UC Davis Class of 2029 Official Thread

Colleges & Universities University of California - Davis
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Welcome prospective Aggies. It’s that time of year again as the UC application has now opened and submission starts October 1 through December 2 for this admissions cycle. I am @Gumbymom one of the two UC Forum Champions/Moderators. My Co-Forum Champion is @lkg4answers and we are knowledgeable on the increasingly complicated UC admissions process and hopefully we can help any prospective UC applicants with their questions. We both have students that have attended UC Davis so please utilize our knowledge of the campus by posting your questions here.

UC Davis like all the UC’s are test blind and will use 13 areas of criteria to review Freshman applicants. Each campus will weight the various areas of criteria differently so one size does not fit all. The UC application website has plenty of information that can help determine if UC Davis is a good option when applying.

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-freshman/how-applications-are-reviewed.html

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-majors/davis/freshman-admit-data.html

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2024 Freshman (First year profile) 25th-75th percentile:
Unweighted UC GPA: 3.80-4.00
Capped weighted GPA: 4.00-4.26

Freshman (First year) admission information:
Major choice is an admissions factor for the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Sciences.

Students applying as “undeclared” or “undeclared/exploratory” are considered within the college/academic department to which they applied.

Applicants are encouraged to list an alternate major, but not in the same area as the primary major. Occasionally, UCD admits to the alternate major.

Selective majors include Data Science, Design, Psychology. Landscape Architecture and all majors in the College of Engineering.

New Business major available Fall 2025. Target enrollment for Freshman applicants is 175 and for students planning to change majors after admission, a 50 student limit is proposed.

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Best of luck to all applicants.

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Hello. Thanks for this thread. Super rich in information. One question. Where is it stated that psychology is a selective manor ? When we checked on the school I couldn’t find that information and also the school admissions team doesn’t indicate that as well. Can you help clarify. Thanks :folded_hands:
UC Davis is my Ds first choice for psychology.
@Gumbymom @lkg4answers

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The 2024 UC counselor conference mentioned that Psychology was a selective major for UC Davis.

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Ok thanks. Interesting. So from your other thread, undeclared social sciences for UC Davis might help with admission, but registering for courses for psychology might be harder since it’s impacted. Is that right ?

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Yes, getting major specific courses for non-majors could be problematic.

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Very few psychology lower division courses are restricted at Davis. The problem with it being a popular major is that the courses fill up quickly. Also, note that Cognitive Science majors need to take many of the same courses as Psychology majors. That makes it even more difficult to enroll.

The UCD website lists Eligibility to Declare Psychology Major as:

Completion of PSC 001 and PSC 041 with a combined GPA of 2.5 or better (all courses must be taken for a letter grade) OR you may take three upper division PSC courses with a combined GPA of 2.0 or better

Looking at the Course Catalog,
PSC 1 is not restricted and does not have any pre-requisites
PSC 41 is not restricted, but does list pre-reqs as

Prerequisite(s): PSC 001; PSC 12Y, STA 013, or STA 100 strongly recommended.

PSY 12Y, STA 13 are not restricted. STA 100 has two quarters of Calc (MAT 16B, 17B or 21B) as pre-reqs.

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Having some AP credits might help with course registration as you can be ahead and start with PSC 41. That said, UC Davis need a AP score of 5 to get credit for PSC 1.

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Davis allows up to 13 AP/IB credits when determining course registration (pass) times. @fd97616 alluded to the fact that their daughter has taken several DE courses. I believe those units will help with pass times. However, more and more students have DE units so I’m not sure how much it will help.

Psychology lower division requirements include PSC1, STA 13, PSC 41, BIS 2A and ANT 1. None of those courses are restricted and undeclared students can take any of these classes. Upper division classes (course numbers over 100) tend to be more restrictive.

Edit to correct statement about AP/IB units used for registration pass times.

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My D has taken PSC 001 already (validated through Assist) - General Psychology.
and PSC 041— Research Methods in Psychology. Both completed in Community college (as part of DE). in addition, she has a few other psyc related courses completed as well.

So this would help with registration ? Basically she strongly prefers to get admitted to UCD (her first choice actually). So we need to decide if applying as Psychology major is better, or just applying as Undecided - Social Sciences is good.

recap (for ease of access)
3.67 unweighted.
3.96 (weighted capped UC GPA)
4.12 (weighted uncapped UC GPA).
Strong extra cirriculars
12 college courses in community colleges (A-G)

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meant to say this -
My D has taken PSC 001 already (validated through Assist) - General Psychology.
and PSC 041— Research Methods in Psychology. Both completed in Community college (as part of DE). in addition, she has a few other psyc related courses completed as well.

So this would help her with declaring her major, if she gets admitted as Undeclared - Social Sciences (after a quarter) ? Basically she strongly prefers to get admitted to UCD (her first choice actually). So we need to decide if applying as Psychology major is better, or just applying as Undecided - Social Sciences is good.

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UCD does consider alternate majors occasionally so she could apply for Psychology as the primary and Undeclared social science as an alternate.

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UC Davis changed (somewhat) how they assign registration pass times. The verbiage on the website now allows for up to 13 AP/IB units.

Registration pass times are assigned based on earned credits. The earned credits considered are completed and graded courses, articulated transfer work, and up to 13 AP/IB units. For earned credit hours to be factored into your pass time, they must be processed before pass times are assigned. Students with more earned credit hours will be assigned an earlier pass time than a student who has less. For example, students with senior standing will register before freshman as they have more earned credit hours.

Some students may qualify for priority registration such as students with disabilities, TRiO scholars, foster youth, etc.

In the past, the point of not using AP/IB was to even the playing field for students whose HS did not offer AP/IB. My guess is that the vast majority (if not all) of new admits now have 3-4 AP courses. If so, adding up to 13 units doesn’t give a significant benefit when it comes to pass times. It just moves the bar to the right for everyone.

