UC’s do not release Freshman decisions on the weekend. March 21 is the most likely date.
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I wonder if they were intending on releasing on Friday and couldn’t get it done, which is why they didn’t apologize until so late in the process. Because I agree, why take down the withdrawal button a week in advance?
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Imo, this is not the case.
The withdrawal lockout occurred between 8-10p pst, long after their historical release time. Who knows why, since they don’t apparently believe in transparency at this point in the process?
The question last week was 3/14 or 3rd Friday? They cleared that up in a most unprofessional way. I doubt they release before Friday of this week.
I am not aware of any “apology”. Could you please provide a link?
That apology wasn’t UCLA admissions. It was the the @uclawhatsbruin instagram account who claimed they had inside sources indicating release was 3/14. UCLA admissions has not gone on record with a release date, which is normal. All signs now point to Friday 3/21. Historically they’ve released at 5pm pacific.
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Everyone go eat lunch or go eat snack or go for a walk outside, go pet ur dogs, go bake cakes, do something to ease the pain of waiting. Lol 
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ucsb is out! ucla next!
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UCLA has been incredibly consistent with their RD release dates. Here’s the historical data:
2024: 3rd Friday, March 15 at 5pm (all times PST)
2023: 3rd Friday, March 17th at 5pm
2022: 3rd Friday, March 18th at 5pm
2021: 3rd Friday, March 19th at 5pm
This pattern has held steady for at least the last 4 years. Based on this obvious trend, we can anticipate RDs on the 3rd Friday of March, which is Friday, March 21st, at 5pm PST. In the meantime, enjoy the glorious spring weather (at least here in California)!
(jk jk, the weather is terrible and, oh, the traffic. Don’t get me started about the 405. Just forget it withdraw withdraw withdraw, run away!!!)
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There aught to be some internal markers for the spots available for each major.
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Honestly I don’t believe that they don’t take major into account. If they want “the best” kids in history, literature departments, I am sure their holistic review process picks kids with achievement in various areas to have more rounded class. They might not have quotas for each major, but they just be taking something into account.
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Agreed, makes no sense from a resource-balancing perspective that they don’t take the demand side into account.
I think they just don’t want to disclose the underlying detail.
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My kid is a junior at UCLA and entered as a “pre political science.” She dropped it after one week, picked up history and then dabbled in econ and English, landed on a double major in History and Communication. I think UCLA knows an 18 year old picking a major is throwing spaghetti at a wall and while they may look for a general variety, they can’t get super granular.
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This is the story of many kids and universities. They still need to decide how many profs, TA’s, support staff, labs, rooms, lecture halls, materials/equipment, etc, they need and can afford for each major they offer….
Since they don’t mandate which majors students take, where do they get the information to make these types of decisions?
I think kids change majors but you can still tell apart a humanities kid from a physics major. I do think they take into account majors as broader categories matter.
Also given course restrictions and priority registration system, and the need to first finish all pre major coursework before changing majors, swapping out a history major for data theory (using these majors as examples) is a much tougher undertaking than it looks on paper.
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I’m sure they do have historical data and it allows them to make those staffing and supply decisions within reason. As well, a lot of the intro classes for L&S are also general ed classes that most students will encounter. So it’s not necessarily about aligning to a freshman class by major, but more to an overall analysis of what intro classes and how many sections are needed for the university to accommodate all of that. I’m not a data analyst, but I think they can remain flexible on major for freshmen based on how many kids have signed up for those intro level classes over time.
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Imo, I don’t think historical data cuts it. Take a look at the next level down in Medea1’s post.
Does L& S/ UCLA admit to a pre-major or just the college. If it’s the former, they need to have some idea of the major. If it’s the latter then they’re just going in blind relying on historical data and how kids end up choosing majors.
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It’s tomorrow everyone ! Excited or scared?
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