UC Freshman Class of 2028 General Discussion and Application Tutorials

Colleges & Universities University of California - GENERAL
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does anyone know the dates we are looking at for admissions decisions release for every UC school?

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Only UCSB and UCB gave specific decision dates last year. Here are all the 2023 decision dates:

2023 Decisions:
UCB: Early admits on Feb 9, 2023. All other decisions on March 30.
UCLA: Friday March 17, 2023 5 PM PST. Alumni scholarship and Regent notifications March 27/28.
UCSD: Friday March 17, 2023 3:30 PM PST including Regents.
UCSB: March 21, 2023 around 2:15 PM PST Regents notifications on March 27th.
UCI: Friday March 17, 2023 4 PM PST including Regents and CHP.
UCD: Friday March 10, 2023 at 3PM PST Scholarship notifications in portal. Snail mail letters on March 16-17
UCSC: 1st Wave Monday February 27. 2nd Wave March 15, 2023. Scholarship notifications on March 16, 2023
UCR: Admit wave starting March 1, 2023. Waitlist decisions posted March 27. Denials March 28 along with a few admits and waitlists.
UCM: Rolling Waves starting March 1, 2023

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Hi GumbyMom
Are you CA res? Or OOS?

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CA resident.

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Great! Me too.

Curious do you know if the early admits to Berkeley are CA res only or do they include international and OOS applicants?

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UCB Early admits include In-state, OOS and International students.

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Im out of state. For UCD for example, four students applied there. Will I be compared to my peers and only the best couple out of us will be chosen for admission?

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OOS applicants are reviewed as a separate applicant pool from In-state and International applicants.

The UC’s evaluate applicants in context of their HS. Each UC campus has its own evaluation process and you may be compared to others from your high school in the current applicant pool of that particular UC campus but you are also evaluated as an individual. There are 13 areas of criteria that all UC campuses will use to review your application and each campus may weight these factors differently based on their institutional priorities.

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

How UC Davis and any other UC decides upon whom to admit is not transparent.

UC Davis is very much about “fit” based on their definition of fit but Teamwork, Humility and Collaboration are important.

For UCLA, this is what they list as important considerations in their application review.

We seek students whose personal stories and rich experience bring the type of perspective and leadership that we value. We seek intellectually curious students who have grown through their academic work and are ready to both contribute to and benefit from the UCLA community.

The information below is on the link I provided:

Each UC campus evaluates each application without knowing the status of the same application at another campus. In making admission decisions, campuses do not consider where you’ve applied or your admission status to other campuses. All campuses consider your application simultaneously, yet independently of all other campuses you applied to.

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I am curious how do students and their parents select a college. Some criteria I have been using for my first kid are 1) Coursework/Research, 2) Campus life, 3) Cost and 4) Ranking (in order). Am I missing anything? Is there a separate thread for this discussion?

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There is not a separate thread for this discussion since each student’s priorities may be different.

Some other things to consider:

  1. Housing guarantee/availability and costs

  2. Transportation accessibility such as airports, student transit, cars allowed Freshman year etc


  3. Flexibility in changing majors

  4. Campus Safety

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