Welcome prospective Aggies. It’s that time of year again as the UC application has now opened and submission starts October 1 through November 30 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.
2026 Freshman (First year profile) 25th-75th percentile:
Capped weighted GPA: 4.00-4.25
Unweighted: 3.79-4.00
Overall Freshman Admit rate: 45.8%
Freshman Major 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, Animal Science and Mechanical Engineering.
Strong Math and STEM preparation is required for all Engineering majors.
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Best of luck to all applicants.