D24 denied 
Thought she had an “okay” shot at UCD, with UC-capped weighted 4.12 (unweighted 3.8), and strong ECs plus employment history, but alas it is not to be.
Has acceptances with good merit money from Willamette and Lewis & Clark on the West Coast … and also from Clark University and UMass Amherst on the East Coast. Waiting on other UCs and SDSU and CalPoly. 
They’re brutal this year with the waitlists.
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Computer Engineering
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.36
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.64
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses:
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 4 (in 10th and 11th grade)
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 6 (in 11th and 12th grade)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4 wins in high-school and college-level level hackathons
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Attended hackathons (attended around 15 of them), UCIrvine GATI program college credits for Research during summer of 11th grade.
Job/Work Experience: Internship at AI startup
Volunteer/Community service: Hackathon organizing, some volunteer work at animal shelters, etc
Summer Activities:
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Personal hardship, leadership, art interest, online schooling.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Northern California
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No
D24 ACCEPTED
Major: Environmental Science
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.95
UC Capped Weighted GPA: unsure
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.3
ELC (top 9% CA HS): no
Comments about course load (including senior year): good rigor, 4 APs in senior year
Number of a-g courses: lots
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 7 (a lot in Sr year not in GPA above)
AP Courses/exams : 7 total, 3 tests so far (scores 5,4,3). Plus CC English class
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: 4 Years Varsity tennis/team captain, ski team, started media club
Volunteer/Community service: tennis instructor, tutoring, volunteering at food shelter, animal shelter, etc.
Summer Activities: none
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): in state - San Diego County
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted:Point Loma Nazarene, San Diego State (early), U of Oregon, U of Utah, Santa Clara U, Boulder
Deferred: none yet. waiting on CalPoly SLO and more UCs.
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Marine and Costal Science
ACADEMIC STATS::
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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No, but she did have Statewide.
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 26
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 15
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (3), Environmental Science (4), Lang (4), Calc BC (IP), Gov (IP), Physics (IP)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):HL Bio (IP), HL English (IP), SL Spanish
DE courses: Envir Science Class at UCSC, Envir and Indig Studies Class at UAS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Cheer (4 years), Marine Bio Club (secretary and then president), Science Explorer’s Club (historian), Girls in Ocean Science, Attended Marine Bio camp in Alaska, SEA Quest Research Class (online), Civics Engagement project about the environment, UCSD Pre-college Marine Bio class,
Job/Work Experience: She babysat and house sat but didn’t include on application.
Volunteer/Community service: , NCL (400 + volunteer hours and lots of leadership), PAWS club that works at animal shelter, Church nursery (200 + hours)
Summer Activities: Scuba diving along with Shark Conservation class
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): She spent all summer perfecting them.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: Yes or No: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Southern California
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Accepted CSUMB, CSULB, UC Berkeley
Waiting on: SDSU, Cal Poly Slo, UCSC, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, UCI
S24 got accepted into biological science, we are OOS.
S24 Declined
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Physics
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.75
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.08
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.08
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Number of a-g courses: 44
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 16
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 9 (2 x 4, 3 and 2 (Calc BC, got a 3 on the AB subsection))
Extracurriculars: Some School Clubs, highlighted informal leadership
Job/Work Experience: No
Volunteer/Community service: Minimal
Summer Activities: preCalc through U Utah (Online)
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Strong, worked quite a while on these and gave insight into some unique experiences and his personality
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Northern CA, Peninsula
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Accepted: CU Boulder, UC Riverside, CalPoly Pomona, SJSU
Deferred: USC EA
Bad day for S24, first waitlisted by UCD, then rejected by UCI 
Accepted for Cognitive Science
instate arts focused charter top 9%
GPA 3.8 UC weighted 4.2 she thinks
AP 9 DE 5 UC Honors 4
EC 32 conservatory classes
travel sport
writing school wide productions, immersive shows, musicals ect
volunteering with a pet rescue
ecology based internship
Accepted for Theater! This is a top choice for her but still waiting for other decisions. Can she apply for housing though? There is an intent to register form that must be filled out as well so wondering if you must enroll/commit before entering the housing process? This is different from other schools that allow you to pay a small housing application fee but sign up right away. Thanks for any info on this
Wondering same!
Yes, you must SIR to sign up for housing. Davis has plenty of housing for freshmen. Assignments are random so there is no need to worry about putting down a deposit early.
Incoming freshmen who are admitted for fall quarter will receive a housing contract offer after submitting their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR). The housing contract offer will be sent within 24 hours of submitting the SIR. Once received, students may begin the online housing application process. An email invitation will also be sent to students following their SIR.
Freshman Students
Housing is guaranteed for all incoming fall-quarter 2024 freshman students.
Freshmen will be housed in on-campus residence halls. Freshmen must be under the age of 24 to qualify for guaranteed housing. Freshmen aged 24 and older should contact Student Housing and Dining Services for their housing options.
Freshmen living in the residence halls during their first year at UC Davis will be offered on-campus housing in residence halls or apartments for their second year based on availability.
Congratulations!
Just FYI (and for the benefit of others posting stats too), “UC Approved Honors courses” is a catch all category that includes courses marked as AP, IB, and DE, as well as courses that are simply “Honors” where this designation is UC approved. So it looks like there were actually a lot of UC Honors classes, more than 0 anyway 
If the student attended a CA HS, you can see which courses are marked as Honors on the UC/CSU a-g list.
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My D24 got accepted to UCD (BioChem and Molecular Bio) and UCI (Nursing Science) today! NorCal.
has anyone received Regent scholarship offer from Uc Davis?
friend of a friend received one - they’re posted with decisions
D accepted for Communications
Same thing for my D, dream school, but never said it out loud or determined it to be the dream school for fear of rejection; she’s very happy there now.
Thank you! I thought honors was different because some schools have honors classes too. I will update my post.
Daughter accepted to animal science!
3.9 uw
OOS
Rigor was medium. A couple honors classes in college prep high school.
She has strong hook with extensive volunteer work related to her major.