UC San Diego Class of 2029 Official Thread

Colleges & Universities University of California - San Diego
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Welcome prospective Tritons. It’s that time of year again as the UC application has now opened and submission starts October 1 through December 2. 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.

UC San Diego 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 San Diego is a good option when applying. Below is some admit information specific to the school.

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

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

https://admissions.ucsd.edu/first-year/index.html

The campus does not admit students on the basis of their choice of UC San Diego undergraduate college or major but Intended major is taken into consideration in the admission process . Alternate majors are considered and capped/selective majors are highly competitive. Also note: Capped/Selective majors require additional pre-req courses and specific GPA to be able to qualify if changing majors. CS/CSE require a direct admit as a Freshman.

If applying to a Capped/Selective major, it is recommended to select a non-selective major as an alternate.

Selective majors include all majors in the College of Engineering, Biological Sciences, Data Science and Public Health.

When applying to UCSD, you need to rank the Residential colleges as part of the UC application. Below are some links to aid in your rankings:
Residential Colleges: http://compare.ucsd.edu

catalog.ucsd.edu

advanced-placement-credit-chart.pdf

New Majors:
Artificial Intelligence
Cinematic Arts
Literary Arts
Media Industries and Communication
Structural Engineering specializations:

  • Aerospace Structures
  • Civil Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring/Non destructive evaluation

New Academic school:
School of Computing, Information and Data Science. Specific majors to be announced.

Fall Showcase, October 5 — more information available soon

• Daily campus tours

Best of luck to all applicants.

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My kid is looking at * [Human Developmental Sciences Bachelor of Arts] (B.A. Requirements) / or

Are these selective majors / ie are they considered a branch of Bio/Health in UCSD ? please help. thanks

@Gumbymom

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Current Selective Majors:

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S25 got into SDSU this month, which I understand to means he is a top applicant. Wondering is this has any correlation to his odds of getting into UCSD? UCSD is his top choice school as a physics major who wants to study plasma physics. Do they generally both accept the same students?

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Congratulations to your son!

There is no correlation between CSU admission and UC admission (to any campus). SDSU and UCSD are in the same county but they are different universities with different applications, different admissions teams and different admissions criteria.

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Congratulations! That is early! Hoping for insight as to when decisions can be expected. Thank you to all!

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UCSD decisions will come out in mid March.

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Did anyone receive an email from UCSD today?

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Yes daughter did tonight around 5pm

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With title “Update on Current Events Affecting Our Students”?

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yes, same

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It says that the “decision is going to come soon” right?

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UCSD decision dates for the last 3 years:

2024: Friday March 15, 2024 around 4 PM PST.
2023: Friday March 17, 2023 3:30 PM PST including Regents.
2022: Friday March 18, 2022 around 4:30 PST.

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is this also for transfer students? don’t transfers typically come out later?

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No the timeline is for Freshman admits since this discussion is for the Freshman Class of 2029. Transfer decisions come out in April.

Edited: For 2024 Transfers, decisions were posted on April 19.

College confidential has a Sub Forum for UC Transfers so you can ask questions there: UC Transfers - College Confidential Forums

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8 posts were merged into an existing topic: UC San Diego 2025 Portal Astrology

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UCSD admissions instagram posted yesterday about decision reaction videos. I would think this indicates release on Friday.

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More than likely, yes. Or a tease that it could be any day this week. Time to obsessively check portal.

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They have done only Fridays for the last several years, so some other day of the week seems unlikely.