UCLA applications
UCLA receives 160,000 applications — the population of a small city — making it the most applied-to campus in the University of California system.
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Jun 9, 2026
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Wins and Fails: Box Office Boom, 60 Minutes Bagels, Public Universities, Ferrari EV
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The wins and fails segment brings the episode's loosest and most entertaining exchange. Kara opens with a genuine win: domestic box office crossed $1 billion last month, the first time since before COVID, driven by the Michael Jackson biopic, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and a slate of YouTube-origin projects — all without a Marvel tentpole. Her fail is the 60 Minutes saga, crystallised in the delicious detail that when Nick Bilton was being grilled by Scott Pelley and finally fled the meeting, his parting shot was 'Enjoy the bagels!' — now apparently being printed on secret staff T-shirts. Scott's win is the surge in public university applications: UT Austin up 25% to 90,000 applicants, [2] — Scott Galloway "UT Austin application surge: The University of Texas at Austin received more than 90,000 applications, up 25% year-on-year, as families shi…" 1:06:00 UCLA drawing 160,000, and similar records at Virginia, Michigan, UNC, and UC San Diego. He frames it as a market correction — families are finally pricing elite private schools as luxury goods and realising that public flagships deliver comparable employers, alumni networks, and graduate school access at a fraction of the cost. He closes with his own origin story: $7,000 in total UCLA tuition across seven years, $300 in his pocket, no money, student jobs, and $15,000 in debt at graduation. Scott's fail is Ferrari's new electric car: the combustion engine isn't a feature, it's the product, and nobody buys a Ferrari for efficiency. An electric Ferrari, he argues, is a very expensive appliance — the equivalent of Rolex launching a smartwatch.
Domestic box office milestone
Domestic box office crossed $1 billion last month, a number not seen since before COVID and achieved without a Marvel movie.
Public Flagship Universities: The Real American Dream
UT Austin got 90,000 applications — up 25% in a year. UCLA gets 160,000. Public flagship universities are surging in demand as families finally realize that elite private schools are luxury goods pretending to be investments. The new dream: get rejected by Harvard, go to Michigan, save $250,000, buy a house.
UT Austin application surge
The University of Texas at Austin received more than 90,000 applications, up 25% year-on-year, as families shift toward public flagship universities.
Scott's $7,000 UCLA Education: A Case Study in Public Value
Scott Galloway paid $7,000 total in tuition across 7 years at UCLA — undergrad and grad school combined — arrived with $300 and an old VW Rabbit, and graduated with just $15,000 in debt. He credits California taxpayers for making him who he is today. That story is becoming impossible at elite private schools.
Scott's total tuition at UCLA
Scott Galloway paid a total of $7,000 in tuition across 5 years of undergrad and 2 years of graduate school at UCLA.
Ferrari's Electric Blunder: When a Brand Forgets Itself
Nobody buys a Ferrari for efficiency. They buy it for the irrational engine noise that triggers something primal. Scott Galloway calls the new electric Ferrari one of the great brand mistakes of 2026 — the equivalent of Rolex launching a smartwatch or Maker's Mark selling bottled water.
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