@fd97616 I’ve seen students who enter with a lot of lower division requirements completed by DE and AP who have difficulty getting the classes they want? Why? Because they are essentially trying to get the same upper division classes as students who have many more units than them (ie. college juniors).

If your daughter is admitted, I don’t believe she can declare a major until her 2nd quarter. By that, I mean that she would have to meet with an advisor while she is enrolled (ie. first quarter) and get everything processed so that she is in that major second quarter. If she has already taken biology, statistics and anthropology then she would likely start her first quarter with GEs.

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Thanks @lkg4answers and @Gumbymom for your inputs.
As psychology is selective major at UC Davis, my daughter is considering applying as undeclared - Social sciences - hoping that will increase the chances of her admission. (she really prefers UC Davis). I read your inputs around registration pass times. My daughter also has a disability that we need to go and talk to the admissions office, and see if they can help with any assistance - around the location of classes and registration windows- since she cannot walk or bike even reasonable distances.

one key guidance we need clarity -
to increase the odds of admission to UCD.
Would applying for undeclared - social sciences be a smarter move as the first major choice. Also would providing an alternate major from the same social sciences category that is non-selective (like Sociology) help - with the hope that she can transfer into psychology once she joins and after a semester even.

thanks,

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Have you visited UC Davis? It is the largest UC campus by area.

Classes (especially the first two years) are in the larger lecture halls all over campus. They aren’t centralized by department or major.

Also, the dorms are on one side of campus and the Social Sciences & Humanities building (aka the Death Star) is on the opposite side.

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Yeah, we took a tour and saw all the buildings. We were told the registration preference can help. Since my daugther really like the uc campus and vibe, and culture, thats her first prefrence. Hence we are checking to make sure we are selecting the first and alternate major carefully to increase the odds of admit.

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This information is from the UC application guide regarding campus selection.

Does applying Undeclared have any bearing on an applicant’s chance for admission?
Applying Undeclared or Undeclared/Exploratory does not affect admission.

For which programs is the Intended major a factor in admissions?
Major choice is a factor for the College of Agriculture, College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Sciences. Applicants are encouraged to indicate primary major interest for any College to which they intend to apply and indicate a non-selective major as an alternate.

Does the campus consider students for alternate majors?
Yes. Applicants are encouraged to list an alternate major but not in the same area as the primary major (eg. 2 majors in the same College). Occasionally we admit to the alternate major.

This information can be found here:
UC application guide starting page 27

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My son is considering applying to UC Davis in the College of Letters and Science as “undeclared.” Does anyone know if applying undeclared is viewed as a weaker application compared to specifying a specific major - especially since he has many AP and college courses that map to a specific major (but he isn’t sure if he wants to major only in that area). We wanted to make sure undeclared doesn’t make the application weaker.

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No, applying Undeclared does not affect admissions chances and does not make the application weaker.

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Thank you for the response.

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I am having some confusion how Gen ed requirements are met for students coming in as undeclared vs a specific major for the same college - of L&S.

for example.
student A comes in as Undeclared - Social sciences
student B comes in as Sociology

Would both students take the same Gen Ed requirements for the first year ?

And assume once A completes the gen Ed requirements, can proceed to declaring a major (not sure if they have to wait for a specific time period before declaring major).

Please help clarify. Thanks a lot for the help

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General education requirement are courses that are required for all students in addition to their major requirements.

Are you thinking about lower division courses for a major?

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yeah. thinking about the lower division courses. Even if you come as undeclared, or declaring a major (in same college), I assume the Gen Ed requirements remain the same, and if coming in as undeclared, post 1 quarter, we can submit a request to declare major (assume we meet the prereqsuites).

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Also is there any place where I can find the undergrad admission data (applied, admitted, enrolled) broken down by major ? in UC data hub, I see my broad categories like social sciences etc, but not by major. thanks

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No, UC Davis does not make that data available. Only a few campuses are that transparent.

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Yes, GE requirements are the same for everyone and every major.

Each major has different requirements for what you need to complete and when you can declare a major. As I mentioned before, at UC Davis, there are very few lower division, entry level courses that are restricted to majors only. I think you are looking for a problem where it doesn’t exist at UC Davis. It might be a problem at some UCs but, in general, it is very easy to enroll in lower division courses, declare, and change majors, at both UCD and UCSB.

Look at the UC Davis Sociology page. Just like for Psychology, it lays out what a student needs to do in order to declare a Sociology major.

What do I need to do to declare a sociology major?

Completion of one SOC course, either lower or upper division, with a grade of “C” or better, is required for students wishing to declare a major in sociology or sociology-organizational studies. If you have fulfilled this requirement, you may initiate a Change of Major petition through the Forms & Petitions tab on the UC Davis OASIS portal. If you haven’t met with a sociology advisor, we strongly recommend making an appointment with one of the department undergraduate advisors to discuss your change of major in addition to submitting the online form.

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If you haven’t, you might want to look at this article which was written by the ED of Admissions at UC Davis.

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my Kid is looking at majors related to human development / social work. We are considering a few optons. in college of Ag and sciences, the human development major. If they opt for this as a primary major and get in, if their interest move towards political science or sociology for example in College of Letters and science, is that transfer/move in UC davis possible and easy ?

how about the Gen Ed requirements between these two colleges ? thanks

@Gumbymom

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Pubic Admin:
Community Organization and Advocacy
Public Administration
Public Policy
Social Work

Political Science and Government is listed in Social Sciences for the UC admission by discipline link.

Note: A question was asked about the majors listed in the Admissions by Discipline link but the post was later revised but I left my answer since it might help others that have questions.

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Sorry, I was refining the question. this is was the primary question we had.

my Kid is looking at majors related to human development / social work. We are considering a few optons. in college of Ag and env sciences, the human development major. If they opt for this as a primary major and get in, if their interest move towards political science or sociology for example in College of Letters and science, is that transfer/move in UC davis possible and easy ?

how about the Gen Ed requirements between these two colleges ? thanks

@Gumbymom

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The University General Education requirements are the same regardless of College/major.

