Son was just accepted. No email. But the portal was updated. We are OOS
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D25 was accepted for Biology. Portal was updated but no email. We are local to the Monterey Bay and UCSC may be a little too close to home. But we love the UCSC campus. Very excited!
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
ACADEMIC STATS::
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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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Hi parents & students – Current parent of two UC college students here (UCLA and UCSD). I haven’t logged into CC in probably almost a year now, but I randomly dropped in to see this today. Just wanted to weigh in for those of you who may be anxious seeing some students get accepted to UCSC today but no update for your own applicant. This forum is not super representative, so I can say from experience having gone through it twice that the great majority of the acceptances to UCSC are coming later! Sometime in March. 
So please try to relax if you didn’t hear today!
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Global and Community Health
ACADEMIC STATS::
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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.86
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.41
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No
Number of a-g courses: 24
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10
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Just after reading about some decisions, my son received an email about his admission to UCSC, into his “proposed” major of Technology and Information Management. His twin is still waiting for a decision.
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S25 Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): IDK
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: BioChem
ACADEMIC STATS::
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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.33
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.72
ELC (top 9% CA HS): no
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 9 (5,5,4, 3; the rest taken senior year)
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S25 Decision: Accepted
Major: Computer Science
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.27
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.60
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Number of a-g courses: 30 semester courses
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 12 semester courses
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 9
AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics 1 (4), AP US History (5),
AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Computer Science A, AP English Literature, AP US Gov, AP Macro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Rensselaer Medal for outstanding work in math and science, Outstanding soloist (vibraphone) awards in state/regional High School Band competitions
Extracurriculars:
- Lead mallet player for Jazz Band and Orchestra performing for school functions, city officials, and regional fundraising organizations
- President of Game Design Club teaching members the Unity game engine and leading a Play for a Cause event in school.
Volunteer/Community service: Consistently volunteers for 3 organizations helping less fortunate families.
Summer Activities:
Took online classes in Unity, Java, C, C++
Participated in an AI camp where he learned Python
State/location of HS: Northern CA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
accepted: RPI, UO rejected: Stanford
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My Son got into CS too.. we are oos
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My son got accepted in CS ..
Any idea how is their computer science compared to UCD UCSB
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is there still any hope for more decisions today
If we average out the latest CS rankings from Niche and US News, the order is:
- UCD (Niche=46, USNews=29)
- UCSB (Niche=98, USNews=34)
- UCSC (Niche=134, USNews=53)
This first wave really came out very early this year! When compared to last year, the first wave was supposed to be next Thursday, 2/27. Maybe they’ll do a wave 2 next week, and then a wave 3 on March 13…
do you think its possible that decisions will come out every day from now until march 20th?
My friend’s daughter got accepted, just now.
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Here is how UCSC has handled their Freshman decisions for the last 3 years so highly unlikely they will do rolling admissions through March.
2024: Early admits February 29, 2024 around 12 pm PST. Regular Decisions on Friday March 15, 2024 around 12 noon. Also early admits were notified of Regents and Dean’s scholarships on March 15, 2024.
2023: 1st Wave Monday February 27. 2nd Wave March 15, 2023. Scholarship notifications on March 16, 2023
2022: 1st Wave starting Friday February 25th. 2nd Wave March 15th
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Are only early admits eligible for regents?
No, but normally the early admits are top students which would be the most likely to receive the scholarship. If an early admit is awarded the scholarship and they do not end up attending, the scholarship can be given to another admitted student.
DD admitted today 2/21 4:09pm - Received acceptance email. Didn’t have to check portal
Pre-Economics /Mathematics (BA)
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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Any idea when do they give scholarships?
Last year, scholarships such as Regents were awarded on the March decision date.
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