Regents or an Alumni Scholarship? Is that information released at the same time as the financial aid package?

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Last year, Regents notifications came as a digital letter on the MyUCLA provisional admission page and also where the Alumni Scholarships were listed.

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UCLA is one of the worst about notifying students that they did not receive an award.