Freshman Profile — Fall 2018

When we review freshman applicants we look at a wide variety of factors. Some are more easily quantifiable than others. Below are the primary academic factors we considered when we reviewed our freshman applicants for Fall Quarter 2018. There is no specific cutoff value assigned to any of the factors we consider.

Residency Overview

Applicant Overview by Residency

  California Residents Out of State International Total
Applicants 71,569 22,822 19,370 113,761
Admits 8,725 5,035 2,210 15,970
Enrolled 4,365 1,224 651 6,240
Admit Rate 12% 22% 11% 14%
Enroll Rate 50% 24% 29% 39%
% of Total Applicants 63% 20% 17% 100%

Academic Statistics

All GPAs are calculated from courses taken in grades 10 and 11.

  • The fully weighted GPA includes an extra grade point for all UC-approved honors courses (which include AP, IB, school-based honors and transferable college courses) in which a grade of C or higher is earned. The maximum value possible is 5.00.
  • This Unweighted GPA does not include any extra grade points for honors courses. The maximum value possible is 4.00.

Honors Courses included in the totals below are taken in grades 10–12 and are counted by semester, which means a year-long high school honors course would count as two. A single-semester course would count as one.

  • Domestic refers to applicants who are US citizens, permanent residents, refugees or asylees.

Applicants

25th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 3.70 4.00 3.75 3.76
Unweighted GPA 3.40 3.56 3.56 3.45
ACT Composite 23 29 29 25
SAT Composite 1120 1280 1360 1180
Honors Courses (domestic only) 10 15 n/a 11

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.31 4.60 4.18 4.36
Unweighted GPA 3.90 3.96 3.96 3.92
ACT Composite 32 34 33 33
SAT Composite 1410 1490 1490 1450
Honors Courses (domestic only) 20 32 n/a 22

Admits

25th percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.34 4.42 4.00 4.31
Unweighted GPA 3.90 3.91 3.89 3.90
ACT Composite 29 32 33 31
SAT Composite 1290 1440 1470 1370
Honors Courses (domestic only) 18 22 n/a 19

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.62 4.83 4.42 4.66
Unweighted GPA 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
ACT Composite 35 35 35 35
SAT Composite 1530 1540 1540 1540
Honors Courses (domestic only) 26 36 n/a 30

Enrolled

25th percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.28 4.33 3.95 4.23
Unweighted GPA 3.86 3.83 3.85 3.85
ACT Composite 27 31 32 28
SAT Composite 1230 1390 1460 1280
Honors Courses (domestic only) 16 21 n/a 17

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.58 4.76 4.36 4.60
Unweighted GPA 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
ACT Composite 34 34 34 34
SAT Composite 1490 1520 1530 1510
Honors Courses (domestic only) 24 35 n/a 26

Academic Distributions for Weighted GPA, Unweighted GPA and Honors

All Applicants (Domestic and International)

  % of All Applicants Admit Rate % of All Admits Enroll Rate % of All Enrolled
Total 100% 14% 100% 39% 100%
Fully Weighted GPA
4.36 & Above 24% 40% 69% 35% 63%
3.76 - 4.35 47% 8% 26% 49% 32%
Below 3.76 29% 3% 5% 39% 5%
Unweighted GPA
3.92 & Above 25% 39% 70% 35% 62%
3.45 - 3.92 47% 8% 26% 51% 34%
Below 3.45 28% 2% 5% 36% 4%

Domestic Applicants Only

  % of All Applicants Admit Rate % of All Admits Enroll Rate % of All Enrolled
Total 100% 15% 100% 41% 100%
Fully Weighted GPA
4.36 & Above 27% 40% 76% 36% 67%
3.76 - 4.35 47% 7% 21% 54% 28%
Below 3.76 25% 2% 3% 62% 5%
Unweighted GPA
3.92 & Above 24% 42% 71% 35% 62%
3.45 - 3.92 49% 8% 26% 53% 33%
Below 3.45 26% 2% 3% 60% 5%
Honors Courses
22  & Above 29% 31% 62% 33% 50%
11 - 21 46% 10% 32% 52% 41%
Below 11 25% 3% 6% 60% 8%

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