Log in Info for UCSC?

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My D put in apps for the UCs early, on the night of 11/1 and they were all sent to the campuses within a few days. Trying to find out if we should have login/portal info for UCSC by now.

I saw this under FAQ on their admissions page:

Q: How does my student know if they have been admitted?
A: Your student can log in to the student portal, my.ucsc.edu. All applicants were provided a CruzID and CruzID Gold Password via e-mail. After logging in to the portal, your student should go to “Application Status” and click on “View Status.”

That made it sound like they should have already received the CruzID and password but D hadn’t. This was a few weeks ago, mid-November. So I emailed them asking about whether she should have been provided with those things. They replied with a ‘we’ll get back to you soon’ email that day, then next day replied "Please have your daughter check her spam and promotions folders as sometimes emails from large institutions like ours are pre-screened by your email server. If she still can’t find the information, please have HER email us so we can give her instructions. "

So she checked all folders, no email. She emailed them as they asked. She got the autoreply email saying we’ll respond soon then nothing since. This was 11/18. Should she call them? Has anyone received these? Thanks.

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Give it a few weeks. The application deadline just closed so the UC’s are bombarded right now. If you have not heard by Mid-December, I would call admissions. She will not receive an acceptance until March, so plenty of time to setup the login. As long as she as a confirmation number, her application has been sent.

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she has the UC Application number for applying to UC generally and the UC application status page has it showing her app was forwarded to all the campuses she chose so I guess you’re right. And she HAS been able to get logged in to a couple of other campuses (UCSD and UCI). Thanks @Gumbymom !

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Similar question - Son submitted apps to UCSC and UCI on 11/20/16 and still no email confirmation or follow-up from UCSC (the one he’s more interested in). The main UC App confirms his application was forwarded to both schools, but he’s only heard from UCI. Most colleges he’s applied to have sent something within a day/a week of an electronic submission (Cal States, a few SLACs). When we called UCSC Admissions, the message said call them with your UC App ID# if nothing had been received by the 3rd week of December. Is this delay typical of UCSC?

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@TJGCHG My daughter FINALLY heard from UCSC just a day or two ago with that CruzID info. It was kind of a pain to do, involving her entering some info then gettting another email and entering more. And she applied on Nov. 1 - so it took over a month til they got her this email - so I bet your son will be getting it but could be a couple more weeks. Hang in there! There wasn’t much to see once she got in anyway but I will post the info that we see when she logs in and then goes to Application Status so anyone else who is waiting can see it:

UC Santa Cruz has received your application for fall 2017! As we thoroughly review the thousands of applications we have received, here is some important information for you to know.

If you have changed your course schedule from what you indicated on your application, please notify the Office of Admissions by e-mail at admissions@ucsc.edu. You should also notify the Office of Admissions via e-mail if you have earned any D or F grades in any of your senior-year classes. Schedule changes and poor grades must be reported in a timely fashion.

Our notification of admission decisions begins at midnight (Pacific Daylight Time) on March 15 and concludes on March 31. All admission decisions are posted in the portal, and admitted students are also notified with a letter sent to the current mailing address. We will begin posting decisions on the portal on March 15 according to the first letter of your last name in the following time blocks:

A - C beginning at 12:00 a.m.

D - G beginning at 1:00 a.m.

H - K beginning at 2:00 a.m.

L - N beginning at 3:00 a.m.

O - S beginning at 4:00 a.m.

T - Z beginning at 5:00 a.m.

Most of our communication with you is through the portal and via e-mail, so it is important to keep all your contact information up-to-date. You can update any of your contact information in the Student Center section of this portal. We encourage you to check the spam filters for your e-mail account so that you will receive our messages.

Use this portal to learn more about UC Santa Cruz and all it has to offer you. Check out “Links for You” to see additional web sites and publications that we believe you’ll find helpful.

The Office of Admissions thanks you for your interest in attending UCSC and looks forward to reviewing your fall 2017 application.

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Thank you @CAtransplant - Glad your daughter got her notice! Surprising that they take so long. In response to my son’s email to admissions to find out more, part of the response (two days later) gave a timeframe for their email acknowledgement and the Cruz Id set up - We have to be patient until 12/12:

"The UC Santa Cruz acknowledgement email – including instructions for claiming your CruzID, setting your CruzID Gold Password, and logging into the portal - will be emailed to you between December 2nd and 12th. Again, sometimes your email filter will put these emails in your spam, junk or promotions folder, so please make sure that future emails from UCSC are received in your inbox. "

We’ll have to mark the calendar for 3/15 for the decisions!

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@TJGCHG you’re welcome. Sounds like you got more info than we did, actually. I had written to the Admissions office asking if we were supposed to have received anything. They replied back that we should check spam, promotions etc. and if she couldn’t find it to have HER email them. So she emailed them as couldn’t find it, and then they never replied to her. But then a couple weeks later, she got the email with the info. I think we will remember that date without marking the calendar ha ha!

Santa Cruz is better than a lot of the other UCs. UCSD does not even show anything until mid-January!