Hello! I am a OOS high school freshman interested in applying to some of the UCs. I know that the schools have a different way of calculating the UC gpa for non California residents. How will I be compared to in-state students? Is there anyplace I can search for OOS GPAs for admitted students? Thank you so much!
UCB does not breakout UC GPA admission data for OOS students vs. In-state on their website but the UCOP website will cite the admit rates based on OOS, In-state and International (not updated for 2021) and UC GPA admission data by source High School.
UC’s will consider 3 UC GPA’s: unweighted, capped weighted and fully weighted. For OOS applicants, only AP/IB classes taken 10-11th grades will get the extra honors weighting in the calculation.
Here is the calculator: GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub
Here is a link to the UCB Freshman profile: Student Profile - Office of Undergraduate Admissions
For 2020, UCB’s OOS admission rate was lower than in-state. Also be aware that as an OOS applicant, UCB and the other UC’s offer little to no financial aid so expect to pay full fees at around $65K/year currently.
Currently the UCOP website has not updated the admit information for OOS/In-state and International based on GPA but I have posted the 2020 numbers overall. Depending upon intended major, the admit rates do not reflect the competitiveness for popular majors such as CS/Engineering/Biology etc…
2020 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.00-3.39 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 1%
UCLA: 1%
UCSD: 1%
UCSB: 2%
UCI: 1%
UCD: 7%
UCSC: 26%
UCR: 30%
UCM: 88%
2020 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 2%
UCLA: 1%
UCSD: 8%
UCSB: 9%
UCI: 9%
UCD: 17%
UCSC: 59%
UCR: 65%
UCM: 95%
2020 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 14%
UCLA: 8%
UCSD: 39%
UCSB: 40%
UCD: 55%
UCI: 38%
UCSC: 82%
UCR: 90%
UCM: 97%
2020 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 37%
UCLA: 38%
UCSD: 78%
UCSB: 81%
UCD: 86%
UCI: 60%
UCSC: 92%
UCR: 97%
UCM: 98%
2020 UC capped weighted GPA averages along with 25th-75th percentile range:
UCB: 4.22 (4.13-4.30)
UCLA: 4.25 (4.18-4.31)
UCSD: 4.16 (4.04-4.28)
UCSB: 4.15 (4.03-4.27)
UCI: 4.11 (3.96-4.26)
UCD: 4.11 (3.97-4.25)
UCSC: 3.94 (3.71-4.16)
UCR: 3.88 (3.65-4.11)
UCM: 3.68 (3.40-3.96)
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Thank you so much!! This is very helpful!