<p>Well, you may argue with me mildly or violently, but whether you would agree with me or not, the stats would show us that Cal is more selective than UCLA. I cannot imagine a school that asks for lower GPA and SAT scores – the two main components of college admissions – would claim equally as selective to the school that asks for higher entrance requirements. I’m not belittling UCLA as I believe it’s a fantastic school. I just would like to correct the statement that UCLA is as selective as Cal. The stats have already showed us that it isn’t. Even USNews ranked Cal at number 14 or several places ahead of UCLA’s for many years running now. Was there a year that USNWR ranked UCLA’s selectivity equal or higher than Cal’s? I can’t recall that it did happen. </p>
<p>You’ve already made a bold statement that Cal eng’g is more selective than UCLA’s. I suppose Cal comsci, physical sciences, premed courses and pre-HAAS (Economics, etc) are also more selective than UCLA’s equivalent courses. Which program then would you say that it’s tougher to get onto at UCLA than at Cal? </p>
<p>Let’s do this on a per program basis:</p>
<p>Cal engg vs UCLA engg
Cal prelaw vs UCLA prelaw
Cal premed vs UCLA premed
Cal physical sciences vs UCLA physical sciences
Cal languages vs UCLA languages
Cal busines/econ vs UCLA bus/econ</p>