Congratulations on overcoming some challenges and embracing your passion for the EC’s. UC Davis considers 3 UC GPA’s: Unweighted, Capped weighted and Fully weighted so please calculate and post your Fully weighted UC GPA.
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Below is some information in regards to UC Davis core values and mission to help with your PIQ essays. Remember that if you are applying to more than UCD, you really cannot tailor your PIQ’s to each campus but it gives you an idea of what they value in an applicant.
Our core values:
In serving our students and accomplishing our mission, we value
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Community
- We nurture connections and build community by practicing kindness, sharing openly with each other, and honoring diverse ideas, beliefs and lived experiences.
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Exploration
- We encourage exploration to cultivate curiosity, inquiry, discovery, creativity, and purposeful change.
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Integrity
- We hold ourselves and each other accountable to display integrity in our language, behaviors, and actions.
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Growth
- We are committed to sustainable growth that centers equity, inclusion, and innovation.
Our mission:
Undergraduate Education advocates for diverse educational experiences that promote inclusive learning. Ultimately, we serve students by aligning resources with opportunities to foster curiosity, engaged citizenship and academic success. We work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students to achieve these goals.
Our priorities:
- Increase academic success for all students, thereby closing persistence and achievement gaps; and
- Cultivate undergraduate students who have discovered and developed their unique talents, and, as a result, can tackle their generation’s most pressing challenges.
Below is the UC admit rates of 2022 (2023 will be available in January/February 2024) to see how you compare. Remember these are overall and not major specific.
2022 Admit rates based on the Capped weighted UC GPA.
| Campus | 4.00+ | 3.70-3.99 | 3.30-3.69 | 3.00-3.29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 17% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
| Davis | 58% | 20% | 5% | 2% |
| Irvine | 35% | 10% | 3% | 0% |
| Los Angeles | 13% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
| Merced | 97% | 97% | 95% | 85% |
| Riverside | 95% | 83% | 42% | 17% |
| San Diego | 37% | 8% | 1% | 0% |
| Santa Barbara | 41% | 8% | 3% | 0% |
| Santa Cruz | 69% | 45% | 16% | 4% |
Politician science is one of the top 10 most applied majors at UC Davis with 872 students enrolled as of Fall 2022 and the 3rd most enrolled major in the College of L&S.
Best of luck and please apply widely.