UCLA Class of 2029 Official Thread

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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UCLA apparently feels that more detail is needed to make an informed admissions decision.

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One of my older S22’s friends was selected for supplemental from UCLA. Had applied for an English major.

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@CA-Dad @Cali2029

Here is a link to the augmented/supplemental policy if you are interested in understanding why you may have been invited to submit.

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Hello,

I am trying to read up on the appeal process. Is there a link somewhere that I can look it up.
thanks

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Appeal process for First year admissions is here: First-Year Applicant Appeals | UCLA Undergraduate Admission

Note: For 2024 there were 1962 appeals filed and 5 approved.
Data from the UC counselor conference.

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Does UCLA send out any Early admits/decisions similar to the postings, I saw at UCB, class of 2029 thread

Thanks

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No, UCLA historically has never posted Early admit decisions. All decisions are posted on the same day which has been the 3rd Friday in March.

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This will be March 21 Fri for this year then?

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Possibly?? Historically they have posted decisions the 3rd Friday of March.

Here are the decision dates for the last few years:
UCLA: Friday March 15, 2024 at 5 PM PST- Edited
UCLA: Friday March 17, 2023 at 5 PM PST
UCLA: Friday March 18, 2022 at 5 PM PST.

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Does creating thr account credentials into the ucla portal and signing in, factored into some form into the admission ? (Like expressing interest) ? I know it doesn’t impact a lot but wanted to make sure not signing into the portal isn’t getting counted negatively.

Thanks

@Gumbymom

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UC’s do not consider an applicant’s level of interest in the admissions process.

UCLA’s application status portal is different than the student portal they will create after being accepted.

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Hi,
I was curious, just based of my anecdotal experience with my S22 and his cohort’s UCLA admissions; it seemed that the choice of major for CLS had an impact. Some of his classmates with lower GPAs, non-ELC, (not sure of the ECs or PIQ), got into obscure majors mostly in humanities.
Wonder if the forum champions or others may be able to shed some light on this..
thanks

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This article said that major is not considered for admission decisions in the college of letters and sciences.

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Yep; however since they broke down the applicants’ data by the divisions in the college, they must have had to do it by the intended major.

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When applying to UCLA as a first-year student in the College of Letters and Sciences, your choice of major does not impact your chances of getting accepted. Many students will apply as “undeclared”.

Once admitted, students need to declare a major, and certain majors within the College of L&S may have stricter requirements and higher competition for acceptance due to limited spots, even if the initial admission process doesn’t factor in major choice.

So for statistical purposes, the UC’s will break out admit rates and GPA admit ranges by discipline but data will not take into account students that change majors prior to enrolling or even after enrolling and attending.

If you look at the GPA admit ranges for the College of L&S by discipline, there are not what I would consider significant differences between the Humanities and the other disciplines. Also the GPA ranges listed are the 25th-75th percentile so 25% of admits are below the lower end of those ranges for all disciplines.

Some of his classmates with lower GPAs, non ELC

I have been on CC for many years there is always some confusion on the which UC GPA the students will state or list since the UC’s calculate out 3 GPA’s so lower GPA must also be taken into context.

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For a holistic review, the part that you don’t know is very important.

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Yes, OOSD received one. It was due on 2/3. She completed . Not sure why they were asking for additional info. I am guessing they wanted to see the grades at midterm?

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What major did she apply? My S22’s friend was asked to send in some writing supplements for English major.

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As suggested by some of the forum champions above, I would take it as a positive that your daughter’s application is being reviewed and more information is requested to make a decision, :+1: as opposed to being rejected.

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My Bruin received a an email for supplemental info. We had no idea what additional info they might want because the essays and activities were pretty straightforward, so he didn’t answer the vague supplemental questions and just submitted his first semester senior grades - and was admitted. It doesn’t make sense to ask all the students they are on the fence about to respond to the same vague, generic supplemental questions. Obviously, there is a reason they sent the supplemental questionnaire, so they should just state what information they need. This practice is not helpful for anyone. Because students can’t read minds, they have no way of knowing what info the admissions team hopes to receive and might send info that is not helpful instead of that which is. In other words, sending generic questions instead of targeted ones doesn’t help anyone and could potentially hurt the student’s chances. Because of this, I advised my kid to just send grades and not to add anything that wasn’t specifically asked for, as we didn’t want him to potentially talk himself out of an offer.