I lurk on Reddit and there has been Psychology, Economics, Environmental Studies, History etc… admits so not just STEM majors. CC is not a representative of all admits and not all admits will post on any social media.
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Friend’s daughter accepted yesterday- Philosophy, Sac county, large public high school, 3.79 unweighted, 4.21 uncapped, 4.07 capped. Performing arts, leadership, work experience.
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Daughter accepted yesterday - psychology
Nor Cal resident
4.0/4.33
6 AP (AP Psych thru UC Scout online)
ELC credentials
School leadership team
4 years varsity sport/captain
7 years competitive soccer - nationally ranked team
No SAT/ACT
Waitlisted at USD. Accepted at LMU and Santa Clara.
Good luck to all!
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Son accepted yesterday - received email 4:00pm PST
CA resident Major Film
3.9/4.23
5 AP/1 honors and another 4 this year.
Club swim and school swim/water polo - co-captain this year
Accepted SDSU and Cal State Northridge
Best of luck to all!
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My son was accepted last night (we are in MA so it was night here)
He has 4.0, goes to a Voc-Tech for Computer Information Technology. Lots of EC
Accepted “Prospective Major Computer Science”
Yes, some SDSU acceptances came out in December so kids could apply to the Honors College. My son received his early. Also received UCSC acceptance yesterday - Political Science
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Son accepted yesterday for Biology! That was quite unexpected…didn’t think it was coming out for another couple weeks.
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Son Accepted OOS 2/29 4:04p
Major: Undeclared
UC Unweighted: 3.85
UC Weighted GPA: 3.95
3 APs, 7 Honors (H not weighted bc OOS)
Good ECs: Varsity athlete, Club founder/president
Work: Yes, started landscaping co., Construction
Volunteer: Soccer coaching, landscaping
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My daughter was accepted on 2/29 undeclared. We’re OOS.
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My daughter got Early Acceptance into UCSC on the leap day 02/29/24 for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as her proposed major. And she also got accepted into UC Merced today for her proposed Chemistry major. In addition, she got accepted today into UCR for her proposed Biochemistry major. She got in 3 out of 3 so far and has 6 more UC decisions to go this month!
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hoping to help other applicants 
OOS student accepted 2/29 as a Politics major!
unweighted gpa: 4.0
9 AP classes, 2 Honors
1540 SAT
highly competitive extracurriculars including being ranked nationally top 3 in debate
good luck to everyone else!
Congratulations. Just note that your SAT is not considered for UC admission purposes but an excellent score.
oh yes, thank you so much! i forgot about that since im an east coast student
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Was this first wave of decisions random in terms of who heard back? or is there any criteria informing those decisions.
Historically the February admits were top applicants and possible Honors college invitees and scholarship recipients. Recently it has been more random. I do not know the criteria for the early admits vs. the regular admits in March.
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It does appear random. Some high stats kids in our school are yet to hear their results.
Does Santa Cruz offer merit based scholarship?
Yes, they offer some Merit scholarships but the majority of financial aid is need-based for California students.
The Campus Merit Scholarship is awarded in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. Monetary Awards Scholars are eligible to receive $2,000 per year for a maximum of four years for freshman.
The Regents Scholarship carries the highest honor awarded by the University of California, Santa Cruz to entering undergraduates. Award amounts for New frosh are $20,000 paid over 4 years, and transfer students receive $10,000 paid over 2 years. In addition to a monetary award, scholars receive priority enrollment and priority University housing placement, provided all housing requirements and deadlines are met.
For OOS students: The Undergraduate Deans’ Awards range from $12,000 to $40,000, split over four years for freshmen.
There are also scholarships available to continuing UCSC students which all can be found on the FA page.
https://financialaid.ucsc.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/ucsc_merit_scholarships.html