You can research and compare the specific College GE requirements here: College of Letters and Sciences GE’s

College of Agriculture and Env. Sci GE’s.

Yes, the change of majors and colleges is possible at UC Davis.

Change a Major

To change from one major to another within a college, you need the consent of the department or committee in charge of your proposed new major and the approval of Undergraduate Education and Advising in the Office of the Dean. Admission into a major program may be denied by the program or by Undergraduate Education and Advising in the Office of the Dean if your grade point average (GPA) in courses required for the selected major is less than 2.000.

Procedures for change of major within a college are the same as for declaration of major and the same conditions apply. If you wish to change to a major that has admission restrictions, you must comply with the special procedures and requirements for that major.

To change from one major to another in a different college you need the consent of the department or committee in charge of your proposed new major and the approval of the dean of the new college. To obtain that approval, you must be in good academic standing, meet all minimum GPA criteria, including those for the major, and satisfy any other admission requirements established by the new college.

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In general, it easier to move into a major in L&S than it is to move from L&S into another college.

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Anyone else getting an error when trying to create an account for the portal?

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With UC Davis you need to wait 15 minutes before you can sign in.

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Same issue. Were you able to create the account?

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Not yet. I found people having the same issue a year ago and they just waited a couple of days for the records to update in the system then it worked. I’ll wait until Monday or Tuesday and try again. If it doesn’t work by Wednesday then my son will give them a call.

This is what people said about it a year ago:

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It’s working now. Successfully created account in the portal.

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Thank you. Works now. Weird that they send the email a couple of days earlier.

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From the link above, generally, the student need to meet the Topical Breadth and Core Literacies requirements.
Although, the GE requirement is the same for all students. The “missing GE” that he/she need to take outside his/her major could be difference. For example, an engineering major would meet all the Science and Engineering GE requirement by just taking classes required by the major, so he/she will need to take GE classes for Arts and Humanities. On the other hands, a history major would meet all the Arts and Humanities GE requirement by taking classes required by the major, and need more Science classes to meet the GE requirement in Science and Engineering.

Also, notices that, unlike other UC campus, UC Davis does not give GE credit for AP classes. Credit from AP classes can only be used for Major requirements. For example,
AP Calculus AB/BC can be used for meeting Calculus requirement in the major. However, I believe, all majors listed Lower Division English Writing as major requirement and therefore can use credit from AP English to meet the English writing requirement.

Also, the general Class search tool and a GE specific search tool are designed to help student finding GE classes.

https://registrar-apps.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm

Below is a picture of Class Search tool, the Course Summary window shows what GE requirement the class meets, if any.

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Finally, when student login to their “school account”, there are information showing what GE requirement has met, in progress and still missing.

Topical Breadth: 52 units required

  • Arts and Humanities: 12 to 20 units
  • Science and Engineering: 12 to 20 units
  • Social Sciences: 12 to 20 units

Core Literacies: 35 units required

Note: If a course is certified in more than one Topical Breadth area, you may count the course units toward only one Topical Breadth area.

Note: If a course is certified in more than one Core Literacy area, you may count the course units toward only one Core Literacy area.

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Record number of Undergraduate applicants for Fall 2025.

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I found this tidbit in their press release particularly enlightening:

The university will offer admission to fewer students than those who applied, and a smaller number of students will accept those offers

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Yes, that is true for every university unless they accept everyone that applies. UC Davis had 98,834 Freshman apply for 2024, admitted 41,353 and enrolled 6,767 according to the UCOP data from the Freshman admission summary.

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I am having trouble withdrawing my application. When I click on “Cancel UC Davis Application” and then check the box to certify the cancellation, there is no way to confirm the change, and the check box resets after refreshing the portal.

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You can contact admissions about withdrawing if you cannot cancel using the portal.

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UC Davis admitted student day is called Aggie Day. This year it is on April 5. Most of the other UC admitted student days are April 12 and 19.

If you are interested in Aggie Day, you might consider booking a hotel now. Check the cancelation policy in case you change your mind.

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And if you have the chance, I would absolutely recommend that you go to Picnic Day on April 12th. It’s so much fun. I don’t even have a kid at Davis and I went last year and had a blast, and would be going this year if we could. Here’s my writeup from last year.

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when can the decisions come out?

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For 2024, decisions were posted on March 8. UC Davis has not given prior notice when they will be posting decisions the last few years.

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I am guessing the result will be posted on March 7 (Friday) based on last year date.

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Still remember that was a sad day for S24. First got waitlisted by UCD and then got rejected by UCI :cry:

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What did you end up doing?

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Given UC santa cruz gave few acceptances last Friday.. i am hoping they might release today?

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UC Davis historically has posted decisions around the 2nd Friday in March. Most likely either next Friday the 7th or the following Thursday or Friday.

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S24 ended up came off UC Davis’s waitlist and attending there now. But after we paid the admission and housing deposits to uDub :expressionless:

Coming off waitlist is common among UCs. Many applications got accepted by multiple UCs and they can only attend one after all. Good Luck all.

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are uc davis decisions gonna come out this friday? or is it more likely to be next friday

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I think so, they posted countdown message on instagram.. @Gumbymom Have they done this earlier years too?

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Exciting! Have they done this before? Could this mean before Friday do we think?

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I did not follow UC Davis admissions on Instagram until late last year so I cannot say.

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i hope it does!

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Does UC Davis update portals for decisions or do they send it via email?

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All UC’s will update the student portals with decisions and will also send an email to have the student check their portals.

In general, the portals update prior to the email but not always.

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Thanks, I heard that the UC Davis decision is given in the email or subject line itself (for example subject line congrats etc). Kind of doesn’t let the student check on their own timing if in the middle of class or something.

