UCLA Receives >50,000 Freshman Applications for Fall 2007

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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if you just took the test without taking a class, and you got a 5, is that an a for 2 semesters? or what if your teacher was utter crap and you ended up with a 1? do you deserve a f, when your physics teacher doesn't even know how to integrate?

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<p>Exactly. If you had a 'crappy' teacher who didn't teach you what someone taking an AP class should know, then you obviously aren't qualified in the subject. </p>

<p>As for the SATs' being 'standardized,' some people spend time taking prep courses, and others don't, and others study for it because they care; in an AP course, if a student feels the in-class education is inadequate, he/she can go out, spend $20 on Barron's AP <em>subject</em> and study that, which has all the information needed. Plus your argument just sucks in general - you say that SATs are more important because they are standardized, but you want to count AP class grades that are not standardized as far as I know (save for the AP prep teachers do, but if that were the case, then going by the standardized AP test should be fine, right???). </p>

<p>Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if they counted SAT scores more, but AP scores should carry more weight.</p>

<p>In respect to the new holistic approach, I doubt it will change anything - what'd they do, just make it so that the same person reads your essay and the rest of your app? Perhaps it will make or break a few borderline people (and help the truly disadvantaged, a bit), but looking at Berkeley, the top students still get in even if they have 'average' essays.</p>

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<p>VERY STUPID QUESTION BUT</p>

<p>do they actually look at every single darned application?
or do they like...throw some aside once they look at the GPA
or do they skim???
huh?</p>

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<p>I think we would all love to know exactly how they go about reviewing applications, but somehow I doubt schools in general would want to tell us in detail.</p>

<p>The information the release about how they review applications is so general it really doesn't say much.</p>

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<p>"UCLA this year is using a new "holistic" approach in admissions, one in which all facets of each applicant can be considered at once by admissions reviewers. The new model, which will make UCLA's admissions process more like UC Berkeley's"</p>

<p>I wonder how much of a change in admissions in UCs will the "new holistic approach" do. No matter what, UCs are UCs and they're very numbers-driven.</p>

<p>"In respect to the new holistic approach, I doubt it will change anything - what'd they do, just make it so that the same person reads your essay and the rest of your app? Perhaps it will make or break a few borderline people (and help the truly disadvantaged, a bit), but looking at Berkeley, the top students still get in even if they have 'average' essays."</p>

<p>Agreed.</p>