@groovyJ Revelle is great. Take advantage of their honors program if you qualify. S1 found it to be really outstanding.
what major @leavingstairs
Pre economics
any in state ppl get in yet??
WAHHHOOOOOOOOO rejected ucla instate…jk
hilarious @RyuuNao
Hi everyone! I’m a student engineering ambassador at UCLA and unfortunately it is true we have seen record yield numbers this year. The admitted student events have been increasing our yield rate which consequently diminishes the need for the waitlist. All final decisions will be on the portal soon. At this moment I highly suggest that you make preparations to attend the school you SIRd to. Best of luck! It was very competitive this year and know a waitlist spot meant you were good enough.
@10s4life is there anymore chance of being accepted?
Okay so if it’s gonna be rejections from now on, what’s the point of them updating our portals so late?!
@RyuuNao Unfortunately the odds are slim to none at this point. But I would keep checking because like they say it isn’t over until the fat lady sings.
@10s4life Were any in state people accepted this year?
@janeyyy05 Yes of course! In state and oos are both accepted off the waitlist. Not everyone posts their decisions on college confidential so it may seem like no one did.
great. this sucks
@10s4life … hello student engineering ambassador, please tell Ucla admissions that this prolonged process create so much unnecessary stress to many waitlist students and parents. They get to have a better way in handling the process.
The fact that UCs not taking in more in-instate students is very unfortunate (because of budget issue), pushing many in-state qualified and talented kids out to other states.
@mamimami I understand how frustrating this is. UCLA gives until June to release final decisions for the waitlist. The reason is due to the shear amount of students they have to shift through. The admissions office is working as hard as they can but they cannot give final decisions any earlier because once admitted students SIR, they need to look through test scores, grades, and other factors. Even when the SIR deadline passes they look through those stats for rescindsion. That’s why it’s a rolling process. When offered a waitlist spot it is advised to pretend that you are going to the school you SIRd to and the waitlist spot doesn’t exist because it’s not guaranteed and UCLA needs time to make these decisions based on enrollment figures. The majority of students accepted are still in state and oos students are held to a higher standard than in state. It does suck that not everyone can get in but all the UCs are stellar and will provide a world class education. I’m sorry this process has been so difficult. The school of engineering is also very tough to get into with a School admit rate near 9%. Best of luck!
@10s4life , thanks for your reply!
I would imagine that the waitlists are ranked or batch-prioritized even though the admission counselors never want to reveal that.
I don’t understand why that information cannot be reviewed to the waitlisted. That will give a more realistic sense on the wait and would lessen the unnecessary anticipation… just my thought …
@10s4life … i have another question that I am curious about and wonder if you can help answer it.
I think that my son’s school doesn’t rank their kids really hurts them, as he had to say No to the 'are you in top 10% at your school '. There are so many applicants, there is no way every single application got looked at in details. I bet the first screen was through a computer preset parameters. Am I correct in this guessing?..of course I know it’s the holistic review and not just looking at the test score or GPAs.
But then comparing kids on their GPA are really not fair, as it depends on classes they took and also which schools they attended. For some schools students are lot more easier to get As than with other schools. Therefore, it is so much easier to get perfect As in attending certain schools. I know many other countries , esp in Asia and England (correct me if I am wrong ), colleges will not look into GPAs, but just ok public test score in accepting students. I am not saying this is the best way, but hope you can make your admissions office aware of that and come out with a better and fair reviewing process.
I also heard that if students are first generation of college also generate points on their profiles. Honestly, this is so unfair too. The admission process should strictly based on the kids’ own effort and scores.
Oh well, thank you all for the patience to read my comments… just vent it out …
GOOD LUCK to all of you here and wish you all the best in your next chapters of life. I am sure UCLA offers world class education, but it is matters more on how all you walk on your path. I am sure whichever colleges you attend, will offers many opportunities. It is more important on how you walk on your path and not so much matter on what the path is.
@mamimami I believe that UCLA and many other top schools only evaluate students based on the context of their own schools. Thus, students are only competing against students within their own schools and not against students in other schools.
@Bakasworld … …evaluate students based on the content text of their own schools … so if the HS that the kids in are those very competitive school (like my son’s school is a magnet school that kids need to apply and take test in getting in), then easily their B students should be A students in other schools. So that’s what I mean that evaluation of GPAs is not a fair system.
@mamimami If everyone in your kid’s school has B’s, then your child is not at a disadvantage because your child is compared to the rest of the student body at your kid’s school. If another school has students that only receive A’s, then those students will only be competing against each other and not against students at other schools that have mainly B’s, like your kid’s school. I do not know why you think this system is unfair because this system allows students to only compete against other students that all have the same opportunities as each other.