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Yes, some campuses will include the decision in their email and that email content can also change from year to year so until decisions are out, no one will know for sure what UCD’s email will show.

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Did anyone just see the IG post. Maybe today??

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What does it say?

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It shows a video of kids getting ready for their acceptance at the egg head and “ we can’t wait to celebrate with all our fellow Aggies soon! Tag us with your reactions”

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oh i sure hope its soonnn

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Yes just saw it, I think decisions will be released this friday..

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What time is it expected to release

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Last year’s decisions posted around 3 PM PST.

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Guessing it’s not today?

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Most likely Friday. Hopefully not next Friday though

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Just wanted to shout out @Gumbymom for alwaysalwaysalways having helpful information here and on all of the UC-related threads. You’re a treasure!

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Thank you for shout out. I Enjoy what I do in helping the College confidential community. The other UC Forum Champion @lkg4answers is also a wealth of information along with the many other CC frequent posters. We always try to answer the questions to be the best of our ability.

Wishing all applicants good luck in this admission cycle.

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hope so too! fingers crossed it will be today!

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UCSB usually releases decisions after UCSD. And, also at least a week after UC Davis. This could potentially mean that we get UC Davis today, because UCSB announced decisions to be released on the 18th of this month. And UCSD next friday. Any thoughts?

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I feel these could be the release dates:
Today - UCD and UCI
Mar 14, Fri - UCSD, UCLA
March 18, Tue - UCSB (confirmed)
March 27, Thu - UCBerkeley

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UCSB and UCB have already announced their release dates - 3/18 and 3/27 respectively.

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I agree

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I heard that Irvine’s results are coming out today, but I think it will be next week

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I agree with you.

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I don’t understand why they don’t announce the exact date for the release.

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Maybe because it puts them on the hook for that date, and they want slightly more flexibility.

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Looking good for release today. I guess you’ll have to note my comment that was just moved to portal astrology.

Good luck all.

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what makes you sure about release today?

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I posted why here, and it was moved to davis portal astrology, so take a look there.

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Decisions are out. In-State. Waitlisted CSE (UW: 3.91 WC:4.14).

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Just found out from portal, my son is In-state , accepted for his alternate major Managerial Economics.

Stats:

SAT : 1520. (Does not matter for UCs)
Unweighted GPA: 3.93
UC Capped : 4.25
W GPA : 4.44
10 Aps
Presidents gold award for Volunteering

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accepted intl

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Please feel free to provide stats-- thanks

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Anyone in-state find out yet?

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Rejected. intl. dissapointed

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Accepted Physics!

UWGPA 4.0
UC GPA 4.3
ELC- No, but statewide
A-G- 34
Honors and Advanced- 12
AP- none, private school doesn’t offer them
EC’s- Robotics x 4, Volunteering 300 hours over 4 years, Care for disabled sibling, Piano, Creative writing and world building
Essays- I am not sure
In state

Accepted: SDSU (early) CSULB, OSU, UofA, UNM, Boulder, UCR, UCSC, UCD
Waiting: UCSD, UCSB, UCB, UCLA, UCD, Harvey Mudd

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Accepted for physics!

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Yes

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Congratulations to all admits. Please post your stats based on the template below:

Decision:

Merit scholarships awarded (if any):

Major (and division if applicable) applied to:

ACADEMIC STATS::

Calculate your GPAs with GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

UC Unweighted GPA:

UC Capped Weighted GPA:

UC Fully Weighted GPA:

ELC (top 9% CA HS):

Comments about course load (including senior year):

Number of a-g courses:

Number of UC Approved Honors courses:

Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses):

Number of IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

SUBJECTIVE::

Extracurriculars:

Job/Work Experience:

Volunteer/Community service:

Summer Activities:

Personal Insight essays (details):

Supplemental/Augmented Review: Yes or No

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State/location of HS (if domestic applicant):

Country (if international applicant):

Applied for need-based financial aid?

First Generation?

REFLECTION::

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:

GENERAL COMMENTS:

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3.9uw, 16APs, idk how to calculate UC GPA, good ecs. Applied Anthropology

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Accepted, in-state, Computer Science

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For waitlisted applicants, here is the waitlist discussion and information.

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S25…
Decision: Waitlisted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Political Science

ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.85
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.15
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.38
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 17
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 1
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): Calc AB(5), English Language (5), Physics 1(4), US History(4), World History(5)
Dual Enrollment courses: 10 semesters, some designated honors

SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Capt Mock Trial

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA/SF Bay Area

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For all admitted students, can you please fill out the Decision Template posted below:

NOTE: Twin S25 both applied. Almost identical stats. Graduating one year early (3 years of HS vs normal 4).

Decision: Both Accepted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Unknown

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Both to CS

ACADEMIC STATS::

Calculate your GPAs with [GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub]

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.35

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.57

ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Class rank: Both tied for 1 at their HS (1/130).

Comments about course load (including senior year): includes Economics, Calculus BC and Analytic Geometry & Calculus III, Intro to Programming, Chemistry (DE College Course).

Number of a-g courses: Unknown

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 13 DE courses taken, including Spanish lvl 1 & 2, English (2), Calculus AB, Intro to Prob and Stats., History, Political Science, Biology, Biotechnology. 10 other A-G HS courses taken before “Senior” year incl. Physics. DE Chem completed Senior yr. Total of 23 courses taken before “Senior” year.

Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 0 AP courses (max available). only did DE courses.

Number of IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): 0

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

SUBJECTIVE::

Extracurriculars: Music - MTAC Piano - One is level 5 going on 7. The other is level 3 going on 5. Boxing (Amateur and recreational only). Self-teaching online coding courses (Datacamp); Chessclub in HS - one in leadership the other no leadership.

Job/Work Experience: None

Volunteer/Community service: Church services volunteering monthly for a few hours, helping to feed unhoused in local community - bi-weekly volunteering for a few hours. Consistent since starting H.S.

