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.
UCSB
We expect to post freshman admission decisions on the Application Status portal on March 21, 2017. Transfer admission decisions will be posted beginning on March 21 and everyday thereafter until May 1.
At one of the UC presentations/tours they said that the smaller schools admit earlier in the month and work their way up to the larger schools later in the month. I’m not sure if that has been the historical trend or not.
These are last year’s decision 2016 dates to give you an idea of their timelines, since UCSC and UCSB for this year are posted above ^^^^
Berkeley: March 24
UCLA: March 18
UC Davis: March 11
UC San Diego: March 11
UC Merced: March 1- rolling
UC Riverside: March 1-rolling
UC Irvine: Honors/Scholarship recipients End of February and the rest rolling through March
We know someone who was accepted in Feb for UCB honors/scholarship last year. He had very high stats and ended up being accepted into several Ivies as well.
UCSD portal info was sent out today and says, "Decisions for freshman applicants will be posted mid-to late March 2017. Please check this portal for updates regarding the status of your application.
Santa Cruz is on the 15th. Time of release depends on your last name.
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