UCLA acceptance procedure

[gongmonkey]

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Can someone explain to me how this works? I remember my student interviewer mentioning something like they send out 120 acceptances Jan. 15, and the website says that accepted applicants must respond within 2 weeks. Is this correct? Do they then start sending out other acceptances after the two weeks have passed and some people have turned them down?

 

[dirtybob]

Does the adcom meet every thursday or once every thursday?

 

[dr. deez]

bump! jan 15 sounds correct... i'm not sure about the 120 acceptances though. if we interviewed earlier would we have a better chance?... maybe someone from last year can help 🙂

 

[entropy]

They do not send out 120 acceptances by Jan 15th. The MSAR book says that the earliest acceptance date is Jan 15th, but they are usually a little behind schedule. Expect the first acceptances to come around late Jan early Feb. I think that the class (120) has to be filled by a certain date, I do not recall the date but it is far later in the year. You have until May 15th to hold all acceptances regardless of when they are given. Then you have to relinquish all acceptances except for one and the waitlists start to move. UCLA lags with there decisions. I had to wait 4 to 6 weeks for my letter after my interview. Some classmates waited a bit less and some waited 8 or 10 weeks. It really matters when your file goes to review and how much they like it. Good luck!!!

 

[Milhouse Van Houten]

i can corroborate the previous post. ucla is a hard core lagger. it sucks because they know everyone wants to go there so they can get away with being less efficient. it took me over three months to get a decision letter from them, and i interviewed in february. thus, i got my acceptance letter (w/o being watilisted) AFTER the date when applicants can only hold on to one acceptance (may 15th). that's what i call crappy efficiency. there is no reason it needs to take that long.

 

[koolkao]

Originally posted by Milhouse Van Houten
i can corroborate the previous post. ucla is a hard core lagger. it sucks because they know everyone wants to go there so they can get away with being less efficient. it took me over three months to get a decision letter from them, and i interviewed in february. thus, i got my acceptance letter (w/o being watilisted) AFTER the date when applicants can only hold on to one acceptance (may 15th). that's what i call crappy efficiency. there is no reason it needs to take that long.

How did this work? If 5/15 came around and you don't have UCLA acceptance and no indication from them that you're accepted, how can you make a decision? sounds weird. If I were in that situaion I would've chosen some place else by then.

 

[Trix]

All medical schools are supposed to have offered a number of acceptances equal to the size of the entering class by March 15th...so UCLA has to send out 120 acceptances by then.

 

[Nefertari]

They'll be sending out very few acceptances next week. Also, remember that UCLA accepts an avg of 240 to fill their class of 121. Last year, many folks who interviewed in Nov/Dec waited almost til March to hear anything. We'll just all have to hang in there & not get too jumpy. It took them a whole month just to schedule my interview, so i'm not hoping for any news soon.