Summer Activities: Primarily Community College Classes

Personal Insight essays (details):

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA - SF Bay Area Charter H.S.

Country (if international applicant):

Applied for need-based financial aid? No

First Generation? No

Mix-raced ethnically diverse kids

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wow..such a good stat and waitlisted for Political Science. I dont know whats going on with UCs.
So sorry for you

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D25 admitted today! checked portal
CogSci
Bay Area public
3.97 UW 4.35 UC-W
5 AP scores submitted + honors + 6 CC semester classes
Strong ECs + internship in social justice non-profit
Semester abroad in IB school
One semester track and field otherwise no sports

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i also got waitlisted but for sustainable environmental design :frowning:

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Denied, but expected since I have a 3.4 gpa lol. Got into ucsc though so I’m pretty excited. Congrats everyone!!

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Are regents and honors program supposed to be announced with the acceptance letter?

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Daughter in for undeclared social sciences. 4.0 UW, 4.18?UC 4.41 W, In state but rural, 8 APS and 6 DE, State champion in sports.

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S25 accepted to UC Davis for Anthropology major with only 3.83 UC GPA, while 2 years ago his sister D23 was waitlisted for humanities undeclared with a higher GPA over 4.0. She quickly came off the waitlist in 2 weeks and was also accepted to Berkeley. So I really don’t know how UCs make their decisions. It is really random in my opinion.

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Regents was listed at time of admission last year along with Honors college invites.

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Accepted!
Design
3.94 UW/4.47 W (4.03 UC)

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Accepted

UW 4.0 / UC-weighted (capped) 4.29 / fully weighted 4.56
Number of a-g courses taken 9-12th: 28
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE classes: 12
Major: Statistics
CA resident (SF Bay Area)
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Also accepted (majors vary by school - Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics) : Colorado School of Mines, SDSU, Chapman, Arizona State, Oregon State, and SJSU

Waiting on: UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA and UCSD

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Son waitlisted for CS (UC gpa: 4.0 (unweighted), 4.27 (capped))

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After having the website crash 3 TIMES!..ACCEPTED! WOOOT!

Accepted
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.3
Number of a-g courses taken 9-12th:
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE classes: 15
Major: Chemical Engineering
CA resident San Diego

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came off the waitlist in only 2 weeks? for me its saying theyll tell me june 30 which is sooo long

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Son waitlisted for Mech E (UW: 4.0, UC: 4.38, 11 AP).

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It is rolling admission for the waitlist. And according to previous years, there is a good chance of 40% to get accepted from the waitlist.

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Waitlisted - Undeclared Humanities - 3.78/3.9

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good to know its rolling!

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UCD specific waitlist data can be found here for the last 3 years :https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/uc-davis-class-of-2029-waitlist-and-appeals-discussion/

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Decision: Accepted
Major: Cognitive Science

Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.27
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.27
Number of a-g courses: 30
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 8
Dual enrollment courses: 9

CA Resident, Northern California
First Generation: Yes
Accepted: SDSU, waiting on other uc decisions :')

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Anyone got honors or regent designation yet?

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S25 Accepted
UC UW: 4.0, Capped Weighted GPA: 4.33, Fully Weighted: 4.42
Number of a-g courses taken 9-12th: 26
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE classes: 10
Major: Environmental Science & Management
CA resident, large competitive SoCal public
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No

Also accepted: SDSU (early), UCSC, Univ of Oregon, Colorado State, Washington State, Univ of Utah (all WUE scholarships)

Waiting on: Cal poly SLO, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, Cal, UCLA, UW

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Son was admitted. Psychology. OOS. 4.0 UW.

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Decision: Accepted

Major : Molecular and Cell Biology

ACADEMIC STATS::

Calculate your GPAs with GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.32

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.6

ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes

Number of a-g courses: 26

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 12

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S25 accepted Humanities! :tada:will post stats soon! :blue_heart: :yellow_heart:

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Congratulations to all of the new Aggies! :cow:

Both @Gumbymom and I have children who are UC Davis alumni. If you have questions about the campus, culture, and community, feel free to ask. :blue_heart: :yellow_heart:

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Decision: Accepted

Major : Human Biology

ACADEMIC STATS::

Calculate your GPAs with GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.85

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.22

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5

ELC (top 9% CA HS):

Number of a-g courses: 26

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 7 AP; 6 dual enrollment at CC

EC’s: 4 yr varsity tennis; Leadership camp; 1 semester of shadowing a physician; started 2 varsity clubs; 300+ hrs of volunteer/mentoring.

In-state.

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Someone on Reddit posted they got in, Environmental Science w/ 3.5GPA

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My daughter received Regents :confetti_ball: It was in the portal when we scrolled down. She was admitted for English.

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Do your children have any connection with Design students? Sadly never met one on my campus tour or any info session. Pretty fascinating that it is the only UC with a major of that type (except maybe UCLA’s DMA)

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One twin got in for his alternate major Managerial Economics, the other did not for EE.

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That individual did not state if the 3.5 GPA was weighted or unweighted plus they received a supplemental review request so there may have been some extenuating circumstances mentioned in their application. Kudos to them.

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My son too :frowning:

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D accepted!
Marine and Coastal Science Major
3.8/4.0
5 AP (2 jr year and 3 sr year), 26 a-g
Pretty mid rigor overall.
PIQs: excellent, told a cohesive story of who she is, each one connected to the others.
Great ECs, super focused on marine bio and environmental sustainability. 300ish hours at a well known marine institute.
Very pleasantly surprised by this result.
Accepted so far: Chapman, U Oregon, SDSU, UCSC
Waitlist: CSULB

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Thanks for that info. Oh wow. I just read up on what a supplemental review request is. Interesting. Would have been nice to know if GPA was UCW or UW. Thanks again. Another question, is Does UW even matter to UC’s? Are they only looking at the UC GPA?

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D25 Accepted!

