<p>Wow congrats!! but do you mind clarifying your gpa? 3.8uw 4.4 w doesn’t really make sense…can you plz find out your uc gpa and post it?</p>
<p>My daughter got the letter too. Her SAT is 2200, high GPA, and AP’s…
Congrats to those who got in, others please don’t give up…</p>
<p>@gingerdaisys- oh wow stanford early?! that’s amazing, congrats! just go for stanford i bet you’ll get much better aid there :] are you definitely going to the NYC event?</p>
<p>for everyone else:
im OOS early admit and i don’t have any hooks… i’m asian american, not first gen, no particular awards or anything. i go to a really well known/ranked public high school, lots and lots of ECs and leadership positions/groups, 2390 SAT, lots of APs/accel classes, a few state french awards, NMSF and AP Scholar with Honor. not sure what my UC GPA is. i think for out of staters its supposedly easier than it has been in previous years? because they want our money. which i unfortunately don’t have to give them, but thats another story hahahah</p>
<p>The UCs are blowing it this year…esp. UCLA. First the recruited athletes find out they got in (most have known for months), then the Regent scholarship competitors hear…then the OOSers. Same at Berkeley. My son, who is awaiting his decision, would be third generation (not that they would care). Top 2 percent of his HS class at highly regarded school, 2-sport varsity athlete (not D1 recruitment material but he works hard and enjoys it), tons of awards, volunteer hours, clubs, COSMOS, top 1 percent on PSAT, SAT, and ACT, 5’s on AP’s, etc. etc. And what does he hear from UCLA? Crickets. Not really feeling the love from my alma mater. It’s good for those who hear early, but not so much for the rest. Unfortunately it is having a negative impact on how he views the school, though I wish it weren’t so. Hopefully he will get in Friday and it will be water under the bridge and he’ll forget about the lack of interest shown…I’d love for him to go despite the lack of love shown by the admissions people.</p>
<p>Hi, My dd is an out of state applicant to UCLA. She did not receive a letter yet, do you think that means she was rejected? It seems that out of state applicants have been accepted already in preparation for the reception. Is my thinking correct that she has probably been rejected by UCLA? Thank you.</p>
<p>@dadcollegekid don’t just assume she is rejected. It looks as if only the out of state applicants who are being accepted early are those that are close by an out of state reception being held for orientation. If you don’t live near one of their receptions you probably won’t be admitted early. Then there are also the athletes accepted early & engineering likely letters. But I would just wait it out another week before jumping to conclusions! Best of luck!</p>
<p>@geofio…thank you for your confidence. We live about 5 hours from NYC, in New York state. You’re right, we will just wait it out till Friday evening. Again, thank you! Best wishes to all!</p>
<p>I think this is a good sign for UCLA. Out-of-staters add some MUCH NEEDED diversity to the campus and their increased acceptance rate goes to show that UCLA might be solving the financial problems with a few more well-paying students rather than filling our school up to capacity with cal grant students from the state… hopefully.</p>
<p>I am wondering one of my concerned items that we may have a chance to talk with AO is the Financial Aid. To be honest with you, that will decide if UCLA is my final destination as I can fairly guess that everybody has a bunch of schools in hand and is struggling to make a hard decision.</p>
<p>It was published that UCLA had over 75,000 applications this year. More than any other state school in California. One reason could be the increased OOS apps; another could be the increased marketing to low income students that there is no app fee for them and generous fin aid, and also, increased financial aid for middle income families. UCLA has a better overall reputation than UC Berkeley. There is less controversy in the news. UCB still has the reputation as a bunch of rabble rousers which is great if you like to be in the thick of all things political. But some people find a quieter campus more alluring.</p>