Do you think all early admits are eligible for scholarships?
I believe it is similar to UC Berkeley’s early admits. Some but not all are considered for the merit scholarships.
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DD got accepted into CS. We do not know her GPA as she is studying IBDP curriculum in India.
One question:
Why do colleges like SDSU/UC release decision in waves? Is it because they have trouble updating all the applicant’s portals at once?
I am thinking that for them to know who the top applicants are, they must have gone through all the applications. So the decisions must have been finalized for all the applications. So it does not make sense to me – this practice of releasing in waves. Nevertheless, we are lucky to catch the first wave on the beach of SantaCruz:-)
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Congrats to everyone accepted today. Son received email this afternoon.
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Environmental Sciences
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.33
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.42
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No
Number of a-g courses: 26
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 7 (all 4’s)
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA, socal large competitive public hs
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First generation: No
For any worried applicants that didn’t receive an acceptance today, my S27 did not get an early acceptance to UCSC in 2023 but was admitted in March to UCSC and all the other UC’s he applied to, including Honors & Regents offers. Not hearing today does not mean rejection or have a bearing on any other UC decisions. Stay positive! Wishing you all the very best
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Which child is/was the stronger candidate? lol
Different campuses will post decisions based on what they find works best for them. Most Cal states will post decisions in waves while the majority of the UC’s will post decisions all at once. Yes, the servers have crashed before since all applicants are trying to log in at the same time.
I do not work in admissions but parts of the application review is computerized so initial screening is done by a computer algorithm and I am sure then the top scored applicants will be the first to be evaluated by the AO’s and readers so that UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz can admit these students early.
Again “top” students is how each UC defines top students so not just based on stats.
Congratulations to your D.
The one NOT admitted early to UCSC was far stronger candidate
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Thank you so much for your response!
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Congrats to everyone accepted today. Son received email Friday 2/21.
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Don’t know
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Computer Sciences
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.89
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.16
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.46
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 6 (all 5’s), 5 more planned in senior year
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA, Bay Area large competitive public high school
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First generation: No
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So Regents are not like UC Berkeley? I received R&C application info on day of early admission to Cal, but nothing in my UCSC Portal (I see admitted and got the email). Also, how many applicants got acceptance yesterday?
Currently Berkeley is the only UC that interviews candidates before awarding them a Regents scholarship. All other UCs make their award decision based on the UC application.
This thread from last year has a summary of Regents and honors programs at each UC. I did not check for changes this year. If anyone notices a change, let me know and I will update the original post. Comparing UC Honors Programs and Regents Scholarships
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Deleted. I simultaneously posted with @lkg4answers with similar information.
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Unknown
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: CS Game Design
ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.93
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.02
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.02
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Number of a-g courses: 26
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 4
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 12 (5 senior year, 6 5’s, 1 4)
DEMOGRAPHICS:
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Southern California public high school, moderate size/competitiveness
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First generation: No
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): none
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: CS/Game Design
ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.83
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.17
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.74
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Comments about course load (including senior year):
EHAP, APUSH, AP Bio, AP Eng Lang, AP Chem, AP Spanish, AP CompSci
Senior year : AP Eng-lit, AP Stat, AP Physics C, AP Envi Sci, AP Econ, AP Gov
Strong aggressive scheduling w/emphasis on math/sciences. Direct placement into AP Chem and AP Physics C, Calc 1/2 thru DE over summers
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 2
Number of AP courses/exams: 13
Number of Dual Enrollment: 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Sports Captain (2 yr), Club President (3 yr), VP for another club(1 yr), Club Secretary (1 yr)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: some, very little
Personal Insight essays (details): Focus on personal growth thru ECs
Supplemental/Augmented Review: Yes or No: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Southern California public HS
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
REFLECTION::
Strengths: strong ECs and SOS. Strong upward grade trend after stumbling first semester soph year
Weaknesses: lower UW GPA
GENERAL COMMENTS: Didn’t expect an acceptance with the lower UW GPA into CS!
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it is like making ‘first impressions’ in real life. The hope is by admitting early, the student explores the school more, likes the school and enrolls. probably somebody with a psychology/marketing background can explain better than me.
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For all admitted students, can you please fill out the Decision Template posted below:
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Chemistry
ACADEMIC STATS::
Calculate your GPAs with GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.3
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.4
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: Unknown
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 4
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 11 AP courses (max available) 6 AP in senior year including independent online for AP Chemistry
Number of IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 7 scholarships, various local/regional honors
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: 3 letter varsity sports (golf, tennis, lacrosse)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Conservation Corp (3 years), Special Olympics
Summer Activities: UC Berkeley Summer Program, 2 university courses while in dorms, recieved As in both.
Personal Insight essays (details):
Supplemental/Augmented Review: Yes or No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
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Ah so Santa Cruz is the last we’ll hear early on? Davis/SB/SD/LA/B all same day?
UC Berkeley and Santa Cruz in previous years have done early admits in February. This year UC Merced started accepting applicants in December so if everything remains the same then the rest of the UC’s: UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis and Riverside will release their decisions in March. UC Riverside has been doing rolling admissions in March but last year was 1 wave of admits and waitlists with another wave of denials later in the month.
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