If you heard any screams of excitement Friday evening, they might have come from some of the thousands of excited high school seniors who just learned they were new admits to UCLA’s class of 2020 starting this fall.
Their exuberance was perfectly understandable, given the fact that they were among the more than 119,000 students who had applied for admission to UCLA for fall 2016. That record-breaking number, which includes more than 97,000 prospective freshmen and more than 22,000 prospective transfer students, once again made UCLA the most applied-to, four-year university in the nation.
With so many of the newly admitted beyond thrilled to get into “the school of their dreams,” they took to Twitter to express their joy, gratitude … and relief … in bursts of exclamation points.
Check out #UCLAbound and this UCLA Facebook page to see a selection of photos, videos and tweets from the chosen and those who share their excitement:
I've never felt so blessed, this is seriously a dream come true #UCLAbound #UCLACassof2020 pic.twitter.com/aDkKkCzsia
— Nicole (@NicoleDurghalli) March 19, 2016
I got accepted into UCLA and I literally cried tears of joy, it feels so surreal. ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ #UCLA #ucla2020 @UCLA ๐๐๐ป pic.twitter.com/DD5hlIbDsF
— Steph (@stephhaaany) March 19, 2016
I've never been more excited, Cali here I come๐๐ #UCLAbound pic.twitter.com/whe908vvfv
— Claire Miller (@cmiller1043) March 19, 2016
GUYS IM SO HAPPY I GOT INTO MY DREAM SCHOOL !๐โค๏ธ I'm going to be a bruin๐ป#UCLAbound
— Sam Sakai (@sammisakai10) March 19, 2016
Omg I'm shaking rn!!!!! #ucla2020 #uclabound pic.twitter.com/OncJhxJIzd
— isaiahr (@ivincentkeithr) March 19, 2016
After finals #uclabound is a good reminder of how sweet it is to be a bruin everyday
— Kelli Tani (@kelliayame) March 19, 2016
I AM BREATHING HEAVY #UCLAbound ๐๐๐ป
— maุชin (@MVTTXN) March 19, 2016
Love seeing all of the excited students who got into UCLA today! Welcome to Westwood, fellow Bruins! #UCLABound
— Peter Duyshart (@FourthGenBruin) March 19, 2016
Future #UCLAbound #dancemajor. I was #borntodance and #BornToShine pic.twitter.com/D3XJLh9NB2
— Sunni Maserati (@Tempted2Touch95) March 19, 2016
So surprised and immensely happy that I got into one of my top choices!!! #UCLAbound!! ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/QGL26q1jMv
— $usan (@susanbecruisin) March 19, 2016
@UCLA #UCLAbound ๐๐๐ป pic.twitter.com/27zZWECCPs
— antonio pérez (@tonoperezz) March 19, 2016