I was accepted with a full ride for having a 4.2 GPA, 1030 SAT score, and taken plenty of AP classes/extra curricular activities/community service. Honestly, it’s all about what you wrote in your essays. When I wrote my essays I made sure that I included my hardships, achievements, contributions, and who I am as a person.
Accepted for molecular, cellular, and developmental biology!!
- Out-of-state
- 4.00 Unweighted GPA, 4.4 Weighted GPA
- 33 ACT, 1480 SAT. Subject Tests: 750 Math 2
- I basically did as many extracurriculars and took as many AP classes as possible. I feel like my 4 essays were what probably pushed it over the edge for me, as I wrote about interesting, personal, yet still humorous topics. In a school like UCLA where they receive so many qualified applicants, the essays are what push you over the edge. I’d advise others to consider writing about an anecdote that caused them to have an awakening or learn a valuable lesson–colleges love the “make something out of nothing.” For example, in one of my essays, I talked about how an experience with pizza taught me to take risks.
-My other results: Denied from Northwestern ED, Accepted to UIUC, Deferred at UMich EA, Accepted to Purdue, Accepted to UW-Madison, Accepted to UCSD. Waiting on Berkeley and USC.
Congrats to all the other new bruins (:
Hi! I got accepted but am confused because my UCapplication has not updated it still says my application is under review… this is not something to worry about right?
not sure how that works, but I did call Cal about switching majors. There they said after you accept, when you meet with your advisor in the summer, you can petition to change majors. if you have the pre-recs, they will consider it, but percentage that get approved are small. Maybe it is similar at UCLA. I would call admissions.
Got into HSSEAS for Bioengineering! Still shocked (BioE is supposedly the most selective, and it seems to be hovering at like a 6% acceptance rate based on historical data)
- In state
- 3.98 Unweighted GPA, 4.52 Weighted GPA
- 1490 SAT, 800 Math II, 740 Physics
Essays were eh; I had somewhat prestigious awards in debate and had done research for four years at a very famous university.
Other results: Rejected by Caltech, MIT, and Stanford; Waitlisted by UChicago and UCSD; Accepted at Davis
Rejected
Major: Biology
UW GPA: 3.86
SAT 1330
EC: Volunteer tutor for 2 years, Part time job all through high school, and theatre all 4 years
Essays: Good but not standout
In-State
Accepted: UCR, Cal Poly Pomona, CSU Fullerton, CSU Monterey, San Diego State
Waiting to hear from: Irvine, Santa Barbara
Accepted!
Major: Pre-Mathematics
UW GPA: 3.978
ACT: 31
EC: International Club Vice President, Spanish National Honor Society Secretary, Math Tutor
Essays: I believe they were good, I have a passion for writing so I enjoyed writing them.
Out of State from Atlanta, GA
Accepted: UGA, Georgia Tech, UCSC
Waitlisted at UChicago and Rejected at Pomona
And many more decisions to come
I was also an applicant that received a supplemental
Accepted!
Major: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
UC GPA: 4.0 (5 AP Classes, 12 As, 2 F’s LOL)
SAT: 1580
EC: Key Club President, ASB Committee Head, Esports VP
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, Student of the Month
Essays: I believe they were very well written
In state
Accepted: UCR, UCSB, UCD (With Regents)
UCLA, UCSD (Regular admission)
Rejected: Stanford, Pomona, John Hopkins
Waiting for: UCI, Berkeley, Duke
No supplementals required
@HopefulStud Congrats that’s quite an achievement. The actual acceptance rate for Bioengineering is actually 14.2%. Aerospace and Mech E and CS are at 9%. Undeclared Engineering is at 10%. Full engineering admit rates for last year can be found at this link.
http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/seasoasa/2017-UCEE-Report.pdf
@anotherdooropens I initially applied for DMA but there was an issue with the supplement and I was transferred to the CAS pool. I consider my portfolio one the stronger parts of my application so I was bummed about that. DMA is soooo super competitive (5% acceptance rate!) and I’m sure your portfolio is amazing. Many of my friends who also applied to DMA are the best artists I’ve seen–with awards and achievements to show for it–and they all got rejected, so don’t feel too bad.
Accepted!
Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
UW GPA: 4.0
SAT: 1400
Essays: I think they were pretty good
EC: Founder of an organization, President/VP of numerous clubs, lots of volunteer work
In state
Accepted: UC Berkeley (Regents), UCLA, UCSD, Cornell
Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins
Waiting for 5 more schools
anyone else accepted and created their ucla logon ID but it says they’re missing the pin? I see the pin on my accepted decision, yet I don’t know where to input it into the account that I made in order to see financial aid and accept my offer. It’s called the 9-digit UCLA identification number and I see the number, yet do not know where to input it in my ucla account. I called the phone number offered yet they can’t respond until Monday.
From what I have seen they take about 2,000 students on waitlist and their website said that historically each year they take in 200-400 students from waitlist to admitted.
Accepted!
Bio Major
In State
UW GPA: 3.95
W GPA: 4.4
SAT: 1410
Several AP Classes, have gotten 3, 4, and 5s on them
Lots of EC (volunteering, leadership, varsity sports)
@10s4life Oh, thanks for the information!! I was speculating off what I read here:
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/statistics/
Assuming that UCLA has a 35% yield rate which adcoms look to offset, that’s how I came to that number
@HopefulStud That’s resourcefulness! I can see why Ucla admitted you. Our yield rate is in the 30% range but steadily improving especially we are now the number one public university. 
UCLA was my dream school :(, feeling so depressed right now… congrats to those who got in
@10s4life Thanks for that report! Do you know of others that cover the whole university or at least L&S? I remember seeing stuff in the past but I can’t find it now.
@TreeAlum Since L&S does not admit by major, the general Ucla admit rate is what is used to determine chances. No one in L&S is in their major at the time of admission yet
Rejected ):
Comp Sci Major
In state
1520 SAT
4.0 UW GPA
4.35 W GPA
Programming experience, robotics team leader, math team leader and other ECs
honestly a little torn up about this!