Major: Mechanical Engineering
UC unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC weighted & capped GPA: 4.33
UC fully weighted GPA: 4.67
Number of A-G classes: 25
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses: 14
In-State/OOS/International: In-state
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

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waitlisted
business
UW 3.86 / UC-weighted (capped) 4.13 / fully weighted 4.4
A-G courses: 30
enough DE/AP/Honors to get to a 4.4 weighted with a 3.86 UW
ECs: the usual (who doesn’t do something these days)
In-state (bay area) and batting 0 for 7 so far with UCs, between S23 and S25 (S23 with similar stats)
Congrats to those who did get in

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can you share stats?

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accepted business
international

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accepted!!
clinical nutrition
UC unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC weighted + capped GPA: 4.29
UC fully weighted GPA: 4.36
Number of A-G classes: 28
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE courses: 10
In-State/OOS/International: OOS

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Accepted
Undeclared - Physical Sciences (College of L&S)

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.3
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Number of a-g courses: 25
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10

SoCal public high school

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@DStepler has a student who is studying Design at UC Davis. I’m not sure how often they log onto this site but I’ll tag them just in case.

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Decision: Accepted​:tada::tada:

International

Major: Sociology

ACADEMIC STATS::

Typical Unweighted GPA: 3.86

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.78 (one of my grades suffered during 10th grade, which recovered in 11th and 12th grade)

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 3.96

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 3.96

*My school doesn’t have ranks and offers 5 APs. School also didn’t have honors.

Number of a-g courses: Don’t know

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 0

EC’s: LGBT: nationwide student project; Student Research Topics: international politics, climate change, disability rights, western philosophy, economic inequality; Student Conference: nationwide academic presentation (similar to MUN); Student Clubs: newspaper club, political philosophy research club

I also had some international essay & journalism award things too. I think essay really played a huge roll, because of my low GPA. I tried to be genuine with essays, which were about my academic passion, academic obstacles and overcoming them, and the efforts I put in to projects.

So happy!

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Son accepted, film

In-state public HS, top 9%, Bay Area

3.94 UW
4.5 W
Don’t recall capped weighted
30 A-G
9 APs, 5 college classes, 3 Honors

Strong essays that were personal and told a cohesive story

ECs: baseball, long-term internship with school district, not much else

Daughter is a year ahead and chose Davis Honors Program, has been incredibly happy there

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Funny I just heard Davis decisions were out so I thought I would check:)
Yes, my daughter is a third year design /CogSci double major - reach out with any questions

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My daughter is a third year UX design and cognitive science double major. Let me know what questions you have

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Decision: S25 Accepted, Environment Science and Mgmt. Very grateful. This is his top pick.
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.28

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.36

Comments about course load (including senior year): 15 honors/AP courses total
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no

Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis, volunteering teaching tennis to local kids, a few others

Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding

Personal Insight essays (details): Strong PIQs

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA, Bay area competitive public HS
First Generation? No

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Deferred EA UW Madison
Accepted U Oregon, OSU, Michigan State, CU Boulder, SDSU, UCSC, UCR
Waiting Cal Poly SLO, other UCs

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Is the ucsd regents scholarship any good? I heard that 1% of applicants are considered so is that somewhat of a good sign for the more competitive UCs?

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Son rejected for Comp Sci.

UW: 3.86
UC UW: 3.96
W: 4.17
A-G 9-12th: 37 semesters
UC approved AP: 6 plus 2 yrs college foreign language
4+ yrs sport plus club sport, many vol hours plus work hours, clubs, etc
Non-local CA

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D25

Decision: Accepted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning

ACADEMIC STATS::

Calculate your GPAs with GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.76

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.06

UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.45

ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year):

Number of a-g courses:

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 8

Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): AP Lang (5), Calc B/C (5), Physics (3), AP Art History (in progress), AP Spanish 4 (in porgress), AP Bio (in progress)

Number of IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): 0

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: Accepted: UCSC, American
Denied: UVA

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Decision: Accepted

Major : Mechanical Engineering

ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.33
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 5.0

Number of a-g courses: 24 (10th and 11th), 35 (9th-12th)

AP Courses: APHG (5), WHAP (5), APCSP (4), AP Chem (5), AP Phys 1 (5), AP Lang (5), AP Stats (5), AP Phys C Mech, AP Phys C E&M, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, APES

DC courses - 4

ECs: Eagle Scout, Soccer, President of one of the honor societies, officer in another science-related competition, internship at engineering firm.

PIQs: very good (got advice from former UC admissions)

OOS public school (Texas)

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I am assuming you are asking about the UC Davis Regents since that is discussion you are posting on currently? Yes, it is the most prestigious merit scholarship awarded that includes many benefits including priority registration, honors college membership and housing.

However you cannot make any assumptions in receiving this scholarship for UC Davis specifically in that you will receive the scholarship at any other UC campus or it reflects your chances at admission at other campuses. Each UC campus evaluates Regent scholars based on their own specific criteria. Congratulations if you received the award.

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Decision: Accepted :partying_face:
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): TBD
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Math

ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.93
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.28
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.45
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 24+
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 5
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 9

Extracurriculars:
Job/Work Experience: After-school elementary care
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts (12 years), Senior Living Center, Math Honor Society, SWE Next, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA/Ventura County
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted: UCD, UCR, SCU, USD, Pepperdine, Chapman
Deferred: USC
Denied: Pomona College
Still waiting: UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, Cal Poly SLO, USC

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When do they announce the recipients?

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Regents should be listed on the student portal if you scroll down to the bottom. They are announced at time of admission.

Other scholarships awarded could also be listed in the Myawards tab on the student portal.

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S25 accepted for Music!

