UCLA Fall 2006 Application Data Released

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<p>In case you haven't already heard...[list=0]
[<em>]47,226 students applied for Fall 2006 freshman admission, a 12.2% increase
[</em>]13,065 students applied for Fall 2006 transfer admission, a 0.3% decrease
[<em>]There was a system-wide 14.9% increase in out-of-state applicants
[</em>]There was a system-wide 16.1% increase in international applicants
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<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/06app.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/06app.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=35806%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=35806&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This should make this year's UCLA freshman admissions extra selective... :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>on the first website if u go to "table 10" and see the graphs it says that the average sat for ucla is 1790 and for cal its 1826. isnt that a little wrong???</p>

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<p>thats only the avg for the applicants. the accepted stats will be much higher</p>

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<p>Why is the selectivity rate so important? It just tells you how popular a school is, not really how good it is!</p>

<p>So, why is UCLA so popular?</p>

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<p>"So, why is UCLA so popular?"</p>

<p>Uh... it must be the dorm food. </p>

<p><just kidding=""></just></p>

<p>However, in all seriousness, I personally do not agree with your statement. The selectivity rate doesn't just show how "popular" a school is, it shows that the school is indeed, as you put it, good. Why would anyone apply to a school that didn't have strong academics or something specific to offer to their students? IMO, we are "popular" because we ARE a good school with high academic standards, located in the Los Angeles area, offer many opportunities in cutting edge reseach and heck! We're not that far from the beach! </p>

<p>So maybe this isn't the answer you wanted, but there's no way you can look at the admissions and selectivity rate and claim that UCLA is just "popular" without also saying that it's a good school.</p>

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<p>So, are party schools automatically good schools, just because a lot of people might apply to them?</p>

<p>BTW, I'm not a UCLA hater...</p>

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<p>I think you know the answer to that... :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>I'm not really up to date on the party school admissions, but do any of them really come that close to UCLA's admission statistics? If there are, that's interesting, I suppose, but I think I'd be a bit shocked also... But I think if you or anyone else did any research on UCLA, you'd know that we're definitely not a party school...</p>

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<p>Selectivity doesn't necessarily mean a school is all that much better. For example, there are many highly selective LACs that are not necessarily the "best" schools in America.</p>

<p>Contrariwise, you get Michigan, with a relatively high admissions rate, but an incredible overall program.</p>

<p>Selectivity is just ONE factor to consider.</p>