Freshman Profile - Fall 2016

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 2016. 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 58,931 20,805 17,385 97,121
Admits 10,406 4,614 2,454 17,474
Enrolled 4,870 937 739 6,546
Admit Rate 18% 22% 14% 18%
Enroll Rate 47% 20% 30% 37%
% of Total Applicants 61% 21% 18% 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 3.64 3.92 3.67 3.70
Unweighted GPA 3.35 3.50 3.52 3.40
ACT Composite 24 28 27 25
SAT Composite 1530 1810 1880 1630
Honors Courses (domestic only) 10 14 n/a 10

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.29 4.56 4.07 4.33
Unweighted GPA 3.88 3.93 3.96 3.91
ACT Composite 32 33 32 32
SAT Composite 2010 2150 2140 2080
Honors Courses (domestic only) 20 32 n/a 22

Admits

25th percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.29 4.38 4.00 4.25
Unweighted GPA 3.85 3.87 3.89 3.86
ACT Composite 27 32 32 29
SAT Composite 1790 2060 2100 1900
Honors Courses (domestic only) 16 22 n/a 18

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.58 4.80 4.36 4.62
Unweighted GPA 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
ACT Composite 34 34 34 34
SAT Composite 2220 2270 2260 2250
Honors Courses (domestic only) 24 36 n/a 28

Enrolled

25th percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.20 4.28 3.97 4.16
Unweighted GPA 3.80 3.78 3.86 3.80
ACT Composite 25 30 31 26
SAT Composite 1670 1960 2030 1730
Honors Courses (domestic only) 15 20 n/a  16

75th Percentile

  CA Resident Out of State International Total
Fully Weighted GPA 4.53 4.72 4.29 4.54
Unweighted GPA 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
ACT Composite 33 34 33 33
SAT Composite 2110 2190 2220 2150
Honors Courses (domestic only) 23 34 n/a 24

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% 18% 100% 37% 100%
Fully Weighted GPA
4.30 & Above 27% 47% 69% 33% 61%
3.70 - 4.29 46% 10% 27% 47% 34%
Below 3.70 27% 3% 4% 50% 6%
Unweighted GPA
3.90 & Above 27% 46% 68% 32% 58%
3.40 - 3.89 47% 11% 28% 49% 37%
Below 3.40 27% 3% 4% 52% 6%

Domestic Applicants Only

  % of All Applicants Admit Rate % of All Admits Enroll Rate % of All Enrolled
Total 100% 19% 100% 39% 100%
Fully Weighted GPA
4.30 & Above 30% 48% 76% 33% 66%
3.70 - 4.29 45% 9% 21% 54% 30%
Below 3.70 25% 2% 2% 66% 4%
Unweighted GPA
3.90 & Above 26% 50% 69% 33% 58%
3.40 - 3.89 48% 11% 29% 51% 38%
Below 3.40 26% 2% 2% 69% 4%
Honors Courses
21  & Above 30% 36% 59% 30% 45%
10 - 20 48% 14% 36% 50% 47%
Below 10 22% 4% 5% 58% 7%

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