Yes, the ranges are rather broad. Those at the lower and upper ends of a given range should consider that admit rates were probably lower or higher respectively than the overall admit rate for the range.
Of course, those applying for more competitive majors should adjust their reach/match/safety assessments appropriately.
Is 2017 (class 2021) admission stats out yet?
Is there a breakdown of in-state vs OOS applicants?
You can look on the linked web site. As of now, 2017 stats are not there.
You can look at admit rates and other information by residency or other characteristics, but not by more than one at the same time (e.g. residency and HS GPA).
Is math considered as a competitive major?
2017 admission rates by GPA:
Campus 4.20- 3.80- 3.40- 3.00-
higher 4.19 3.79 3.39
UCB 43% 13% 2% 1%
UCLA 47% 12% 2% 1%
UCSD 84% 39% 7% 1%
UCSB 82% 45% 10% 1%
UCI 94% 52% 11% 3%
UCD 90% 56% 17% 4%
UCSC 93% 76% 44% 14%
UCR 98% 90% 63% 23%
UCM 98% 96% 89% 57%
Thanks for the update, @ucbalumnus. Interesting, as the “word” around my D’s high school has been that UCLA is now harder to get into than UCB. Those stats make it appear otherwise.
@ucbalumnus (and while I’m at it, @gumbymom) Thanks for all the great info you guys post on here. Couple of questions about the GPA as used by UC:
(1) In the table shown in post #24 above, are those GPA bands based on the “UC GPA?” I assume so, but wanted to be sure.
(2) I’m a bit confused by the UC GPA calc. Using the UC GPA calculator on the rogerhub.com website, I put in my son’s classes (all A’s) and the max honors classes (8 semesters) and got a UC GPA of 4.0 unweighted (duh!) and 4.33 weighted. I’m a bit baffled because the UC Berkeley website (linked below) shows the average GPA of admitted freshman is 4.44.
I don’t quite understand how the average weighted GPA could be that high, especially since the rogerhub calculator indicates you need perfect grades in 10-11th grade to get even a 4.33 weighted. What gives with Berkeley’s reported weighted GPA?
@ucbalumnus sorry, but I don’t understand the table. Why the sum per row is not 100%?
Table shown for the UC GPA admit rates is based on the capped weighted UC GPA.
UCB/UCLA post the fully weighted UC GPA on their website, so if your son has more than 8 semesters of weighted classes taken in 10-11th grades, you put in # of semesters such as 10 or 12 which will give you the UW UC GPA, the capped weighted UC GPA and the Fully weighted UC GPA (used by UCLA/UCB) for the RogerHub calculator.
QUOTE=parent365 In the table shown in post #24 above, are those GPA bands based on the “UC GPA?” I assume so, but wanted to be sure.
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Yes, UC-recalculated weighted-capped GPA (i.e. 10th-11th grade a-g courses, up to 8 +1 points for honors/AP courses as listed on https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcourselist#/list/search/institution ).
UC admission readers should see unweighted, weighted-capped, and weighted-uncapped GPAs in the application, but most UC published numbers use weighted-capped unless otherwise specified.
Each entry is the admission rate of students in that GPA band to that campus for that year. The rows corresponding to less selective campuses will have higher admission rates; there is no reason why the admission rates should add to 100% or any other specific number.
@Gumbymom @ucbalumnus Thanks again to both of you! You guys are terrific resources, not to mention Gumbymom’s doggie avatar has a “weighted-uncapped cuteness factor” of 5.00 (out of 5) on the famous Rogerhub.com Canine Cutie Calculator! (OK, I made that last part up.)
hi - I have always been confuse about the cap of up to 8 honors/AP classes… so if my daughter takes more than 8 honors/AP classes, then the school only takes the 8 and the others classes are not considered weighted? do they take the best 8 grades of the honors/AP classes? thank you!
If she has more than 8 honors courses, then she would get +8 grade points when calculating the weighted capped GPA. Note that UC admission readers will also see unweighted and weighted uncapped versions of GPA.
it’s eight semesters so four year long classes is the cap.