Congratulations on being an accomplished student and competitive applicant.
Only 3 UC’s have Business schools: UCB, UCI and UCR. UCB starting Fall 2024 will offer a direct admit into the HAAS Business school. Details forthcoming.
ELC eligible means the UCM is the default campus. UCR has not been the ELC default campus for awhile.
UCR admits into a Pre-Business major and the program is 2 years.
Students who enter UCR as freshmen initially enroll and are advised in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in a Pre-Business status. The College breadth requirements and the prerequisites for a Business Administration major are completed during the freshman and sophomore years. An application to Business Administration is submitted at the end of the sophomore year. Upon acceptance, students become Business Administration majors and are then advised in the School of Business, Undergraduate Business Program Administration.
UCI Business administration major is highly competitive and impacted. The 2022 admit rate for Bus Admin was 8.8% which would not make it a Match school. Business Econ had a 17.5% admit rate so a good backup alternative major.
UCB’s HAAS business school profile since there is no Freshman data due to proposed policy change.
You need to calculate your UC GPA’s at end of Junior year. HS transcripts rarely reflect the actual UC GPA calculations.
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Below are the 2022 admit rates for the different UC campuses. Note the admission rates are overall and not major/division 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% |
UC 2022 admit rates for CA residents:
UCB: 14.5%
UCLA: 9.2%
UCSD: 23.8%
UCSB: 26.7%
UCI: 18.2%
UCD: 32.3%
UCSC: 43.2%
UCR: 66%
UCM: 100%
For Safeties, you really need only 1-2 but they should be schools you would be willing to attend and are affordable. Cal Poly SLO, SDSU and CSULB have the best ranked Business programs from the Cal states. For an absolute safety, your local CSU will give you priority as long as the major is not impacted.
SDSU/CSULB: Likely
Cal Poly SLO: Target
UCM: Safety
UCSC/UCR: Likely
UCD: Target
UCI/UCSB/UCSD: High Target/Low Reach
UCB/UCLA: Reach
Best of luck and update your UC GPA’s after Junior year.