Preliminary changes to the Medical College Admission Test were announced last month and will be implemented in 2015 if the final proposal is approved. Read more...
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April 8, 2:36 am
Proposal for new MCAT focuses on real-world skills by including behavioral and social science section, eliminating writing section
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April 8, 2:29 am
Bruin Day is ready for its first year of preparing incoming students for academic and social life at UCLA
Prepare your campus maps, Bruins. More than 10,000 prospective freshmen and their families are expected to arrive on Saturday morning for Bruin Day, UCLA's largest-ever program for admitted students. Read more...
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UCLA’s first-ever Bruin Day will take place on Saturday. More than 10,000 prospective freshmen are expected to attend.
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April 8, 2:21 am
UCLA puts Next Generation Learning Challenges grant into improving online instruction pilot program
Students will be able to take online classes from UCLA and other UC campuses starting as early as next year through the UC Online Instruction Pilot Project. Read more...
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April 8, 2:12 am
UCLA institute releases survey of high schools
All Kelly Maloney needed was a couple dozen copies. He wanted to give his high school English students a practice Advanced Placement exam. Read more...
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April 7, 12:30 am
The Hill learns from shaky past
The rumbling sounded like somebody was jumping up and down on his floor at 4:31 a.m. But when resident assistant Todd Sargent realized it was an earthquake, he was still too sleepy to rise from bed. Read more...
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Students were trapped in dorm rooms after the 6.7 Northridge earthquake turned furniture into entry blockades. Shown here is a room in Sunset Village.
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April 7, 12:30 am
Pell Grant program cuts proposed
Proposed cuts to the Pell Grant program in the House Republicans' budget proposals would force UCLA to revise financial aid offers. That could influence the decisions of thousands of admitted students with a May 1 intent-to-register deadline, UCLA officials said Wednesday. Read more...
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April 7, 12:29 am
Student-developed app gains popularity
Like many young entrepreneurs, Zachary Spitulski began with a simple idea conceived in a college dorm room.
While sitting around his computer with a few friends during winter quarter, Spitulski, a second-year Design | Media Arts student, brainstormed an idea for a computer application that would let users create and view virtual flashcards on their computers, as well as allow them to sync their cards to their smart phones.
"Something like that would be hugely successful, especially at a university," Spitulski said. Read more...
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Zachary Spitulski Portrait