Which UC is right for me?

Gumbymom
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 16:27:50 +0000

The UC’s continue to more competitive each year, so you cannot base your chance of acceptance on your sister’s experience unless she was recently admitted.

Below is the UC admit data for all the campuses. They are based on the capped weighted UC GPA and not major specific. Biology is impacted at many campuses so it will be a tough admit than other majors.

2017 data. 2018 data not yet available.
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 (capped weighted):

UCB: 12.6%
UCLA: 11.7%
UCSD: 38.7%
UCSB: 53.6%
UCD: 56.5%
UCI: 52.1%
UCSC: 75.7%
UCR: 90.1%
UCM: 96.1%

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above (capped weighted):

UCB: 42.7%
UCLA: 47.2%
UCSD: 84.2%
UCSB: 82.0%
UCD: 90.3%
UCI: 94.1%
UCSC: 92.7%
UCR: 97.5
UCM: 98.1%

2018 UC capped weighted GPA averages:
UCB: 4.23
UCLA: 4.23
UCSD: 4.16
UCSB: 4.13
UCI: 4.13
UCD: 4.11
UCSC: 3.96
UCR: 3.81
UCM: 3.71

2018 Data:
25th - 75th percentiles for ACT:
UCB: 30-35
UCLA: 31-35
UCSD: 28-34
UCSB: 28-34
UCD: 26-33
UCI: 26-33
UCSC: 26-32
UCR: 22-30
UCM: 19-26

For UCSD, Biological Sciences is a capped/impacted major so you need to select a non-capped major as an alternate. UCSD admits into the University first and then into the major, so there is always a possibility that you are admitted into UCSD but not into your major. You then have to take the required pre-req courses and try to switch majors.