Match Me: Computer science major undergrad [CA resident, 3.74 GPA, 1500 SAT (1540 super)]

Here are the most current admit rates I have been able to compile for CS.

2022 CS admit rates if available

Campus CS
UC Berkeley 2.9%-L&S updated 2023 EECS-4%
UC Davis No data but estimated <20%
UC Irvine 5.8%
UCLA 3.8%
UC Merced 85%
UC Riverside 36%
UC San Diego No data but estimated <10%
UC Santa Barbara No data Historically 5-6%
UC Santa Cruz 60%
Cal Poly SLO 9%
Cal State Long Beach 54%
San Diego State 40%
San Jose State 31%

Knowing your 3 UC GPA’s and your CSU capped weighted GPA would be helpful to determine your chances at these schools. What the admit data does not show is how competitive the applicant pool was for the CS major.

SJSU last year required a CSU of 4.3+ to be competitive based on their Threshold. If local, then you do get a local applicant GPA bump.

Edited: Note if considering Cal Poly SLO, they use 9-11th grades with the 8 semester Honors point cap which is different from the rest of the CSU’s.

Good luck with your applications.

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