<p>Just for all of your information who keep asking why LA did not admit them when they have exceptional grades and a long list of ECs:</p>
<p>UCLA received a total of 50,694 applications for Freshman admissions. This makes us the most applied to school in the country.</p>
<p>The UC system strives to accept the top 12.5% of the total number of applicants (this number was made when the number of applications was between 40,000 to 44,000). Because of the high volume of applications at LA, there's no room for the 12.5% of these applicants. There had to be cuts on this number to accomodate a quality learning environment.</p>
<p>For those that want to appeal, please keep in mind that the deadline to have the appeals at UCLA is April 16th. Also, appeals must state what is NEW and COMPELLING that has happened since your original application was submitted. A good idea is to get a maximum of two letters of rec for this. One from a School Guidance Counselor is highly desirable.</p>
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The UC system strives to accept the top 12.5% of the total number of applicants
Because of the high volume of applications at LA, there's no room for the 12.5% of these applicants.
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The state Master Plan for colleges says that the UC system should accept students who are in the top 12.5% of the state's HS class. That means accept somewhere in the system. It has nothing to do with whether they get into a particular campus like ucla.</p>
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Every few years, the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) assesses where UC stands in relation to the Master Plan provision that the top 12.5 percent of the state's graduating public high school students be considered eligible for UC. </p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification. I should start reading UCOP more often like I use to. What amazes me is that there's a High School in Irvine, University High School, whose admissions rate for the UC system defies the state Master Plan. A WHOPPING 49% of their seniors made it into the UC system. If the UC system accepts the top 12.5% of the state's graduating public high school students, then it should be fair to say that the UC system accepts the top 12.5% from each high school. I wonder how Uni does it with there 49% UC acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Thats true, but my point is it's interesting to note how a school can have such a high UC acceptance rate. It makes me wonder what factors are present that makes that school turn out students where practically half of them are accepted to the UC system.</p>
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It makes me wonder what factors are present that makes that school turn out students where practically half of them are accepted to the UC system.
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grade inflation and smart kids. Grades plus scores determine a score, and the UC system sets a cutoff so the score is achieved by 12.5% of the graduating HS kids.