Freshman Profile - Fall 2017

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 2017. 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 63,523 21,004 17,715 102,242
Admits 9,288 4,873 2,295 16,456
Enrolled 4,359 1,021 657 6,037
Admit Rate 15% 23% 13% 16%
Enroll Rate 47% 21% 29% 37%
% of Total Applicants 62% 21% 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 3.67 3.95 3.69 3.72
Unweighted GPA 3.37 3.52 3.53 3.42
ACT Composite 24 28 28 25
SAT Composite n/a n/a n/a n/a
Honors Courses (domestic only) 10 14 n/a 10

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.30 4.57 4.11 4.34
Unweighted GPA 3.89 3.95 3.95 3.91
ACT Composite 32 33 33 32
SAT Composite n/a n/a n/a n/a
Honors Courses (domestic only) 20 32 n/a 22

Admits

25th percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.33 4.40 4.00 4.29
Unweighted GPA 3.88 3.88 3.88 3.88
ACT Composite 28 32 32 30
SAT Composite n/a n/a n/a n/a
Honors Courses (domestic only) 17 22 n/a 18

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.60 4.80 4.41 4.64
Unweighted GPA 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
ACT Composite 34 34 34 34
SAT Composite n/a n/a n/a n/a
Honors Courses (domestic only) 25 36 n/a 28

Enrolled

25th percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.23 4.29 3.96 4.20
Unweighted GPA 3.81 3.81 3.83 3.81
ACT Composite 26 31 31 27
SAT Composite n/a n/a n/a n/a
Honors Courses (domestic only) 16 20 n/a  16

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.55 4.74 4.37 4.57
Unweighted GPA 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
ACT Composite 33 34 34 33
SAT Composite n/a n/a n/a n/a
Honors Courses (domestic only) 24 34 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% 16% 100% 37% 100%
Fully Weighted GPA
4.30 & Above 24% 45% 68% 32% 60%
3.72 - 4.30 48% 9% 26% 46% 33%
Below 3.72 28% 3% 6% 47% 8%
Unweighted GPA
3.91 & Above 25% 44% 67% 31% 57%
3.42 - 3.90 47% 9% 27% 49% 36%
Below 3.42 28% 3% 6% 48% 8%

Domestic Applicants Only

  % of All Applicants Admit Rate % of All Admits Enroll Rate % of All Enrolled
Total 100% 17% 100% 38% 100%
Fully Weighted GPA
4.34 & Above 27% 46% 74% 33% 64%
3.72 - 4.33 48% 8% 23% 52% 31%
Below 3.72 25% 2% 3% 63% 5%
Unweighted GPA
3.91 & Above 24% 47% 69% 32% 58%
3.42 - 3.90 49% 9% 28% 51% 37%
Below 3.42 27% 2% 3% 63% 5%
Honors Courses
21  & Above 28% 35% 59% 30% 46%
10 - 20 51% 12% 36% 49% 46%
Below 10 21% 4% 5% 57% 8%

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