UCLA Accepts Freshman Class – 45 Percent Asian American

April 18, 2011 Admin 1 Comment

The fall, 2011 freshman class just admitted by the school is a whopping 45 percent Asian and Asian American, representing the largest ethnic group, by far, in the field.

The GPA of UCLA’s incoming class is 4.3, with an SAT “composite score” of 2,039.3. WTH?

Only about a third of those accepted were expected to show up (they might head to other schools).

According to a UCLA statement, some of the 15,560 prospective newcomers to Westwood include …

… a half-dozen young inventors who have attained patents in the U.S. and elsewhere; numerous published poets and writers and the winner of a Braille literary contest; almost 300 Eagle Scouts and Girl Scout Gold Award winners; hundreds of model United Nations delegates; more than 200 student body presidents; over 4,000 captains of sports or academic teams; more than 500 Academic Decathlon participants; nearly 300 martial-arts black belts; and hundreds of accomplished musicians. There are even an award-winning magician and a hip-hop dance champion.

The university looked at a record 61,515 applicants.

The rest of the ethnic breakdown is as follows:

-32.1 percent white.
-15.5 percent Latino. (They still use the term “Latinos/Chicanos.” Really? Show us the 17-year-old who has a clue what a Chicano is).
-3.5 percent “unknown.”
-3.4 percent African American. (This is down from 3.7 percent last fall; and beat out by “unknown”?).
-0.6 percent Native American.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block:

“Each year, we are deeply impressed with the quality of our applicants, and this year even more so. The overwhelming majority of the students who applied were well qualified to attend UCLA, so making these decisions was painstaking”.

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As I stated previously on my post, UCLA is such a magnet for Asian and Asian/American Students for a host of reasons including the following:

1) UCLA stands as one of the top universities in the world – UCLA is currently ranked 4th in the world by the High Impact Universities rankings; 11th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings; 13th in the world (and 11th in the United States) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA as the 2nd best public university among “National Universities” in the United States (tied with UVA) and 25th among “America’s Best Colleges 2011: National Universities”. In the August 21–28, 2006 issue of Newsweek (also released as the 2007 issue of the Kaplan Guide to Colleges), UCLA was listed as one of “25 New Ivies”. The Washington Monthly ranks UCLA third nationally with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility, and first in community service participation. UCLA ranks 9th, in a 6-way tie, and 2-way tie among public universities with UC Berkeley, for producing the largest number of billionaires.

2) Fourteen Nobel Prize laureates have been affiliated with the university as faculty, researchers, or alumni. Among the current faculty members, 40 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 21 to the National Academy of Engineering, 34 to the Institute of Medicine, and 105 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It also ranks among the top 10 schools in the country with the most faculty awards. The faculty is “highly cited” for its research according to the Institute for Scientific Information. In the High Impact Universities rankings, UCLA was only one of two universities (the other being Harvard) which had all of its faculties ranked in the top 10.

3) UCLA has a first-rate engineering program and celebrated their 40th Anniversary of the Internet on October 29, 2009 while most others were “sleeping” not even aware that such a monumental event even existed. The man responsible for this was Professor Leonard Kleinrock, an alumnus of Bronx Science who I learned about many years ago while on a tour of the Bronx High School of Science. He sent the first message on ARPANET, which later became the internet. It is no surprise to anyone that Asians excel at both math and science. Therefore, UCLA is top choice University for them.

4) UCLA also is known for the most prominent and renowned Asian Studies Center. UCLA had an exhibit on display through Dec. 11 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of its Asian American Studies Center (AASC). The Powell College library exhibit, called “Forty Years of Breaking Ground,” featured artwork, photos and archival materials exploring the contributions of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders who have taught and studied at UCLA. That also, is a major draw to this ethnic group, among others.

There are many more reasons, of course, but it would take an entire article to focus on all of them.

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Marisa Sung

April 20, 2011 at 2:04 am

As I stated previously on my post, UCLA is such a magnet for Asian and Asian/American Students for a host of reasons including the following:

1) UCLA stands as one of the top universities in the world – UCLA is currently ranked 4th in the world by the High Impact Universities rankings; 11th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings; 13th in the world (and 11th in the United States) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA as the 2nd best public university among “National Universities” in the United States (tied with UVA) and 25th among “America’s Best Colleges 2011: National Universities”. In the August 21–28, 2006 issue of Newsweek (also released as the 2007 issue of the Kaplan Guide to Colleges), UCLA was listed as one of “25 New Ivies”. The Washington Monthly ranks UCLA third nationally with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility, and first in community service participation. UCLA ranks 9th, in a 6-way tie, and 2-way tie among public universities with UC Berkeley, for producing the largest number of billionaires.

2) Fourteen Nobel Prize laureates have been affiliated with the university as faculty, researchers, or alumni. Among the current faculty members, 40 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 21 to the National Academy of Engineering, 34 to the Institute of Medicine, and 105 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It also ranks among the top 10 schools in the country with the most faculty awards. The faculty is “highly cited” for its research according to the Institute for Scientific Information. In the High Impact Universities rankings, UCLA was only one of two universities (the other being Harvard) which had all of its faculties ranked in the top 10.

3) UCLA has a first-rate engineering program and celebrated their 40th Anniversary of the Internet on October 29, 2009 while most others were “sleeping” not even aware that such a monumental event even existed. The man responsible for this was Professor Leonard Kleinrock, an alumnus of Bronx Science who I learned about many years ago while on a tour of the Bronx High School of Science. He sent the first message on ARPANET, which later became the internet. It is no surprise to anyone that Asians excel at both math and science. Therefore, UCLA is top choice University for them.

4) UCLA also is known for the most prominent and renowned Asian Studies Center. UCLA had an exhibit on display through Dec. 11 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of its Asian American Studies Center (AASC). The Powell College library exhibit, called “Forty Years of Breaking Ground,” featured artwork, photos and archival materials exploring the contributions of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders who have taught and studied at UCLA. That also, is a major draw to this ethnic group, among others.

There are many more reasons, of course, but it would take an entire article to focus on all of them.