Admissions Blog

It is that time of year!

Many of you are preparing your college applications.  Understandably, there are questions, doubts, and concerns that come along with process.  However, in the next few weeks your applications will be complete and submitted.  Then you have the remaining academic year to concentrate on your studies and enjoy school as you await decisions in the Spring.  We encourage you not to stress too much over the process.  We look forward to receiving the thousands of applications.  This is an exciting and busy time of year for us as well.  In the mean time, check out why some current students choose UCLA.

Why did you choose to go to UCLA?

• It was my dream school.
• It was the best school my parents were allowing me to go to.
• It's my dream school, what better place to study than LA for Chicana/o Studies major and the prestige and esteemed professors.
• It was the best school that I go into.  Had sports and academics and would open up the most networks.
• The size of the campus brings so much variety and opportunity.
• Closer to home and family.  I loved the campus and all the resources UCLA offers its students to become successful Bruins.
• I like the location.  It's far away for me to be independents form my parents but close enough to home to drive down to when I'm homesick.
• The environment.
• It would help me achieve my goals in life and career.
• Berkeley turned me down!
• Feel in love with campus and diversity.
• It's a good school with a good reputation.
• Best school I got into.
• My father and I have always like this school. It was a personal mission of mine to be a student here.
• Nice campus, different opportunities.
• Prestigious school close to home, but still far enough away from family.
• The strength of their programs. The enthusiasm and participation of students in on-campus activities as well as the location.
• For many reasons.  Primarily, the fact that it lies within the LA metropolis. Not too far from home and a well respected academic program in any study.  The school offered my particular major with a great program to develop my interests.
• Raza day persuaded me over UC Berkeley and USC.

For the curious......

I recently conducted a mini survey of our student workers. First, you should know, that our UARS students workers are very much appreciated. They are a wonderful dose of relativity for our staff.  As such, I was curious to know their perspectives on academic and campus life at UCLA.  Over the next few weeks I will share the results.  Enjoy!

What is your favorite UCLA memory?

• Living in the dorms, learning the 8-clap, beating USC, seeing President Clinton speak, tasting Diddy Reese (www.diddyriese.com/home.php) for the first time!
• UCLA game against USC and winning
• Fall 2007 rush week parties
• Taking summer school here in 2006 and when UCLA beat USC that year
• Beating USC Fall 06
• Hanging out with dorm mates
• Finishing the year as an ally to youth in the community through a community service project I was able to be a site coordinator for a project at Hawthorne High School. A year of hard work culminated into great youth participation.
• Beating USC in football in 2006
• Finally finishing my most difficult quarter
• No one particular memory, just fun times with new friends I’ve made
• Dinner with 12 strangers (www.uclalumni.net/CalendarEvents/d12/home.cfm) and Spring Sing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Spring_Sing) are really fun
• Meeting international students during the summer and talking to them about life at UCLA.
• Dancing for 26 hours at UCLA’s Dance Marathon (http://bruindancemarathon.org/) to raise money for pediatric aids.
• Meeting Jordan Farmar and James Franco
• Blue and Gold week 2006
• First year dorm life