Anderson (UCLA): Class of 2016- Calling all applicants!

If you've not been interviewed yet, then submitted is the correct status for the application to be in. Your application will only be complete after your interview is done, and transcripts and degree certificate(original or attested by school) have been received. If anything is missing, it will say Application Incomplete. If you've sent the documents, it may just be that the portal has not been updated yet. Just wait for a bit or call them and confirm.

Has anyone, who applied in R2, heard from UCLA yet? Or do they start notifying after R2 deadline is over.

Regards,

Hey cyberjadugar,

They university was on shut down till yesterday. I think we can expect the interview invites to start soon. I guess the interview invites will last till the first week of feb(yes, even after the notification deadline. This happened last year. They put some people on waitlist and then immediately called for interviews). So let's keep our fingers crossed!! And yeah, Happy new year!

Thanks,
Prodizy

Hey Prodizy,

Wish you the same, and happy new year to all the aspirants too!
It's always delightful to see optimistic replies, keeping the hopes alive.

Regards,

Hey man,
Nice username!

Good luck!

Seems that there are not too many R2ers in the forum (108 vs 211 for R1). I thought R2 is historically the largest round?

Seems so!
Also considering that so few R1 acceptances have been sent out... R2 is going to be an epic round in terms of competition!

Hey,

I don't call it a disadvantage. In the earlier years, they right out required the four-year degree. They changed the policy later. So I am guessing they are OK with people with three year degrees. I am guessing whoever is applying to a program such as UCLA might have more things to show than their acads. So may be you can try showing other merits in your profile?

Thanks,
Prodizy

Yea that is what I have been thinking as well. They will admit the superstars and then wait until R2 comes in (on the 7th of January) to admit the rest. Effectively wait listing everyone who wasn't admitted in the early notification. I guess this strategy is a win win for them since they can still say they have two separate rounds with having to decided on the first rounds until all applications are in. It is only a bummer for the R1 applicants I guess who didn't have until round two to work on their applications.

Hi Guys,

Just wondering if there is any chance of getting an interview invite this late in the round (R1)? I am from India (working in Singapore) and it seems like the interview process has already been done for India as some Indians have already been interviewed. Is anybody else expecting an interview this late ?

Hi SmallFry,

Yes, we can very much expect the interview invites. UCLA process is a slightly different. They like to hold all the aces themselves. Though it might seem a bit unfair to the round one applicants, the bottom line is that only great people get selected in the end. Read some of the posts in this page itself. You will know what I mean.

Thanks,
Prodizy

R2 Applicant here. Am I the only one who feels UCLA application hardly provides any space to describe undergraduate and post-undergraduate activities, hobbies, awards etc?
How do I describe something in such less space

Having a hard time trying to fill up information. Same goes to GPA and other things. These are mandatory fields and ours was not a GPA system. How do the rest of the Indians handle this?

Thanks!

Hey the first question is kind of rhetorical. But I agree. I remember my supervisor telling me he had to change the reco at the last moment due to the character limits. Between the resume, essay, and app, won't you be able to cover all your extra curriculars? If you have to leave out very important extra curricular activities then may be you should use the optional essay explaining the lack of space in the app. But I would tread cautiously as it might come out as arrogant.

I don't think I faced the GPA issue you are mentioning. There should be clear instructions explaining what to do if you do not have GPA system. Are they not?

All the best!

Thanks,
Prodizy

Thanks for the response!
Regarding the extracurricular activities, its not the issue with space available for number of activities, but rather the space available for describing each of those
Allows you to type like 30-40 characters at the max. Its kinda tough to write that little about certain types of volunteer work

Regarding the GPA issue. There are instructions for those of us who did not have a GPA scale. We are asked to mention what scale was followed and it should match whatever is on our transcript. This field takes only numerical values and my transcript has something like First Class with distinction. For now, I calculated the average of all my semesters and placed a percentage value in those fields. Will probably talk to someone from admissions tomorrow and make sure its safe to put it that way.

Hi ! Could you please questions asked in Letter of recommendation?

Thanks!

Is this what you are looking for?

https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/mb ... mendations

Thanks,
Prodizy

Hey ! Thanks a lot. Are these the questions asked in actual LOR as well? I thought these questions are just for reference.