Hey everyone, I'm doing a little research and I'm curious: which college in the United States typically receives the highest number of applications each year?
The university that typically receives the highest number of applications each year is the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In recent years, UCLA has consistently ranked as the most applied-to 4-year university in the United States, sometimes receiving more than 100,000 applications for their first-year class alone.
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