Only 4,700 accepted this year?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Uh I'm not sure of this is right or not, but anyways according to the rejection statement:</p>

<p>"After careful review of your application for admission, we sincerely regret to inform you that we are not able to offer you admission for the Fall Quarter 2008. UCLA continues to receive more applications for admission than we can accommodate in our freshman class. For fall 2008, we received more than 55,000 applications for 4,700 available spaces for freshmen"</p>

<p>Even wikipedia says only around 4,700 were admitted. Isn't this uh...not normal? Considering UCLA admitted like 11,000 last year and the year before?</p>

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<p>I think that means that's how large the freshman class will end up being and more like 10,000 were admitted.</p>

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<p>No they accepted ~10,000-11,000.
4700 is the matriculation rate.</p>

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<p>can anyone guess the acceptance rate?</p>

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<p>~20% my humble estimate</p>

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<p>on this website though... UCLA</a> Undergraduate Admissions & Relations with Schools: FAQ - Denied Freshmen</p>

<p>" UCLA received more than 55,000 freshman applications for a class of just over 4,700 new freshmen. We had to deny more than 42,300 applicants. "</p>

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<p>so about 23% admitted.</p>

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<p>i thought 4700/50000...that'll b...i dun even want to know...
brutal....</p>

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<p>subtract 42300 from 55000
and whatever that equals divide by 55000.
I think 4700 is the class that they are aiming for.</p>

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<p>yah, so 42,300 denials is only semi-brutal ;)</p>

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<p>still...ouch!
feeling so depressed...</p>

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<p>im sorry dude
best of luck with other schools and wherever you go.
:)</p>

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<p>only 23% were admitted..feel bad for people 10 years from now..competition keeps getting higher!</p>

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<p>Competition keeps getting higher but not in terms of scores and grades, since we saw that a lot of high scorers got rejected. I wonder what personal qualities or ECs will people have to have in order to get in.</p>

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<p>i say it's the essays...?</p>

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<p>haha I've got a story! I applied along with my brother this last November, and we have almost identical EC's. My GPA and SAT's are slightly higher (3.8/4.7 to 3.6/4.6, 2370 to 2260), but he got into the Honors program and I didn't, though we both got accepted.</p>

<p>So his advantage, looking back, could've been one of two things:</p>

<ol>
<li>How he presented himself on the application (extracurricular description, etc.)</li>
<li>That I was Undeclared for my major and he had chosen pre-business/economics</li>
</ol>

<p>Possibly essays too, but I'd say they were pretty close in terms of applicant picture/quality. So every bit counts!</p>

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<p>in ten years it will be significantly easier to get into all colleges.. There will be MANY fewer aggregate applicants</p>

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<p>if you're undeclared, that might be why you didn't get "in" to honors. no one is actually in, you're just told that you pre-qualify and you should apply.</p>

<p>with your scores you DO qualify, so as long as you're in letters and sciences, APPLY with your brother! :)</p>

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<p>yup y7bbb6 is correct. I was about to reply to someone who said that it keeps getting higher, because 08 and 09 are supposed to be the peak for applicants or something like that. the baby boomer's children</p>

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<p>4.34 is the highest average GPA of any admitted group of UC applicants I've ever seen. And 23% is pretty low. I feel so lucky to be admitted.</p>