UCLA 2010 answer to "Why was I Denied?"

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>After hearing some people panic in my class about how "only 4000 people got admitted" and thinking about how that didn't seem quite right, I decided to find the official statement of how many they denied. I figured that some others would be interested in this info, so I'm posting it, since they also posted the average stats of those admitted.</p>

<p>"Q: Can you tell me why I was denied?</p>

<p>A: Every application receives a minimum of two reviews, which balance academic and extracurricular information, combined with information we learn from the personal statement. Because this process is not based on a formula, there rarely is a single reason (such as one low test score or grade, etc.) that we can point to as to why an individual applicant is not admitted.</p>

<p>Generally speaking, the primary reason that we must turn away so many qualified students is simply that of competition. UCLA received over 57,600 freshman applications for a class of just over 4,700 new freshmen. We had to deny almost 44,000 applicants. Among these were some of the brightest and highest achieving high school seniors in the state. Almost all of them were UC eligible. Most students denied by UCLA are eligible to gain admission to at least one of the other UC campuses. We strongly encourage you to focus on the options you have.</p>

<p>The average admitted applicant to UCLA for Fall 2010 had a weighted GPA (a GPA that includes all extra grade points for honors or AP coursework) of 4.38, an unweighted GPA (no extra points) of 3.87, an SAT Reasoning Test score of 2028, SAT Subject scores (we use highest scores from any two of five subject areas) of 734 and 685, 21 semesters of honors/AP course work completed between 10th and 12th grades, and 51 semesters of college prep course work overall."</p>

<p>Source: FAQ</a> - Denied Freshmen - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions</p>

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<p>Christ.
I was admitted last year with a 4.2w, 4.0uw, 1900 SAT, 630/590 SAT, 5 AP’s, No community college courses</p>

<p>Guess my extra curriculars won it.</p>

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<p>Man that’s just crazy … wasn’t the admittance rate about 21% last year? If those statistics you gave are correct, that’s 8% this year!</p>

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<p>I’m too lazy to try and correct people anymore. I hate how UCs have been phrasing the message deceptively. All I have to say is you’re misconstruing the message. The admit rate is around 20.</p>

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<p>sentimentGX4, can you explain what you said? I’m curious haha.</p>

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<p>44000/57600 =/= 92%
44000/57600 = ~ 78%</p>

<p>admission rates are above 20 if my mental math didnt fail me.</p>

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<p>Ohh wow I thought the 4,700 was for admits, not the class size. I stopped reading there too haha. Dumbb</p>

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<p>Wow, average GPA went from 4.16 to 4.38. Definitely a tougher year.</p>

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<p>Yeah I know!!! That’s a high rise!!!</p>

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<p>Thats insane…</p>

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<p>Just checked. 4.16 is UC GPA. 4.38 is fully weighted GPA. So the average fully weighted GPA went from 4.35 to 4.38. A modest increase.</p>

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<p>eh, actually, the admit rate seems to have shot up from around 21% to around 23.5% (based on the numbers provided by the OP and last year’s published statistic).</p>

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<p><— 3.96w</p>

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Nooooooooooo! We need a low number to make ourselves appear more prestigious.</p>

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<p>The average sat is pretty weak though</p>

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<p>fortify,</p>

<p>In what universe is that a “weak” average?</p>

<p>Oh, right… the CC universe.</p>

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<p>Wow. The classes are getting more and more competitive each year. Congrats to those who got in!</p>