Nearly 120,000 students apply to UCLA, highest among UCs for fall 2016

UCLA was the most applied to University of California campus for fall 2016 admission, with nearly 120,000 students applying for admission.

UCLA received 97,064 freshman applicants and 22,262 transfer application, totaling 119,326. This was an increase 5.8 percent from 112,744 last year.

A total of about 200,000 students applied to the UC for fall 2016 admission, a 6.4 percent increase from last year.The UC received 12,466 more applications this year, with all nine UC campuses seeing a rise in the number of applications received

The UC saw a growth in the number of applicants for the 12th consecutive year.

A total of 2,183 California residents submitted transfer student applications after the UC announced an extension in its transfer application deadline from Nov. 30 to Jan. 4. The total number of transfer applicants was 39,959, an increase of about 11.8 percent compared to last year.

The University announced the extension in an effort to increase California resident student enrollment by 10,000 over the next three years.

UC President Janet Napolitano said in a press release she thinks the increase in transfer student applications from Californians will help the UC reach its goal of adding 5,000 more undergraduate residents.

Compiled by Shreya Maskara, Bruin senior staff.