First-Year Profile — Fall 2022

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 2022. There is no specific cutoff value assigned to any of the factors we consider.

First-Year Applications

First-Year Applications for Fall 2022 
 Total
Applicants149,815
Admits12,844
Enrolled6,462
Admit Rate9%

Types of GPAs

All GPAs are calculated from courses completed 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.
  • The unweighted GPA does not include any extra grade points for honors courses. The maximum value possible is 4.00.
GPA statistics for admitted first-year students
GPAMedianMiddle 25% - 75%
Weighted GPA4.584.40-4.73
Unweighted GPA4.003.95-4.00
Ethnicity or Race Statistics% of entering class (domestic only) *
Ethnicity or Race First-Years
African American 8%
American Indian or Alaska Native 1%
Asian 38%
Hispanic 22%
White 27%
Unknown 4%

* 7% of the entering first-year class are international students

27%

of first-years (domestic) are first-generation college students

31%

of the entering first-years are from underrepresented backgrounds

69%

of first-years receive financial aid
(2021)

63

countries represented

First-Year Applicants From Past Years

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