<p>The</a> Daily Bruin - Record numbers apply to UC :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Folks here are saying UC Davis had the biggest increase...</p>
<p>And check out Santa Barbara</p>
<p>Well, that just means that 35k are going to be pouty and proclaim hate when they get rejected.</p>
<p>I think the admissions rate this year will be ~20% </p>
<p>-__- My cousins had it easy like 10 years ago..</p>
<p>lol. i'm starting to think that MY class (2010) had it easy :rolleyes:</p>
<p>damn lower chance for me to be accepted :(</p>
<p>I haven't verified it but I heard the numbers were as high as 70,000. Whatever the numbers are - it's too high for me. At this point, I think its going to be luck.</p>
<p>oh..my...word.</p>
<p>It's 70K if you include transfers.</p>
<p>^^ yeah.</p>
<p>I predict a 22% acceptance rate -- ~12,000 accepted.</p>
<p>But you know, the yield will be a big factor as well. More people are applying, mainly due to the fact that they're freaking out they won't be accepted elsewhere. So all the 2300+ers, who in the past would have only applied to UCB, HYPS, etc., are applying to the likes of UCLA, Michigan, Cornell, etc. in higher numbers. But it doesn't necessarily mean that more will attend. I, for one, applied to a few schools I probably shouldn't have, because admissions are such a crapshoot. But I now have only a slim intention of attending, even though I've been accepted. My guess is that UCLA establishes a greater waitlist this year...</p>
<p>I didn't know UCLA used a waitlist.....</p>
<p>It doesn't. I doubt it will, but it's certainly possible. I foresee some drastic changes to Berkeley's and UCLA's admissions in the next few years. Perhaps another essay if you apply to those, a higher standard for SAT, even elimination of SAT IIs, etc. especially as their endowments grow and they're able to get by with fewer students.</p>
<p>Then again, I'm not sure UCLA will downsize, as it still has room to grow; Berkeley has a limit (which it has exceeded), so it will probably downsize a bit. That'll definitely affect admit rates. The yield rates will probably grow, so I'm seeing the admit rate dropping below 20% for both in the next few years.</p>
<p>Someone linked an article from UCLA yesterday that said something like " we're not looking for anymore applicants...we don't have any room to grow". It was part of some UCLA publication with an article about the number of applicants...I'm off to look....</p>
<p>I'm back.It was the article that started this thread...</p>
<p>Though Hume, Wilbur and Montero all agreed that the rising numbers were a positive sign about the popularity of the UC, Montero said UCLA has already reached its maximum growth – currently there is a slight over-enrollment – and does not have much more room to expand. She added that she hopes the rising numbers of applicants will plateau at some point.</p>
<p>“Selectivity is pretty high already. We aren’t looking for more applications,” she said.</p>
<p>I take that back then -- though I'm not so sure how they're reached optimal size with the 400+ acres they have. I'd heard that they'd over-enrolled slightly, but perhaps they could grow in grad size. Then again, at 38,000+, it's already pretty huge.</p>
<p>If the applications keep rising (and I think they will), the acceptance rate will probably just keep going down. The thing is -- how low?</p>
<p>Is that where you go to school? How does it "feel" going to school that size? I read here you have to be a bit of a go getter to make the best of it. I'm about to give up trying to "sell" it to my D. It used to be her number one (after a summer program there), and the price, opportunities, and academics were right, but since she visited Scripps she's convinced it's too big. Now I'm thinking it's getting reachier and I should let it slip dwon the list.</p>
<p>One less applicant, as my daughter did not submit her supplimental. She wants small, private. My son has loved every moment at UCLA. It really is a dream school.</p>
<p>God, I hope this doesn't kill me, but it probably will.</p>
<p>yea, i highly doubt that ucla can increase their acceptance number too much (percentage will go lower and lower) because there isn't physically enough room on campus. The housing is pretty packed, and more and more people are opting to stay on campus in their sophomore/junior years.</p>
<p>Just to throw this out there, is there any way UCs (namely UCLA/UCB) could limit the number that apply? Like set a minimum SAT standard of, say, 1850 or so? Since they probably don't accept too many below that anyway? Cuz I really think those schools in particular pride themselves on being a peoples' univesity; I don't think they want to become Harvard or Stanford, with the <12% acceptance rates. Or perhaps adapt a rolling admissions policy, where spaces are filled as applications are submitted. Then it would help those who really want to go there by making them submit apps early, but have a higher chance of admittance, and take away those who are applying to them as "just another university." I should note that several large, prestigious public schools such as Michigan and Wisconsin use this method.</p>