In-state HS, top 9%, Los Angeles

4.0 UW
4.33 W
Don’t remember capped weighted
7 APs, 2 Honors (This is all that was offered at HS)

Very strong essays that were unique and well written

ECs: Student Body President, music composer with strong spotify following and distribution deal, lots of other music ECs, varsity basketball, volleyball and baseball, active service work at school

Strengths: Strong essays, unique and varied ECs
Weaknesses: Wonder how he might stand out without music portfolio being submitted at the UCs. He has strong grades and ECs but so do lots of students

Accepted: UCD, UCSC, American University, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Oregon, Lewis and Clark, University of Denver (Lamont School of Music)

Waiting: UCB, UCSB, UCI, UCLA, Boston University, Tufts University, George Washington University and University of Washington

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Did all accepted engineering students get selected to apply to LEADR program?

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Anecdotally, our accepted S25 in Computer Science and Engineering has the option to apply LEADR.

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Decision: Accepted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

ACADEMIC STATS:

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.89

ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year):

Number of a-g courses: 39-40 (including 7 DE)

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 6

Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 18 – AP Calc B/C (5); AP English Lang (5); AP Euro History (5); AP World History (5); APUSH (5); AP Psych (5); AP Spanish Lang (4); AP Chemistry (4); AP Physics 1 (4); AP CSP (4); AP HUG (4); AP English Lit (IP); AP Stats (IP); AP Bio (IP); AP Art History (IP); AP US Govt (IP); AP Comp Govt (IP); APES (IP)

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Do Regent scholars still get priority registration? Someone who is at Davis and applying for the Honors program says they ended priority registration for honors.

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I know that UC Santa Barbara no longer gives priority registration to Regents and Honors college students. I am not aware that UC Davis ended the priority registration also.

The Honors college website still states that priority registration is available to the Honors scholars.

  • What does priority class registration mean?
  • UHP students register during the first day of registration for fall, winter, and spring quarter during their first-year on campus. This does not include On-Campus Admits.
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I may be mistaken then? I’ll ask my friend (her child is a freshman and applying to the Honors program now) about it the next time I see her.

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9 posts were split to a new thread: UC Application Review Process & UC GPAs

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If you look at the FAQ section I listed on my post about the Honors college, it states for Priority registration that This does not include On-campus Admits so if applying as a current Freshman for Sophomore year, priority registration is not a perk but I would get that statement clarified.

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Thank you. Unfortunately, my reading comprehension skills have declined over the years.

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I did

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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Clinical Nutrition
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.86
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.41
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No (State only)
Number of a-g courses: 24
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10

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Son was Accepted

UW 3.88/ UC-weighted 4.12
Number of a-g courses taken 9-12th: 26
Number of UC approved Honors/AP/IB or DE classes: 15 semesters
Major: Viticulture and Enology, B.S
CA resident (SF Bay Area)
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Also accepted to SDSU, UC Santa Cruz, Chico State
Waitlist: Long Beach State

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UC Davis RD Results Survey 2025:

This form is for tracking decision results, so it’s all centralized for future students. If you could fill this out once you get your decision, that would be very appreciated!

You can see all other people’s individual responses in the links above, along with overall form statistics (such as what percent got accepted).

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S25 also denied for Comp Sci. Disappointing, but not heartbroken, since he was accepted for CS at 2 of his 3 of his top choices (so far, still waiting on the 3rd one).

UW: 3.76
UC capped & weighted: 4.08
Top 9% statewide
A-G 9-12th: 36 semesters
UC approved honors: 10 semesters
AP courses: 8 (16 semesters); 3 courses currently in progress; AP Exams: CSP (5), Calc AB (5), Physics 1 (4), HumanGeo (4), EuroHist (3)
Course load: High rigor in STEM courses, less rigor in humanities. 1 C+ grade in 1st semester of 9th grade, but after that nothing lower than a B
ECs: Eagle Scout, leadership in school clubs, lots of CS-related external activities
SoCal resident

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Are you a college counselor? It seems like you’re trying to get information easily.

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S25 accepted for mechanical engineering

In-state HS, top 9%, Central Valley

3.97 UW
4.25 W
4.48 UC
Don’t remember capped weighted
6 APs (8 total APs were offered at my school)

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I’m a senior in HS! These numbers are just something I really wanted a few months ago when I was still in the application process (I’ve already committed) as my school doesn’t have Naviance or anything like that, and it’s just interesting information to me as well.

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Same here for my daughter. WL for mech E, 4.0 UW. 8APs, ELC.

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This may help others considering applying next year. My daughter was accepted as a Political Science major:
UW GPA: 3.88
Capped UC GPA: 4.23
Uncapped UC GPA: 4.32
Total of 7 AP’s (3 currently) and 3 Dual Enrollment. Some “advanced” courses at her school but they don’t count as honors credt.
She was on school paper for 3 years. 10th as writer. 11th as news editor. 12th as lead editor. Also did volunteering at food bank, involved in some clubs etc.
She’s a talented writer and I believe her essays probably were a key factor.

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My Daughter was accepted:
Major: Nutrition Science, UW GPA: 3.83, W GPA: 4.11, Total AP+ Honors: 5+4
Scholarships: None; Residence of CA(In-State)

Thank you CC Forum. This is an amazing forum with lot of info. Special mention to @Gumbymom @lkg4answers for sharing their knowledge and experiences.

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I was accepted for Data Science!

Indian Male from the Bay (in-state)
UW: 3.96
W: 4.5 at the time of applying (4.61 now)
AP’s: 10 (9 in school)
Honors: 1

Scholarships: None

Solid extracurriculars and essays.

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My daughter saw this page when she was looking around in her student portal. She never received any information about being accepted the honors program. Does this mean that she is invited?

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Yes, it looks like she has been accepted to the Honors program. Congratulations to her.

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I can’t log in to my UC Davis admission portal anymore. It goes to a page that said “Forbidden.” Does anyone else have the same problem? I was admitted.

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I can login.

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I’ve gotten an email invitation to celebrate with UCD admitted students in LA on March 22 and San Diego on March 23. But now I can’t login to my admission page anymore. Hmmm…

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Their portal has been having issues. Some students saw forbidden; some saw the landing page for admitted students. The congratulations page was back again after a bit.

