<p>I don't think the UCs would ever go to rolling admissions (that'd be a step backwards), but they might have stricter standards. I don't think they'd ever limit it by SAT. They've already limited it by a 3.0 GPA. The SAT IIs also deter many, but they're talking about eliminating them. The a-g requirements also deter many, but that's mainly OOS applicants.</p>
<p>To be honest, I think the acceptance rate will dip a bit in the next few years, and then stabilize.</p>
<p>But if they have stricter standards, less applicants will be eligible to apply and this means less income from application fees!! They are short on budget, so it's a good thing they got more applications, but bad for us applicants.</p>
<p>But if they eliminated the SATIIs, that would make more people apply, not less...</p>
<p>I don't see the point in limiting applicants. If a kid with a 3.5 and a 1700 wants to spend $65 on an application, more power to him. My concern is not that merely there are more applicants, but that the quality of the pool has remained the same as more have applied.</p>
<p>Why would they want to limit applications? More apps = lower acceptances = a stronger incoming class = a higher ranking.</p>
<p>^^I agree. The only problem I see in the grand number of applications is that 1) they may have problems go over each one and 2) some students might be applying as a backup with intentions of going to another school should the opportunity arise.
The benefits include more money and more recognition. UCLA does like boasting that it has the most applications in the U.S.
On the students side, however, higher numbers would mean undue stress and qualified students with intentions of matriculating will get rejected.
Overall I don't foresee their making an SAT floor cap in the admission process. The SAT is already a very controversial and unpopular test, and putting that much emphasis on it would just engender outcry. Besides, it is a public school, after all, and by its very nature it cannot exclude those that are poor test takers but otherwise excellent students.</p>
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<p>If you read the article posted above, you would see that a UCLA adcom specifically said they did not want more applications.</p>