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As thousands of students return to Westwood, campus comes alive with new buildings and hundreds of activities.

UCLA has received more applications than ever before for fall 2022 admission, with substantial increases among in-state freshman applicants and top-performing students from California high schools.Overall freshman applications totaled approximately 1

Freshman applications from in-state students jumped by 9% this year, and UCLA was once more the most applied-to university in the nation.

Tweet The Atlantic published a pretty powerful piece today by Caitlin Flanagan about the decision of California’s UC system to stop using the SAT for admissions. You may recall that the UC system ditched the tests in May in response to a lawsuit filed in 2019. The tests have been labeled “racist metrics” by opponents, though I’ve argued that tests don’t really create problems so much as reveal their existence. Flanagan argues along similar lines but also points out that the evidence anyone is being prevented from going to college in California by the SAT is pretty slim.

May 19, 2021 at 1:27 pm by Holly Rusch The University of California Board of Regents approved the 2021-22 UC Office of the President Budget and discussed the Eligibility in the Local Context program, along with student mental health, from the lens of student equity and inclusion on May 12 during their latest board meeting.  The Academic and Student Affairs Regents Committee met last Wednesday.  Courtesy of Regents Livestream Budget Increase to Combat Pandemic-Related Losses The $960.6 million 2021-22 UC Office of the President (UCOP) budget marks an uptick of $98.6 million fro...