UCLA Rejection

Applying to College
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<p>My friend, who is African American, was accepted to all the colleges she applied to. Accepted to Harvard, Princeton, NYU, Berkeley. Stanford and Columbia.... but not UCLA. I thought it was rather uncanny that UCLA didn't accept her, but the admissions process is, especially at the UC's, can be rather unpredictable. </p>

<p>Her stats were: </p>

<p>GPA: 4.33
SAT: 2000
Nothing lower than an 'A'
Good extracuric
Took mostly AP classes as well as passing all the exams </p>

<p>She will be attending Harvard and shes not our Valedictorian (both her and the Valedictorian did not get accepted to UCLA)</p>

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<p>UCLA or any of the UC's for that matter doesn't practice any form of Affirmative Action in the admissions process.</p>

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<p>also, isnt there some informal "if ur in at berk you prolly wont be in at LA" system?</p>

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<p>UC's dont follow AA programs...a white guy would never get into Harvard with that SAT score...</p>

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<p>ryn5543:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

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<p>Righteous......</p>

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<p>If any future applicants to UCLA are reading this, don't be discouraged. I got in with a 1980 / 4.3.</p>

<p>Oh, and I'm from the southeast.</p>

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<p>I think UC Berkely was easier to get into than UCLA this year. My school is sending 30 kids to Berkeley, and like ten to UCLA.</p>

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<p>I don't see what the surprise is about. UCLA is more stat-based, so a 2000 wouldn't cut it. Harvard practices Affirmative Action, and so a 2000 for an African American apparently would.</p>

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<p>If you're not a CA resident UCLA and UCB are virtually impossible to get into.</p>

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<p>what a sad predicament our nation is in. what happened? i say good for the UC system for not practicing AA. a 2000 into harvard, stanford, princeton, columbia? come on. my best (white) friend was rejected from harvard AND princeton with a 2360; he was waitlisted at stanford.</p>

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<p>More mush and irrelevant personal anecdotes on why someone or "their friend" didn't get admitted in a process where THOUSANDS of people seek an opportunity available only to a few hundred.</p>

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<p>It's not mush. Anecdotal evidence is provided both FOR and AGAINST affirmative action...i think the statistics are pretty clear, and there are clear reasons why one applicant gets in over another. so what if thousands of people seek an opportunity available to few? within that application process, there can also be some patterns...</p>

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<p>ucla has been very "ec" lately; while berkeley's still number-based, ucla's starting to admit mediocre-stats with good ecs o___x</p>

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<p>"also, isnt there some informal "if ur in at berk you prolly wont be in at LA" system?"</p>

<p>doesn't exist. I know plenty of people who got into both schools. They just emphasize different things. It's interesting to note that UCLA got the most applications this year - over 47000.</p>

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<p>"ucla's starting to admit mediocre-stats with good ecs o___x"</p>

<p>yay!</p>

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<p>Gatsby, I didn't say one word about Affirmative-Action. And yes, some of these ramblings about who did and who didn't gain admission is absolute mush, as professor Kingsfield would say.</p>

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<p>this is a very intersting conversation.. Alot of schools admit black with lower stats just because they fill that they need to fill some sort of void i guess. She seems like a smart girl, maybe she just didnt do well on the SAT's. Both the val and sal got rejected from Yale at my school and other students with lower gpa's got in because they were more well rounded. the val got rejected from harvard as well, but the sal is going there next yr. It just depends.</p>

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<p>You forget that these schools are still vastly white. Your “friend” as an example is so completely narrow minded as you so easily forget the white dominance at every major school.</p>

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<p>Please use old threads for information only, do not post on them and revive them.</p>

<p>Also, all AA discussions belong exclusively on the Race FAQ sticky thread at the top of this forum.</p>