2024-2025 UCLA (Geffen)

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purple3081 said:
It’s like this year they’re using an entirely different playbook.
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Yeah looking through the past threads, I think the top / regular WL is new as of 23-24 (22-23 thread has people saying UCLA didn't disclose their position on the WL). IIRC MSAR says 177 matriculated last year, which would only be overfilled by 2 seats if the desired class size is 175. Last year had a number of reg WL people get As Apr 30 - May 2, and I'm assuming all top of WL people got As then as well. Wonder what's different this year? Speculating here - it may be that more people are included in the 'top of WL'
 
Regarding UID: since getting pulled from WL (near top designation) and committing, having the UID has been super important in accessing the myUCLA portal, getting financial aid info (only loans lmao), and completing housing application. I got my UID number on the portal the Friday before getting pulled on Wednesday, April 30th. I hate to fuel speculation, but it seems like the UID is really important in getting things moving with admissions. My UID was also provided in my acceptance email.
 
User1776 said:
Regarding UID: since getting pulled from WL (near top designation) and committing, having the UID has been super important in accessing the myUCLA portal, getting financial aid info (only loans lmao), and completing housing application. I got my UID number on the portal the Friday before getting pulled on Wednesday, April 30th. I hate to fuel speculation, but it seems like the UID is really important in getting things moving with admissions. My UID was also provided in my acceptance email.
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That’s actually really helpful to know. It’s almost like they knew ahead of time that they would be releasing acceptances slowly so they wanted to have the UID’s prepared in advance. Especially since students only have 5 days. I mean obviously having a UID ≠ getting accepted since it still depends on if they have space available
 
I feel like they’re gonna wait until the 5 day deadline from the first round of acceptances to pass before they send more
 
Has anyone been successful in getting UCLA to match a peer institution’s merit scholarships? I know it was possible for the past year’s but interested to hear any successful stories from this year + how you went about it. Please DM, TIA.
 
dayoneofmedicine said:
Has anyone been successful in getting UCLA to match a peer institution’s merit scholarships? I know it was possible for the past year’s but interested to hear any successful stories from this year + how you went about it. Please DM, TIA.
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I would also appreciate insight on this
 
Baldlegend said:
I would also appreciate insight on this
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In my meeting with financial aid they said they are unable to since they already awarded all of their scholarships. I thought since the scholarship came from a higher ranking school I would have some luck with them matching it but the answer for me was no. From what I’ve seen in the group me and speaking to a few people, it looks like the full tuition scholarships went to PRIMELA students but if someone got a scholarship that isn’t prime please correct me.
 
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futuredocgall said:
In my meeting with financial aid they said they are unable to since they already awarded all of their scholarships. I thought since the scholarship came from a higher ranking school I would have some luck with them matching it but the answer for me was no. From what I’ve seen in the group me and speaking to a few people, it looks like the scholarships went to PRIMELA students but if someone got a scholarship that isn’t prime please correct me.
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Some of my friends and I also received some small scholarships from them, and we were not Prime-LA or even California natives. It was around a 20-25% tuition scholarship. I had substantial scholarships from 5 other places and they were not willing to match at all lol. With federal funding cuts and Geffen not renewing his financial commitment to DGSOM, the school and its students are at a tough spot unfortunately.
 
ufache10 said:
Apparently, the admit.org people are now basing [or heavily basing] the entire rank list on "match list strength". I have a transcript saved from someone on their website corroborating this in case they try to fake news me. The algorithm they are using is completely different. New MSAR data had not even been released.

They are also seemingly treat the top 50 different than others in this algorithm.

I think it is very low-quality of them and borderline nefarious of them to have released updated rankings while not telling the general public that they are basically using an entirely new algorithm.

Their new algorithm is flawed imo, and I think hurts west coast schools because west coast residencies are ranked lower across the board on doximity.

Their new algorithm assumes that all people essentially just seek the best ranked residency possible regardless of geographic location, which is just simply not true lol

Again, I do not know why they released these rankings right before impressionable students make decisions while also not sharing they changed how they are doing it.

They are not factoring ANYTHING [or nearly anything] but match list for the top 50, but that seems to be clear to no one. I had to ask them on their chat feature for them to tell me they decided to make this change. I.e yield, research funding, number of low SES students, etc. none of that is in their rankings anymore lol [according to the person I talked to on their website]
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02:45 PM | J------ from Admit: For the top 50 schools, we didn’t incorporate stats - we based their algo largely on the past 2 years of match lists (and next year will be based on 3 years, so larger sample size)

02:46 PM | J------ from Admit: Match lists are the most indicative of a med school’s strength (as long as the sample size of years is broad enough)

02:46 PM | J------ from Admit: Because it includes factors like regional connections, specialty strength (like UMiami having very strong nsgy and ophtho programs), etc

02:55 PM | J------ from Admit: As for a disclaimer - we’re trying to move away from publicly posting in places just so that it doesn’t feel like we’re trying to moderate/sway discussion

02:55 PM | J------ from Admit: We want it to be open - if people want to discuss admit they can, and if not then not

02:57 PM | J------ from Admit: At the end of the day, it wouldn’t make sense to use number of low or high SES accepted students as a control. We did that last year because we had to adjust for MCAT scores

03:00 PM | J------ from Admit: Measuring the ending outcomes with match lists just made the most sense for this year

03:14 PM | J------- from Admit: Match lists are just the most ironclad way to have rankings right now, and they’re an improvement on last year

03:15 PM | J------ from Admit: And the best part about Match lists, they include factors that couldn’t be ranked before such as prestige, program director strength, specialty strength, etc
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Even USNWR rankings (to a lesser degree now since they are just Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4) are flawed because stats averages they use such as the MCAT average disproportionately hurt state public medical schools that have rural campuses. These schools for obvious reasons cannot publicly release averages for each campus and the lower stats of matriculants to the rural campuses brings down their overall average.
 
Rakoda said:
Yes I did, another scholarship from the school, and the final year tuition waived through the PRIME program
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Thanks. I think Dr Moreno said that the masters year free, and a base 20k scholarship/year was provided for every student, but It's great to hear that they are providing additional scholarships. Maybe they'll try to match aid if I get off the WL.
 
I got and got rejected years ago haha. I believe peeps that waitlisted are good
 
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