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In a move that will change the application review process for UCLA admissions, the UCLA Academic Senate voted Thursday to approve a “holistic model” for freshman admissions, starting with the fall 2007 freshman class.

In this model, each application is read and considered in its entirety, rather than sections being reviewed by different people.

The change was made to provide “a more individualized and qualitative assessment of each applicant’s entire application,” according to a UCLA press release.

The press release said the Academic Senate is continuing to hammer out the details for implementing the new policy.

The model, which has been under consideration for more than a year, “is the most sweeping reform since the comprehensive review process was adopted by the University of California Board of Regents five years ago, ending a practice of allowing a portion of students to be admitted solely on academic criteria,” according to the press release.

“I strongly support the faculty’s decision to adopt a process that I believe will give us a more accurate basis for evaluating each student’s application,” said acting Chancellor Norman Abrams in the press release.

Compiled from Bruin staff reports. Read tomorrow's Daily Bruin for the full story.