UC extends application deadline after technical difficulties

A lone jogger runs past Royce Hall on a nearly empty UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Aug. 13. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

by: Los Angeles Times

Posted: Nov 30, 2020 / 08:00 AM PST

Updated: Nov 30, 2020 / 08:00 AM PST

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The University of California system announced on Twitter Sunday that it is extending the deadline for fall 2021 admission to 11:59 p.m. Friday because it has been experiencing technical difficulties online.

The deadline had been sent to expire today.

The UC said shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday that, “The UC Application is currently experiencing an outage. We are investigating how to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.”

The system said less than an hour later, “Due to the technical difficulties that many were experiencing on Nov. 29, the deadline for the UC Application has been extended to 11:59 p.m. PST, Friday, Dec. 4.”

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