What UCLA Medical Center Has to Offer

UCLA Medical Center was established in 1955 and renamed Ronald Regan Medical Center in 2008. In 2008, it was renamed the Ronald Regan (40th President of the United States) Medical Center. The hospital is located in the pleasant climate of Los Angeles, a large number of Chinese, under the jurisdiction of eight hospitals, in the United States ranked fifth in the United States, the U.S. West Coast ranked first in the overall ranking of scientific research capacity, ranked fourth, there have been 14 people have won the Nobel Prize, AIDS that is, the first discovery of AIDS in 1981 in the hospital. The medical center construction cost 800 million U.S. dollars, can withstand an earthquake of 8 on the Richter scale, known as "the world's most technologically advanced hospital.

Specialties of Excellence:

Ronald Reagan Medical Center is nationally ranked. Reagan Medical Center is ranked fifth in the nation overall, first on the West Coast overall, first in breast cancer, first in colorectal cancer, first in epilepsy, first in liver transplantation, second in geriatrics, third in rehabilitation, fourth in urology, fifth in endocrinology and fifth in ophthalmology.

UCLA Medical Center's Impact:

Named one of the top hospitals in the U.S.

Excellent hospital in the Los Angeles area

The best-ranked hospital in the U.S. for its Heart Transplant Program

Winner of the U.S. Hospital Quality and Safety Award

Home to the World's Top Physicians Organization

Awarded America's Hospital for Excellence in Heart Failure Care

America's Best Children's Hospitals

Selected as AARP Magazine's Top Hospitals

Achievements and honors of UCLA Medical Center:

In the 1950s, performed the first heart surgery in the western United States; developed the earliest technology to monitor a fetus.

In the 1960s, performed the first mother-to-infant kidney transplant.

In 1964, first to apply cytotoxicity testing to tissue matching for organ transplantation, a technique that has become the international standard for tissue matching.

In 1976, Professor Michael E Phelps, the founder of PET technology, established a world-class center for clinical application and technical research of PET at the hospital, which has given the hospital an unparalleled advantage in early detection of cancer.

In 1976, UCLA performed the world's first total shoulder replacement.

In 1981, UCLA was the first to report on a retrograde coronary perfusion technique of the heart that could be used in the treatment of acute myocardial ischemia.

In 1998, UCLA developed Herceptin, which was approved by the FDA for breast cancer treatment.

In the 1990s, pioneered the first heart transplant in the U.S., as well as the first small bowel and liver transplants in the western U.S.

In 2001, MarcHedrick, a UCLA plastic surgeon, isolated stem cells from suctioned fat cells, which can be differentiated into tissues such as bone, muscle, cartilage, and fat.

Since 2000, medical experts have pioneered countless breakthrough innovations: heart bypass with the carpal artery; living unrelated livers and interlocking liver exchanges; the first U.S. hand transplants and face transplants; and the pioneering use of telemedicine robots, to name a few.

What sets UCLA Medical Center apart

The operating rooms are equipped with fully integrated audiovisual systems and cutting-edge medical equipment.

The Level 1 Trauma Center, with multiple trauma rooms and specialized CT scanners, allows doctors to quickly see what is wrong with a patient once they arrive.

Rehabilitation Services provides physical and occupational therapy to inpatients and outpatients using state-of-the-art equipment.

The Intensive Care Unit utilizes a "line of sight" approach to ensure that critically ill patients receive 360-degree care.

The Ward Food Service Center provides a delivery service that allows patients to personalize their order.

Another way to satisfy the majority of the country's students who want to go to UCLA but can't:

UCLA has now received 102,177 undergraduate applications for the 2017 freshman class, according to an official report from the University of California (a number that doesn't include the tens of thousands of students who have applied to transfer to another school), which is a 5 percent increase from last year! This makes UCLA the first university in the history of the U.S. Empire to have more than 100,000 applicants! Truly a school of God in the hearts of the US study abroad party!

This year UCLA saw an 8% increase in in-state applications to 63,478, a 2% increase in international applications to 17,832, and a 1% increase in out-of-state applications to 20,867.

Official UCLA Undergraduate Application Grade Requirements: GPA Average: 3.9 TOEFL Requirement: 88 IELTS Requirement: 7 Whether or not SAT or ACT score: YESNew SAT total score: 1250-1500New SAT math: 620-770New SAT reading: 620-740New SAT writing: 32-37ACT total score: 25-33

If you don't have very, very good grades, it's virtually impossible to successfully apply to get a UCLA offer through the regular route! What to do?