<p>UCLA admissions increase for 2005
11,338 freshmen applicants accepted out of pool of 42,207</p>
<p>By Richard Clough
DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF
<a href="mailto:rclough@media.ucla.edu">rclough@media.ucla.edu</a></p>
<p>The number of freshman admitted to UCLA for fall 2005 rebounded this year after state budget restrictions forced the university to initially cut the number of admissions for fall 2004. </p>
<p>The University of California, which released its admissions data for next year's freshman class on Tuesday, experienced an 11 percent increase in its university-wide admissions compared to last year. With more than 50,000 applicants, the UC had a record number of total applicants and a record number of California resident applicants. </p>
<p>UCLA admitted 11,338 prospective freshmen of 42,207 total applicants, and more than 10,000 of the admitted students are from California. With a 27.7 percent admission rate within California, UCLA and UC Berkeley tied as the most selective UC campuses. </p>
<p>Lauren Bartlett, a spokeswoman for UCLA, said UCLA had the highest number of applicants of any university in the country. </p>
<p>In January 2004, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's initial state budget proposal called for a 10 percent reduction in undergraduate enrollment to the UC, which forced the university to deny access to some eligible applicants. </p>
<p>Though the governor's final budget allowed the UC to accept all eligible students, the overall admissions numbers were down for 2004. </p>
<p>"We were able to admit more students this year because we were fully funded to do so," said Susan Wilbur, director of undergraduate admissions for the UC, in a conference call with reporters. </p>
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<p>"We were pleased that we were able to offer a place at the UC for every eligible student. Last year that was not the case," she said. </p>
<p>Vu Tran, director of UCLA admissions, said the admissions data contained no surprises, but he expressed pleasure with the increase in underrepresented student admissions. </p>
<p>Underrepresented students which include American Indian, Chicano/Latino and black students make up 15.7 percent of the newly admitted freshmen class at UCLA, up from 14.9 percent last year, and an increase of nearly 300 students. </p>
<p>Asian American students constitute 42.7 percent of the admitted class and white students make up 33.5 percent. </p>
<p>UCLA was among the leaders in the UC in terms of academic performance of its admitted class. The average high school GPA of students admitted to UCLA was 4.25 and the average SAT I score was 1347, according to a UCLA press release. </p>
<p>"We are delighted to have admitted this remarkable group of students with such outstanding academic qualifications," Chancellor Albert Carnesale said in a press release. "We will now work very hard to encourage these young scholars to enroll at UCLA." </p>
<p>Though the university admitted over 11,000 students, UCLA officials expect to enroll only about 4,300 of those students. </p>
<p>Wilbur said admitted students have until May 1 to decide whether to enroll.</p>