Why is UCLA so selective?

<p>UCLA is the most applied to college in the United States. For Fall 2013, it received 80,000+ freshman applications. Total undergraduate application is just short of 100,000 (freshman and transfer applicants combined). See [UCLA</a> sets new undergraduate applications record / UCLA Newsroom](<a href=“http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-sets-new-undergraduate-applications-242778.aspx]UCLA”>UCLA sets new undergraduate applications record | UCLA) for more information. Given that UCLA only admits about 10,000 students (expected enrollment is a little over 5,000; that is how much room UCLA has), only 1 in 8 applicants will be admitted. That is why the admit rate is so low.</p>