@Ak1097 I absolutely second what everyone else is saying here. If I were to be admitted to UCLA, I decided I wouldn’t actually go. At first I considered it with the name to be the main reason, but it’s actually Anderson’s MBA school that is reputable, NOT their undergraduate program. That is a really important distinction.
Another factor too is the curriculum. I looked at UCLA’s biz-econ curriculum, and tbh it’s mostly economics. Personally I’m not interested in their more economics-centric curriculum, and would much rather focus on a business-centric degree.
I didn’t even apply to UCLA, for the reason pointed out above … it is more focused on economics than it is business. Should you be accepted, you also have to complete certain courses with a specific grade in order to apply for that major.
Haas was my first choice, Cal Poly SLO was my second. Got into most of the other UCs but for econ based programs, which I wasn’t interested in. I also had no interest in Merced or Irvine. Cal Poly is a great program and very overlooked / underrated as it falls on different ranking lists than UCs.
@Youmyboyblue it’s madness. I can’t wait to find out how much validity there is in all of the importance placed on the hacks and glitches. I am avoiding it because it’ll just make it worse for me :))
@thi1998 Do you mean like - the day for when new admits come to see the school? Cal Day was actually this past weekend, BEFORE transfer admits even find out :((
People have speculated that it’s vice versa with admisssions and UCLA and UCB coordinate, but there is no way. I’m sure they project for a certain enrollment rate based off historical yield data and then offer accordingly.
^^ I agree. The UC has outright said that they don’t communicate with each other. The only speculation I’ve heard that is somewhat interesting is whether or not they give preference to location, e.g. UCLA being more likely to admit a local student versus a norcal one, with the assumption that they would be less likely to accept. However I don’t know how much water this holds if at all.
BUT - after reviewing last year’s Haas thread, there were definitely an amount of people who got into UCLA but did not get into Haas.
I got into UCLA bizecon as well and I’m hoping the speculation concerning UCLA vs. UCB admissions holds no weight. I should celebrating instead of worrying! Lol
Congrats to everyone who got into BizEcon! While I’m sure we’re all hoping for Berkeley, it is still an accomplishment nonetheless!
Something I’ve been wondering lately is how many of us here on College Confidential make up the total number of Haas applicants this year… how great would it be if all of us really got in together???
@hopesolo Hahaha!! I know!! I’ve always been wondering that as well… everyone on this thread seems nice so I really want all of us to get in together. Just curious, did you get bizecon?
Got into UCLA Biz Econ! Oh how i wish they had a decent business program…anyway, I hope the speculations are wronnngggggg! @neilsola My stats are on the first page
Note from 2016 Haas admit stating that most of the transfer class from that year who were admitted to Haas were NOT admitted to UCLA, and only few were admitted to both :)) :((
@beontheroad021 and yes, I was also offered admission to UCLA biz-econ
@Ak1097 I didn’t mean to feed anything into the speculation, and to be honest I really don’t think there’s any merit to them e.g. one school accepting you and the other not.
Perhaps I’m overly optimistic, but I’d simply like to believe that each school is interested in a different type of student. Berkeley and UCLA are vastly different cultures, let alone schools.
So I have no doubt anyone qualified (which I feel we all are) could get into both schools, or very well Berkeley and not UCLA.
@hopesolo Haas doesn’t do waitlists right? The yield rate has been between 90-94% since 2012 do they fill in for those who decide to go somewhere else?
