First-Year Profile — Fall 2024

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 2024. There is no specific cutoff value assigned to any of the factors we consider.

First Year Applications

First Year Applications for Fall 2024
 Total
Applicants146,276
Admits13,114
Enrolled6,613
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.

Note: the evaluation of applicants takes into consideration the courses and educational opportunities available at their specific high school. Applicants will not be at any disadvantage in the application review process if their high school does not provide honors-level, AP, and/or IB courses.
 

GPA statistics for admitted first-year students
GPAMedianMiddle 25% - 75%
Weighted GPA4.604.42-4.76
Unweighted GPA4.003.95-4.00
Ethnicity or Race Statistics 
% of entering class (domestic only) *
Ethnicity or RaceFirst-Years
African American8%
Asian39%
Chicano/Latino26%
Native American1%
White22%
Unknown4%

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

29%

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

35%

of first-years (domestic) are from underrepresented backgrounds

78%

of first-years receive financial aid
(2023)

52

countries represented

First-Year Applicants From Past Years

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