Nucci was the 2019-2020 Assistant News editor for the Features &amp; Student Life beat. She was previously a contributor for the Campus Politics beat from 2018-2019 and Copy staff from 2017-2019.

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Getting into UCLA is hard. Getting into these UCLA schools is harder. - Daily Bruin

Getting into UCLA is hard. Getting into these UCLA schools is harder.

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UCLA is already a competitive university, with a first-year acceptance rate of 14% in 2018 – the same as Cornell’s that year. For students applying to programs outside the College of Letters and Science, however, the bar can be even higher.

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Getting into UCLA is hard. Getting into these UCLA schools is harder.

By Kate Nucci

Sept. 19, 2019 10:10 p.m.