Extensive outreach efforts by the campus community have yielded some very big numbers for the fall: the largest number of freshmen and transfer students combined in the last 20 years.

New admissions data show that approximately 6,924 new students have declared their intention to register at UCLA this coming fall. Not since 1981, when 7,237 students sent in such letters, have so many new students planned to enroll here in one academic year.
Nearly 40% of all admitted freshmen (4,366 of 10,957 admitted) and 62% of admitted transfer students (2,558 of 4,079 admitted) have decided to become Bruins. Among historically underrepresented groups, African Americans, American Indians and Chicanos/Latinos, the percentage of admitted students who have chosen to enroll was even higher, 45% for freshmen and 67% for transfers.

"We are very pleased that a high proportion of admitted underrepresented students has decided to enroll at UCLA," said Chancellor Albert Carnesale. "These results reflect a concerted effort by members of the campus community to recruit all admitted students to UCLA."

While the numbers are rising, the resources and classes will be here waiting for them, administrators emphasized.

Said Judith Smith, vice provost of undergraduate education at the College of Letters & Science: "While we are admitting more freshmen and transfer students than in the past, we are not admitting more than we can accommodate or have resources for. As our student body increases, we expect state resources to increase."

Among domestic students who applied as freshmen, underrepresented students will make up 17.4% of the incoming class, up slightly from 17.1% last year. Asian Americans continue to be the fastest-growing population on campus, comprising 41.4% of the fall freshman class, while white/Caucasian students will account for 31.8 % of the class.

Of the 4,079 transfer students admitted to UCLA this fall, the largest admitted transfer class in UCLA history, the campus plans to enroll 2,558, the most of any UC campus. Underrepresented groups will comprise 21.3% of the transfer class, up from 20.9% last year.
While the number of freshmen has been increasing modestly over recent years, UCLA is seeing a significant rise in the transfer numbers.

"We intentionally admitted more transfer students because their need for basic- skill classes such as writing and entry-level lab courses is less than those of entering freshmen," Smith said. "The one area where we lack resources for transfers is in oncampus housing."

Smith said the university has been working very hard to attract and recruit transfer students, who account for about 40% of all graduating UCLA seniors. Transfer students achieve the same GPAs at UCLA as students who enter as freshmen, she explained.

In an effort to improve both overall transfer rates and the diversity of the transfer pool at UCLA, the campus has partnered with 33 community colleges across the state to improve the academic performance of transfer students so they are better prepared when they apply.
"Through our continued outreach efforts and the development of new partnerships with community colleges, potential transfer students are seeing that UCLA is not only a viable option, but a place where students of all ethnicities are welcome and where they will thrive academically," said Alfred Herrera, director of community college partnerships.