<p>Hey, I doubt this counts but is it considered legacy if my grandfather got his teaching credentials at UCLA? I am pretty sure it only counts if he went there as an undergrad, but just want others opinions. </p>
<p>Also, if I have decent grades (AP classes), am a varsity athlete (CrossCountry,Track) who made it to C.I.F. Southern Section Finals, achieved an Award for Great All Around Character (There is only one athlete chosen per year for this award),have strong reccomendation letters (especially from coach), and being a minority (hispanic), do I have a good chance of being accepted? I plan on taking the SAT and ACT with SAT II tests, but from your opinion (UCLA students) should I take the SAT or ACT? </p>
<p>I know it is not entirely possible to tell if I would get accepted since I haven't taken the SAT/ACT yet and recieved my scores but if you had to chance based on all the above info that would be great.</p>
<p>P.S. Sorry about all the questions in one thread, it just makes the forums look more clean that way, instead of posting several threads.</p>
<p>As far as I know, legacy means nothing in California public schools. I remember with UCLA, letters of rec will not be accepted unless they request it or something for extremely rare cases… </p>
<p>I don’t believe the UCs make a distinction between ACT and SAT. So it’s up to you. </p>
<p>(Also, it’s good that you collected all your questions into one thread… A while back there was a user who asked several questions in several threads… Let’s just say ThisCouldBeHeaven isn’t lying to you.)</p>
<p>I don’t recall legacy in the UC Application.
No, they don’t take letters of rec or interviews.</p>
<p>You can try brown-nosing an admissions guy…and since you’re Hispanic, I suggest looking up Jose Sanchez. Yeah I let him review my essay before I submitted. </p>
<p>Remember, taking 3 SAT IIs is recommended, 2 SAT IIs are required.</p>
<p>UCs do not look at legacy or letters of recommendation at all. In fact, if you include a rec letter, they will promptly throw it away without even reading a sentence.</p>
<p>If you are denied admission and appeal, however, then they will look at letters of recommendation but they will never ever look at legacy.</p>
<p>Legacy, rec letters (exceptions), race doesn’t count. You should take both SAT and ACT (or at least PSAT and PLAN). If you graduate HS in or after 2012, you may not HAVE to take subject tests, but they’ll consider it. Sports only seem to count a LOT if you’re recruited (if your a junior, and you want to be recruited, you should be working on this already), but sticking with several “good” EC’s is important too.</p>
<p>Both of my parents went to UCLA, but if I remember correctly, the UC application didn’t even ask where they went to school. I could be wrong, though.</p>
<p>What did he say? That is sure to be news to most folks on college confidential, blow a lot of folks away, and cause a firestorm of new publicity…and it clearly did not work in my D’s favor. OTOH, race plus first generation might help.</p>
<p>^Not with Proposition 209 passed. Race may lead to associated socioeconomic status or frequency of hardships which can affect your admissions under UCLA’s holistic process.</p>
<p>Jinobi’s right, but I seem to remember there was something in UCLA’s policies about “preserving the diversity” of the campus. From what I recall, it basically means they admit a minimal number of each ethnicity to keep the campus “diverse.”</p>
<p>“something in UCLA’s policies about “preserving the diversity” of the campus.”…“they admit a minimal number of each ethnicity to keep the campus “diverse.””</p>
<p>“As a public, land grant institution of higher learning, UCLA has a mandate to serve the State of California by educating its future leaders in research, industry, and the arts. California’s future depends heavily on this important charge. While California law prohibits the consideration of an applicant’s race and/or gender in individual admission decisions, the University also has a mandate to reflect the diversity of the state’s population in its student body. Student diversity is a compelling interest at UCLA. It contributes to a rich and stimulating learning environment, one that best prepares leaders-in-the-making for the challenges and opportunities of California, the nation, and beyond.”</p>
<p>Well that’s interesting, but I didn’t see anything about "admit a minimal number of each ethnicity ". Still, I for one, would not be unhappy if the number of African Americans at UCLA come a little closer to the number in California, especially without breaking my laws. Seems it’s been 3 or 4 percent at UCLA for the last few years.</p>
<p>When I said “admit a minimal number of each ethnicity,” I meant that they would admit at least a certain number of students to “maintain diversity.” I doubt there is any set minimum or anything and I didn’t mean to convey that idea. My mistake.</p>
<p>I don’t like this idea. We should admit people based on their merits rather than how we want our university to look. Of course, we would look at context (straight A’s in East LA would have more push than straight A’s in Lynnwood). The way I see it, we’re denying people who are ideal candidates to attend UCLA so we can make room for lesser candidates because we want ethnic diversity.</p>