<p>(trying to boost ucla's # of threads but anyway)</p>
<p>so why does ucla get the most applications of any US university? what makes UCLA so attractive that so many kids want to apply to it... or what makes it stand out that causes more kids to apply to it than the other UCs (and not just check all 8 boxes on the app)?</p>
<p>I hear it's because the population in socal is blossoming, especially with the massive mexican immigration. The same can be said about UC San Diego...</p>
<p>Fall 2000 application:
Berkeley - 33,351
UCLA - 37,805
UC San Diego - 35693</p>
<p>Fall 2003 applications:
Berkeley - 36,966
UCLA - 44,974
UC San Diego - 43,443 </p>
<p>UCSD increased the most in the 3 year span (I took the info from the UC handbooks). Actually, there's probably little correlation with the data i just copied and what i said about applications. Ah, it's late, i should be in bed.</p>
<p>Wow, I never knew that UCSD had already surpassed UCB in sheer applicants...
Could UCSD unseat UCLA from it's #1 position in a few years?</p>
<p>Number of applicants is closely linked to population base. The area around UCB has remained largely unchanged..even with the Dotcom gold rush of the late 90's.</p>
<p>Plus, more and more people are recognizing the need for a college education to be competetive in todays job market.</p>
<p>I think it is very feasbile that SD will pass up LA as the growth rate is higher there.</p>
<p>Plus, Berkeley is kind of intimidating to a lot of people (which is why it's called Berkeley and not UCB), whereas UCLA sounds like a cooler school to be in, and UCSD has a higher acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Most people don't even call it UCSD around here... just "SD" is enough... perhaps that would add to UCSD's name recognition and accessibility when compared to UCLA, which doesn't really go by "LA" as often as it ought to.</p>
<p>I'll vouch for the Berkeley intimidation factor; I have friends that are just like, whatever there's no point in me applying and getting rejected. Some of them have good academic records, too. </p>
<p>There's also a huge perception with kids around here that Berkeley is gloomy, full of academic freaks, and not fun. UCLA, however, gets the socal treatment of fun in the sun and hot guys/girls on campus.</p>
<p>That cuz it's true....I hated the area Berkeley is in...so I didn't apply...even if I was accepted, which was likely, I wouldn't accept, so why hold up a spot for another person that wants to go there? </p>
<p>And I have lived in SoCal and so I know what there is to do in both areas...personally SoCal is far more attractive..but that is my take on it.</p>
<p>yea when the average honors kid applies, he/she might check all the boxes on the UC app... except for berkeley.</p>
<p>There is a good amount of kids from my school that get in to CAL, UCLA, and UCSD. None of them last year decided to go to CAL. They all chose UCLA or UCSD.</p>
<p>its weird because a lot of the kids from my high school decided to go to UCLA and UCSD too... maybe its because my high school is in southern california? but for sure, most of the top kids went to UCLA (valedictorian ucla, #2 usc, #3 ucla, #4 caltech, #5 ucla), the kids who matriculated at berkeley were still smart, but not necessarily the best in the class. and some of the spring admits were... well... far from stellar.</p>
<p>I live in Norcal, and it seems the opposite is true over here; the top students from around here chose UCB over UCLA, but the majority got into B over LA; maybe it's got to do with geographic discrimination.</p>
<p>Probably just location. I would choose Cal over UCLA because it's closer to home, and I need to see my dog at least once a week. If UCLA was the same distance away, I would probably choose it. The location seems a little more appealing.</p>
<p>yea i actually think if i lived in northern california, i wouldve chosen berkeley too (i did get in, but i chose to stay close to home in LA). and then i probably wouldve applied to UC Davis instead of Irvine or Riverside</p>
<p>I live in NorCal, and that is why I did NOT apply to UCB...I hate this area..some love it..not me.</p>
<p>oh i thought it was NYU for some reason...</p>
<p>Part of it is its excellent sports teams and appearances on TV for championship games and that sort. There's a correlation between national sports exposure and then... a surge or increase in applications the following admissions round.</p>
<p>Take it from a high school kid. I hear all the time people say UCLA is where the party people go, and Cal is where the nerds go.</p>
<p>The party people at my school all went to UCR.</p>
<p>Party people don't go to UCLA...they go to like UCSB...</p>