“Trying to improve financial aid and providing the personal touch to let students know that UCLA is a good place for them is what we hoped to achieve during these events,” Taylor says. “What the numbers show is that when you take financial considerations away by having a scholarship to offer, the admitted students are able to look at the opportunities at UCLA and see that it is a great choice.”
The fall 2007 freshman applicants were the first for whom UCLA used the holistic admissions approach, under which each application was read and considered in its entirety by two trained readers instead of different readers evaluating separate parts of each application.
Dr. Janina Montero, UCLA’s vice chancellor for student affairs, says the holistic approach, in combination with the efforts of the larger community, can be mirrored in other schools and minority groups.
“These students have outstanding academic credentials and come from very diverse backgrounds. I believe they will make great contributions to this campus,” Montero says.
— By Shilpa Banerji
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