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The University of California at Los Angeles, known as UCLA, is about to celebrate its centennial. UCLA is a coeducational, public, land grant institution of higher learning and was so designated by California to receive the benefits of the federal Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 to educate “citizens in the fields of Agriculture, Home Economics, the Mechanic Arts, and other useful professions” (UCLA History). Established in 1919, it began by “offering two-year undergraduate teachers-training programs” (UCLA History). UCLA’s campus covers more than 400 acres located on the West Coast and is located in the Los Angeles’ Westwood neighborhood, five miles from the Pacific Ocean (U.S. World & News Report). UCLA is a major research institution and was …show more content…
In 1950, the first person of color, a UCLA Alumnus, won the Nobel Peace. Since then UCLA has had seven (7) winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Physiology/Medicine, and three (3) winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics. One professor won the Field Medal, the highest honor given in math (UCLA: Defining Moments). UCLA currently boasts over 44,000 undergraduate and graduate students studying in 130 majors. Anyone planning to apply to UCLA as a freshman needs to apply between November 1 through the 30. UCLA does not offer an early decision option. There is keen competition for acceptance at UCLA as it “continues to be the most applied-to university in the country” (U.S. News & World Report). In the fall of 2017, UCLA received a total of 124,300 applications from freshman and transfer students from all 50 states and 147 countries. Less than 2 out of every 10 students (or