The UC application has now opened on August 1. Submission is October 1, 2026 through November 30, 2026.
Please use the resource links I have posted and if anyone has questions regrading the UC application, the process or about the UC campuses in General, please do not hesitate to post those questions.
The 2026 UC application guide is not yet posted on the UC website but I have linked the 2025 Quick Reference guide. Once the 2026 version is available, I will post it on this discussion.
Below is some general UC Admit data along with the updated Capped weighted UC GPA admit ranges. Additional GPA information will be updated as the information becomes available. I have also linked several websites to help UC applicants with filing out the UC application such as the UCSB tutorials.
Best of luck to all applicants.
UCSB application tutorials:
UC Application quick guide reference: Quick Reference Guide to UC Admissions 2025
Dual enrollment and Cal GETC: A-G and Cal-GETC intersections
Dual enrollment guidelines: Dual enrollment
Personal insight essays: Personal Insight Questions guide for first-year applicants (English)
Admission data by source school: Admissions by source schoolUniversity of Californiahttps://www.universityofcalifornia.edu › about-us › ad…
Admissions data by discipline: Workbook: Freshman admission by disciplineUniversity of California Office of the President (UCOP)https://visualizedata.ucop.edu › Public › views › Bybro…
| Campus | UC GPA’s 25th-75th percentile for admitted freshman | 2026 Overall Acceptance Rates |
|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 2026 Capped weighted: 4.16-4.28 2025 Unweighted: 3.90-4.00 Weighted Uncapped: 4.32-4.68 | 10.5% |
| UC Davis | 2026 Capped weighted: 4.00-4.25 2025 Unweighted: 3.79-4.00 | 45.8% |
| UC Irvine | 2026 Capped weighted: 4.06-4.27 2025 Unweighted: 3.84-4.00 | 30.3% |
| UCLA | 2026 Capped weighted: 4.20-4.30 2025 Unweighted: 3.95-4.00 Weighted uncapped: 4.44-4.78 | 10.8% |
| UC Merced | 2026 Capped weighted: 3.57-4.16 | 94.7% |
| UC Riverside | 2026 Capped weighted: 3.66-4.17 | 88.2% |
| UC San Diego | 2026 Capped weighted: 4.12-4.28 2025 Unweighted: 3.84-4.00 | 27.2% |
| UC Santa Barbara | 2026 Capped weighted: 4.05-4.27 2025 Average Weighted Uncapped: 4.29. Average Unweighted 3.91 | 44.0% |
| UC Santa Cruz | 2026 Capped weighted: 3.49-4.20 2025 Avg Unweighted 3.74 | 82.4% |