Calling All UCLA 2011 Applicants!

I don't think it hurts to call them again and explain your experience. In worst case, send the dean an email. I find that many staff members simply don't have the power and knowledge to give you a valuable answer. Most schools give you TOEFL waiver for either your work experience in an English-speaking country over 3 yrs, or your undergraduate studies in school that taught in English.

[quote="moiuday"]@jchen yes I have been working in the US for more than 3 years. Do you think I should call admissions again and give it a shot?

Are there any current students on this forum who may have advise coz TOEFL seems too small a pointer for me to miss out on R2?

Unfortunately, it appears that they are very strict about this requirement. It's for all graduate programs at UCLA, not just Anderson. I don't think a call would hurt, but from what it says on their website (link below), I doubt it would help. They're pretty clear about it in the last three bullets on the page.

https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x27512.xml

Not sure if serious...

Arjunmehra most likely has the last name "Mehra." One's Indian and the other one's Canadian. So you could also throw out doing it by geographic region. This board is also vastly overrepresented internationally, so it doesn't mean domestic applicants haven't received notifications.

I was a student at UCLA undergrad. I had to take the TOEFL. I was educated in english schools but regardless, the school required the test. It's a blanket standard

Two data points does not make a trend. Like most schools, Anderson reviews the applications randomly and there is absolutely no correlation to name, geography, submission date, etc to your application being reviewed.

You'll get an email which notifies you that you've been selected for an interview. You'll get the option for on campus vs. off campus--if you want to do on campus you log in and sign up online, and if you want to do off campus you reply to the email with the city/region where you'd prefer to interview.

Breaking my silence after suffering a mini-heart attack after reading this post. I'm an international applicant (Round 2) but with a grad. degree from a US school; I think the link from tortoiserun clearly mentions that if you either had a UG/Grad. degree from US or completed 2 years of education here, you're exempted from TOEFL. Kelea, were you referring to TOEFL score requirement during your UG application or did you have to submit one to Anderson despite holding a degree from UCLA?

Sorry my post was to echo Tortoiserun's post that UCLA is strict about that stuff. I needed it in my undergrad despite growing up in an english speaking country. I didn't need it for Anderson since I already had my UG degree in the US

In for R2

Phew! I shall rest in peace, atleast until the next post talking about interview invites. Thanks!

You just said exactly what I said.

hehe, have a sense of humor you two, especially in this time of darkness.

You mean status of application or intv invi? My application status was updated in early Jan to "complete for review".

New poster here (occasional visitor.) I was in for round 2 in late November - earlier than most 2nd rounders - and received an interview invite the day first round decisions went out. I have to believe there's some correlation between application submission and review. I also think, however, that the closer you submitted your application to the round's due date, the more it becomes jumbled up with all the other 'final-week-submitters.'

My question though concerns decisions. Any idea when those who have completed interviews will hear? Does UCLA traditionally inform everyone on the final date possible?

I am a R1 applicant and got my decision on Jan 12 (the official decision release date for R1 applicants). If they keep on sticking to the schedule you shouldn't hold your breath until March 30.

I got a 5am email on the day that R1 decisions were supposed to be released, then a followup phone call from AdCom later that day. UCLA doesn't appear to do rolling admissions, so an early interview just means more time to wait for a decision.

just got an interview invitation..email from Connie Kwan