I've seen some people mistakenly refer to UCLA as an Ivy League school, but I'm not sure if that's accurate or just a misconception. Does anyone know if UCLA is actually considered an Ivy League university?
Hi there! UCLA is not part of the Ivy League. The Ivy League is a group of eight prestigious private universities in the Northeastern United States, which includes Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell.
UCLA, or the University of California, Los Angeles, is a public research university and part of the University of California system, which has ten campuses throughout the state of California. Although UCLA might be mistaken for an Ivy League school because of its strong academic reputation and highly competitive admissions process, it's important to recognize that the Ivy League designation applies specifically to the aforementioned eight schools.
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