Community Service

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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How much consideration do the UCs give to community service/volunteer work in evaluating an application?

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According to the Common Data Set for UCLA and UCB, they are important which is the 2nd highest of four categories.

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Here is the information by each UC campus. Categories go Very important, Important and Considered.
UCB:

  • Important: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCD:

  • Important: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCI:

  • Very important: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCLA:

  • Important: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCM:

  • Considered: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCR:

  • Considered: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCSD:

  • Important: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCSB:

  • Considered: Volunteer work, Work experience

UCSC:

  • Considered: Volunteer work, Work experience
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Thank you.

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UCs focus tightly on GPA so, some - but, it won’t offset low grades.

UCGPA is the primary gate. If you are below the published range your odds are really long.

If you click on a campus here, then Learn More, then See More Freshman Stats you can see the range for each campus.
https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-majors/

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As you can see from my post, Community service is part of the UC application review, however as noted by @NCalRent UC GPA, HS course rigor and the personal insight short answer questions are consistently VERY IMPORTANT to all the campuses.