Does UCLA do affirmative action?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I heard they do "diversification" I would hate to think that I got in just because I am a minority and came from a poor background...</p>

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<p>They might because of their holistic approach, but anyone who gets in to UCLA has to be deserving of admission because of merit; nobody gets in because they are just a rare race to apply or similar.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure it’s illegal - Bakke v University of California or something like that.</p>

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<p>It’s illegal…but it still happens. No doubt it is easier to get in if you are hispanic or black.</p>

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<p>It’s not easier to get in if you’re Hispanic or your Black. You gotta take ALL things into consideration. </p>

<p>If you’re Black and come from a family where you’re the first one to go to college, perhaps you work and support your family, and only have a 3.6- you’re more likely to get accepted over someone else who only goes to school and has a 4.0</p>

<p>Also keep in mind that the majority of students at UCLA and maybe even Berkeley, are Asian… not white.</p>

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<p>yeah dude. pretty soon they are going to outnumber the asians and whites. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>From what I can tell UCLA doesn’t really practice affirmative action, especially compared to schools like Stanford where it is significantly easier to get in if you are an under-represented minority.</p>

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<p>Supposedly they don’t, but I’m 90% confident that they practice affirmative action. I know PLENTY of minorities (mostly Hispanic) that had 1500-ish SAT scores and no ECs and got accepted.</p>

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<p>Oh also, I remember reading an article about a group of UCLA students going around campus (in early 2000ish…?? I think) and asking all the black students what their stats were when applying, and the average GPA and SAT scores for the black students were significantly less than UCLA’s admission average.</p>

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<p>UCLA practices a holistic review, not affirmative action. On paper, anyway, it is illegal. That is not to say any of us knows what goes on behind closed doors when the decisions are being made, but any race-based favoritism is not significant with a capital s of statistics. Otherwise, the student makeup would more resemble this: 36% Caucasian, 23% Asian, 10% African, 8% Mexican American, 6% Other Hispanic, 2% Native American (Stanford’s student body makeup).</p>

<p>How would they know what race you are if you don’t self-identify, anyway?</p>

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<p>Political Science Professor Tim Groseclose resigned from the faculty oversight committee for undergraduate admissions two years ago over the administration’s refusal to allow him to conduct a study into holistic review. In the report I link below, he demonstrates his belief that many applicants reveal their race by way of their personal statement and staff uses this knowledge in admissions decisions, something that California voters banned when they passed Proposition 209 in 1996. Racial quotas were previously banned by the Supreme Court’s decision in UC Regents v. Bakke.</p>

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<p>That’s easily false cause. UCLA does practice bias, they’ve admitted it and it’s common knowledge: it’s way easier to get into UCLA if you’re a californian, and retardedly difficult if you’re not a Californian. If you’re smart, all you have to do is move to california for two years and transfer from a community college and it’s like a billion times easier to get in (i believe you become a california resident after living here for a year if you’re a U.S. citizen; five years if you’re an international student) UCLA also has the most applicants of any university in the U.S. so most of the applicants get rejected simply because they’re not californian, and as a result, they need to be super top-tier students to get in.</p>

<p>getting into UCLA as a californian isn’t that impressive, getting in as an out of state applicant is.</p>

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<p>UCLA practices affirmative action. Some suggest they evade discrimination laws by targeting certain school districts with a lot of minorities. Regardless, its very clear that the average African or Hispanic on campus have significantly inferior academic records relative to the average UCLA student.</p>

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That doesn’t stop the rest of the student population from being jealous! (If that’s the right way to put it.)</p>

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<p>"its very clear that the average African or Hispanic on campus have significantly inferior academic records relative to the average UCLA student.</p>

<p>I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!And don’t leave out white vs “Asian”.</p>

<p>“10% African”
LOL; which UCLA is that?
<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board;
* 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
* 40% Asian/Pacific Islander
* 4% Black/Non-Hispanic
* 17% Hispanic
* 32% White/Non-Hispanic
* 3% Non-Resident Alien
* 3% Race/ethnicity unreported</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/enrollment/enrollment_demographics_fall.asp[/url]”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/enrollment/enrollment_demographics_fall.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/publications/main.asp[/url]”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/publications/main.asp&lt;/a&gt;
In state admit. rate 21%; OOS 30%
<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof10.htm[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof10.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh, I see ; that was Stanford. NVM.</p>