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Everyone saw this page.

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Anyway UCD tells you in your acceptance letter if you receive the regents scholarship and honor program

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Samesies, its been like that since yesterday

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Hasn’t been like that today, for us.

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My daughter is in the UHP, class of '28, and shared some changes to the program that were shared with current students by the UHP admin team. New, direct admits to UHP–those selected during admissions–will get priority registration for their first year only. (Those currently direct-admitted to UHP will continue to get priority registration for the duration of their membership in UHP–i.e., four years if they stay in the program.) She could not confirm the details for those who apply to UHP after admission.

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Thank you for sharing! CC is a great place to get information.

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Thanks for sharing. If she (or you) has a link to where it is in print, let me know so I can update Comparing UC Honors Programs and Regents Scholarships

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The UHP Admissions site has been updated:
UHP Admissions | University Honors Program

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Decision: Accepted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Chemistry
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.00
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.397
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes
8 AP courses/exams (3 in progress):
Calculus AB/BC - 5 Chemistry - 5 Psych - 5 US History - 5 Euro History - 5 Comp Sci - TBD Stats - TBD English Lit - TBD
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Fremont, CA
UCB: TBD , UCLA: TBD : UCI: Accepted Regent’s Scholar / Honors , UC Davis: Accepted , UCSB: Accepted (Chancellor’s Reception)

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Daughter accepted for International Relations
In-State
4.58 W
Both my husband and I went to Davis! (I know they don’t look at legacy, but it’s still fun!)

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S25 Accepted .. Computer Engineering

Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA (CA): 4.53
Weighted and Capped GPA (CA): 4.21
High rigor in courses (Mostly APs else Honors)
Num AP courses/exams: 14 APs (most 5s else 4, calc BC in jr)

Major Awards:
National Merit Finalist w/ Corporate Scholarship
Wrestling Individual: 2X CA CIF Regional Medalist & Master Qualifier
Wrestling Team: 2X League Champion, 1X Division Final (Runner-up)
State Legislature Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
Congressional Award Bronze Medal (Volunteering)

Job/Internship:
Paid Summer Research - Simulation/Modeling in biology
Summer Internship - AI Project at major corporation

EC:
CyberPatriot: Platinum tier, team lead, ranked #1 in district
CPU Club, English tutoring, Piano, and Kiteboarding

State/location of HS: S. Cal. public
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No

Accepted:
UCSB, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCD, UCSC, UCR, CP SLO, CP Pomona, UAriz, SCU
Pending:
Rice, USC, UPenn, Cornell, UCB, Stanford, GT, UMich
Rejected: None .. yet and expect some next week

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where did she end up getting admitted?

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Confirmed acceptance @ UC Davis
Let’s goooooooo

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Congratulations and hope you have a great time as an Aggie!!!

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Congratulations! Is this original acceptance or getting off the waitlist?

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Waitlist admits will not start until after May 1. I am assuming @Cloudrunner19 was admitted and just updating they have enrolled.

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My D got admitted into L&S. I am not able to get the right information about double major / minor options. If she is interested in pursuing a major in Business, it looks like she cannot do that, since UCD doesnt allow double major into business now.

can she do minor in technology management offered by the business school if she is a major in L&S ?

please help. thanks
@Gumbymom @lkg4answers

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Just to clarify, she is not admitted into the New Business major housed in the Graduate School of Management but into L&S for which major? The Technology Management minor is available to all Undergraduates and it is housed in the Graduate school of Management.

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Yes correct. Admitted to l&s undeclared but will declare psychology soon. Good to know technology management is open for all.
Was also wondering about managerial economics in college of agriculture.

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She could double major or minor in Managerial Economics and it would be best for her to talk to an academic advisor during Freshman orientation so she could plan out her schedule to include either minors or another major.

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Can anybody talk about the bioengineering program at Davis, and how it compares to the program af Cal Poly SLO?

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my daughter just got off the waitlist (~ 4:30 pst) for neurobiology. Hearing some waitlist decision activity for a bunch of UCs today.

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I have son who is accepted at UCD for L&S - Undeclared: Physical Science. He recently was accepted off the waitlist for UCSB (also undeclared).

Looking at the majors/minors for UCD there are a large number which combine: Math, Computer Science, Economics, Technology, Engineering, Management, etc.

Managerial Economics, Applied Math (has some Engineering/Programming aspects), Mathematical and Scientific Computation, Mathematical Analysis and Operations Research. Just to name a few before listing Minors and/or combining with an Engineering Major.

I realize that this is research that we could have done before applying, but he is really undeclared and feels like UCD offers the opportunities to combine some interests.

UCSB has Math/Applied Math/Econ in the college of L&S with no chance of switching into an Engineering major/minor…and that seems to be it.

Am I missing something?

I can also post this in the UCSB thread.

FWIW…I also have graduates from UCB (EECS) and UCLA (Math) who both did not go onto pursue further degrees.

My point being that UCD seems to offer a well-rounded undergraduate math/cs/econ education that is hard to get at the other UCs (excepting the UCB MET program). Opinions?

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FYI my son was accepted yesterday off the waitlist for civil engineering in state. He’s already committed to cal poly SLO…but can anyone speak to the civil engineering program at Davis? I know any UCs will be more theoretical whilst SLO more applied. Curious about the major though.

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It does not look like you’re missing anything and it appears that UC Davis is the best fit for him especially the flexibility in pursuing the different areas of interest. My advice is he should attend the school that meets his goals academically, socially, financially and where he would be happy, since happy students will be successful students.

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Just curious if everyone has been receiving emails (at least 3 so far) about the deadline to cancel the housing contract - just seems odd to be receiving so many?

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Yes, I think they are just trying to make sure everyone who has signed up for housing is really attending so they can start the matching process. There is a lot of waitlist movement in May and early June.

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