No. UCLA will not consider SAT or ACT scores for admission or scholarships. Submitted scores may be used only for eligibility alternatives or placement after enrollment.
No. UCLA will not consider SAT or ACT scores for admission or scholarship purposes. If you submit scores anyway, they may be used as an alternative method of fulfilling minimum eligibility or for course placement after you enroll. They are not a lever in the admit file.
Historical submitter talk still sits on SAT ACT score for UCLA. Do not read that page as a current requirement. Policy: UCLA first-year requirements.
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Test-optional means the school might use a score you send. Test-free means it will not use SAT/ACT in admissions. UCLA is the second kind. Codes still exist (ACT 0448, SAT 4837) because placement and eligibility alternatives are real. A-G courses, rigor, and the personal insight questions are the file. UC as a system is reviewing testing; the Academic Senate FAQ says students applying by November 30, 2026 for fall 2027 will not be required to submit SAT or ACT, and no change lands before June 2027. Source: UC Academic Senate review.
If UCLA is your only school, you can skip the SAT. If Stanford is on the same list, you still sit. One score can be required at Stanford and ignored at UCLA. That is not a contradiction. That is two policies.
The next SAT dates after this update are October 3, 2026, November 7, 2026, and December 5, 2026. The next ACT dates are September 19, 2026 (registration closed), October 17, 2026, and December 12, 2026. Register on the official site, not through a prep company. If this school is required, a test date you cannot enter is not a plan. If this school is optional, sit only if you will use the score somewhere.
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Any UCLA 'average SAT' table is either old submitters or placement talk. It is not an admission requirement for this cycle.
A required school does not grade your homework. An optional school does not forbid a test date. A test-free campus will not read the SAT in admissions even if the PDF is in the portal. The work is still five questions a day if any campus on the list will use a number. The bank is 25,000+ questions on iPhone, Android, and the web with the same account. Free accounts get three quizzes a day, five questions by default. Ace at $19/month removes both daily caps. Official full-length practice stays in Bluebook. Khan Academy Official SAT Prep is the lesson when a named miss needs a teacher. Larry Learns is the dose. The next SAT dates after this update are October 3, 2026, November 7, 2026, and December 5, 2026. The next ACT dates are September 19, 2026 (registration closed), October 17, 2026, and December 12, 2026. Registration is on College Board or ACT, not inside a quiz app. October 3 regular registration closes September 18. Late registration for that date stays open through September 22. If you still need October 3 for Early Action or Early Decision, use the late window. After September 22, November 7 is the live target (regular deadline October 23). December 5 remains if you need two months.
UCLA's operational rules, in order. Test-free is not test-optional. UCLA will not consider SAT or ACT scores for admission or scholarship purposes, so sending a score cannot help the decision and withholding one cannot hurt it. A score you do send has exactly two uses: it may satisfy minimum eligibility requirements by an alternative route, or place you into courses after you enroll. SAT code 4837, ACT code 0448 if you have a reason to send one. Holistic review runs on grades, course rigor, other exams such as AP or IB, and context.
The UCLA-specific miss is mailing an SAT and expecting it to move the admit file. UCLA will not consider SAT or ACT for admission or scholarships. Submitted scores may help eligibility alternatives or placement after enrollment. That is not a secret back door into holistic review. The second miss is skipping every SAT because UCLA is test-free while Stanford or UT Austin is still on the list. One test date can be ignored in Westwood and required in Austin. The third miss is treating a 2028 UC rumor as policy. The Senate is reviewing. Fall 2027 applicants are unchanged. A-G courses, rigor, and personal insight questions are the file. Codes 4837 and 0448 still exist for the placement path, not as an admission lever.
No. UCLA will not consider SAT or ACT for admission or scholarships.
Not for admission or scholarships. It may be used for eligibility alternatives or placement after enrollment.
Test-free for SAT/ACT in admissions. Optional would mean they might use a submitted score.
The Senate is reviewing. Nothing is decided for cycles after fall 2027 as of the UC Academic Senate's published FAQ. Watch the Regents, not a blog rumor.
Only if every campus on the list is test-free. Out-of-state required schools still need a test date.
UCLA will not read your SAT for admission. A required school still might. start a free practice set if you need that other file.
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