First-Year Profile — Fall 2019

When we review first-year applicants we look at a wide variety of factors. Some are more easily quantifiable than others. Below are the primary academic factors we considered when we reviewed our first-year applicants for Fall Quarter 2019. There is no specific cutoff value assigned to any of the factors we consider.

Residency Overview

Applicant Overview by Residency
 California ResidentsOut of StateInternationalTotal
Applicants69,60723,13718,578111,322
Admits8,3543,8061,56013,720
Enrolled4,4339485395,920
Admit Rate12%16%8%12%
Enroll Rate53%25%35%43%
% of Total Applicants63%21%17%100%

Academic Statistics

All GPAs are calculated from courses taken in grades 10 and 11.

  • The fully weighted GPA includes an extra grade point for all UC-approved honors courses (which include AP, IB, school-based honors and transferable college courses) in which a grade of C or higher is earned. The maximum value possible is 5.00.
  • This Unweighted GPA does not include any extra grade points for honors courses. The maximum value possible is 4.00.

Honors Courses included in the totals below are taken in grades 10–12 and are counted by semester, which means a year-long high school honors course would count as two. A single-semester course would count as one.

  • Domestic refers to applicants who are US citizens, permanent residents, refugees or asylees.

Applicants

25th Percentile
 CA ResidentOut of StateInternationalTotal
Fully Weighted GPA3.754.003.793.80
Unweighted GPA3.443.603.593.5
ACT Composite23292925
SAT Composite1120130013701190
Honors Courses (domestic only)1016n/a11
75th Percentile
 CA ResidentOut of StateInternationalTotal
Fully Weighted GPA4.344.624.254.39
Unweighted GPA3.913.983.973.94
ACT Composite33343433
SAT Composite1420150015001460
Honors Courses (domestic only)2032n/a23

Admits

25th percentile
 CA ResidentOut of StateInternationalTotal
Fully Weighted GPA4.364.464.004.34
Unweighted GPA3.913.933.933.92
ACT Composite29333330
SAT Composite1300144014801370
Honors Courses (domestic only)1823n/a19
75th Percentile
 CA ResidentOut of StateInternationalTotal
Fully Weighted GPA4.634.864.44.68
Unweighted GPA4.004.004.004.00
ACT Composite35353535
SAT Composite1530155015501540
Honors Courses (domestic only)2636n/a29

Enrolled

25th percentile
 CA ResidentOut of StateInternationalTotal
Fully Weighted GPA4.304.354.004.27
Unweighted GPA3.873.883.923.88
ACT Composite26313227
SAT Composite1250139014501280
Honors Courses (domestic only)1720n/a17
75th Percentile
 CA ResidentOut of StateInternationalTotal
Fully Weighted GPA4.604.804.424.62
Unweighted GPA4.004.004.004.00
ACT Composite34343534
SAT Composite1500152015301510
Honors Courses (domestic only)2634n/a26

Academic Distributions for Weighted GPA, Unweighted GPA and Honors

All Applicants (Domestic and International)
 % of All ApplicantsAdmit Rate% of All AdmitsEnroll Rate% of All Enrolled
Fully Weighted GPA
Unweighted GPA
Total100%12%100%43%100%
4.39 & Above24%36%70%39%63%
3.80 - 4.3848%7%27%52%32%
Below 3.8028%2%4%60%5%
3.94 & Above24%36%70%38%61%
3.50 - 3.9348%7%27%55%34%
Below 3.5029%2%4%62%5%
Domestic Applicants Only
 % of All ApplicantsAdmit Rate% of All AdmitsEnroll Rate% of All Enrolled
Fully Weighted GPA
Unweighted GPA
Honors Courses
Total100%13%100%44%100%
4.39 & Above27%37%75%39%66%
3.80 - 4.3848%6%23%58%30%
Below 3.8025%1%2%72%4%
3.94 & Above24%39%70%39%61%
3.50 - 3.9350%7%28%56%35%
Below 3.5027%1%3%72%4%
22  & Above31%27%64%37%53%
11 - 2145%9%31%56%39%
Below 1124%3%5%67%8%

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