Apologies if this has already been posted, but the Fall 2024 UC Counselor Conference presentations contain a treasure trove of interesting information on the class that was just admitted this year. This is probably the most up-to-date admissions data available on a campus-by-campus basis.
For example:
UC Berkeley admitted 0.3% (that’s 3/10ths of 1%) of the students who accepted a place on the waitlist (26 admits / 7,852 waitlist opt-ins)
UCLA’s admissions rates by college are provided – Nursing still at a 1% admit rate
UC Irvine granted 1.8% of admissions appeals received (26 appeals accepted / 1,426 appeals submitted)
Also interesting to see the class size projections for each campus, so you can see how they think about the yield rate of their admits
Thank you for posting. I have been waiting for the PDF presentation information so I can setup the Freshman Class of 2029 UC Campus applicant discussions.
What is striking is how different schools come to different conclusions on standardized testing.
The UC report says removing testing did not lead a noticeable difference in first year GPA while if I remember right UT, Austin said the opposite to bring back testing.
When UC required SAT or ACT, it did not weigh them very heavily compared to HS GPA, with the result being that applicants with higher SAT or ACT but lower HS GPA tended to be disappointed with admission results. But it may also mean that dropping use of the SAT or ACT made little difference because they were not weighted much to begin with.
At UT Austin, the use of SAT or ACT would not change the admission of the approximately three fourths of the class that are admitted through automatic top 6% rank admission (to be top 5%), but could change the distribution of majors within those automatic admits to the extent that SAT or ACT is considered for admission to competitive majors, and could change the admission of the remaining approximately one fourth of the class.
Beginning admission for fall 2025 entry, statistics no longer validates lower level math, and deficient grade in geometry cannot be validated by precalculus, calculus, or other advanced math (previously, only omission of geometry could not be validated). The non-validation of geometry affects only students taking the traditional algebra 1 / geometry / algebra 2 type courses; precalculus, calculus, or other advanced math can validate the entire integrated math 1 / 2 / 3 sequence including geometry as well as algebra content.
The document linked in post #1 also notes that AP African American studies score of 3+ fulfills the US history requirement (in area A), and AP precalculus score of 4+ counts as a fourth year of math (area C; validating algebra 2 or integrated math 3) plus a college prep elective (area G).
Pages 27-29 of the document linked in this post list when students would be applying to major versus division or campus, and what majors at each campus are more selective.