UCLA Class of 2022 - Applicant Thread

I know this seems kinda silly, but I’m not feeling too great about my chances at UCLA because I didn’t receive the supplemental questionnaire. My stats definitely aren’t good enough for a straight up acceptance so I’m pretty sure my application went right to the rejection pile. :c

@EmZoWe Did you discuss a significant hardship that impacted your grades or a tremendous talent that distracted you from your academics in your personal statements? Or did you mention a disability?

It seems that the supplemental questionnaires are sent based on the admissions department needing more information about personal circumstances to fairly judge an applicant. So yes, the people who received the questionnaires were not denied or admitted straight away, but there are many people who are borderline who did not receive questionnaires because the admissions department has enough information to determine acceptance with their application because there was not a significant barrier in place that deterred from academics.

If you did not mention a hardship, talent or disability then I would not worry about not receiving it and not let it say anything about your chances. The questions were specific to those three circumstances.

@EmZoWe are you instate?

any info guys?

Recvd Explore campus life at UCLA mail today.

Since everyone is inquiring about emails be patient. Also here is a repost of a guide to emails from Ucla. Emails are sent in waves to prevent server issues.

As January is beginning you will begin to get emails from UCLA. Every year students speculate whether this means you will get in or not. So here is a dummy’s guide to UCLA emails.

  1. Regents Invitations: This means you are in the top 2% of applicants. Unlike Cal you do not get early acceptance. In addition you *can still get denied though this is very rare. If you get this complete the steps to be considered as a regents scholar and Beatie easy as you are very close to being a Bruin. Congrats!!
  2. Alumni Scholar invitation: The alumni scholarship program is not only prestigious but an invite is a great thing. While it is open to everyone the top 20% of applicants are invited to apply. This means UCLA has determined you are in the top 20% of applicants. In a previous thread by a former UCLA alumni scholar interviewer it was stated with data to back that those invited had a 60% admit rate. This makes sense as the top 20% should have a higher admit rate than lower groups. Note this is a correlation not causation. It is expected for this to occur. If you get this email then you can feel more comfortable that the odds have swung in your favor. Note that 60% statistic is pre 2014 which is when UCLA started its applicant boom. I got the email and was eventually accepted.
  3. Discover Engineering Save the Date email: If you applied to HSSEAS they used to have likely letters for engineering open house since renamed discover engineering day. If you get this email it means you have a 99% chance of being admitted/were admitted. It is for the top engineering applicants. I did not receive this email. However my roomate did. I was eventually admitted so no need to worry if you don’t get it.
  4. Campus life or any other emails: They are sent to everyone. They are just to get you excited about UCLA and see what it is like. They have no bearing on whether you get in or not.

Remember UCLA does not take demonstrated interest into account so calling admissions or visiting will not improve chances. Best of luck and hope this clears up confusion that has permeated previous threads.

Thanks for this information. When you say top 20%, do you mean overall or does it adjust for instate/OOS?

@ViolaMom12 This is for all applicants non adjusted. Ucla is so competitive now that there is negligible if no difference between an in state and out of state admit.

Top 20% statistically by GPA and test scores or top 20% factoring in ECs, community service and personal insights?

Thank you-this is super helpful!! Can you please share any information on dates when these are sent? Do Regents go out early like Cal or not till March?

To add a bit of intrigue about the emails @10s4life mentioned, our son was the opposite of him: he did not get the Alumni Scholarship email, but did get the Discover Engineering email (which comes about a week before decisions come out).

To validate the summary from @10s4life (below), My son got both 2 & 3 in 2016 and was then accepted to Engineering (EE). And my friend’s daughter got both 2 & 3 in 2017 and was then accepted to Engineering as well.

  1. Alumni Scholar invitation: The alumni scholarship program is not only prestigious but an invite is a great thing. While it is open to everyone the top 20% of applicants are invited to apply. This means UCLA has determined you are in the top 20% of applicants. In a previous thread by a former UCLA alumni scholar interviewer it was stated with data to back that those invited had a 60% admit rate. This makes sense as the top 20% should have a higher admit rate than lower groups. Note this is a correlation not causation. It is expected for this to occur. If you get this email then you can feel more comfortable that the odds have swung in your favor. Note that 60% statistic is pre 2014 which is when UCLA started its applicant boom. I got the email and was eventually accepted.
    1. Discover Engineering Save the Date email: If you applied to HSSEAS they used to have likely letters for engineering open house since renamed discover engineering day. If you get this email it means you have a 99% chance of being admitted/were admitted. It is for the top engineering applicants.

Is it supposedly coming out at 4:59 today?

@party123 thats 7:59 eastern. How do u know that?

@coolguy985 someone wrote that earlier on this feed.

If a candidate is invited for UCB regents, would they be invited for UCLA also? Is Alumni scholarship interview for only UCLA applicants or any UC applicant?

What is usually the approximate ACT and GPA cutoff for an invite?

@bsmdint The UCB regents and UCLA regents (and all the UCs actually) are separate. Some candidates are invited to both because they have great stats but it is not connected. And Alumni scholarship mentioned here is just UCLA applicants.

@meb1meb1 thanks!

This may be an old question, but does anyone know if the UC admissions committees “talk” and agree they won’t all fight for the same candidate? I mean, does UCLA bow out if UCB will extend an offer, and vice versa?