In the past, international students tended to have a better chance of getting into UCLA than out-of-state students. In 2012, international students had a 32 percent admission rate, compared to 28.8 percent admission rate for out-of-state students and 17.7 percent for in-state students.
The climes (singular clime; also clima, plural climata, from Greek ÎºÎ»Î¯Î¼Î± klima, plural ÎºÎ»Î¯Î¼Î±ÏÎ± klimata, meaning inclination or slope) in classical Greco-Roman geography and astronomy were the divisions of the inhabited portion of the spherical Earth by geographic latitude.
pastime noun [C]. C2 an âactivity that is done for âenjoyment: Do-it-yourself is the nation's most âpopular pastime.figurative Suing âpeople, âespecially âdoctors, is âbecoming a ânational pastime (= âcommon âactivity) in âAmerica.n the UK and Ireland the word traditionally meant the number 1,000,000,000,000 (a million millions), which is called a trillion in the United States. A billion in the United States is considerably.