UC Santa Barbara Freshman Class of 2026 Discussion

D22…

  • Admitted
  • In-state
  • Pre-Bio
  • Letters & Science (L&S)
  • GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.58 w, 4.33 w/c

Accepted: UCSB, cp-SLO (honors invite), CSUMB, UCD, Oregon (15k merit/yr), Oregon State (wue ~15K), UW-Seattle ($4K merit)
WL: UCSC
Pending: Reed

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Don’t be. She is in a good spot. Admissions for waiting list is very high. My son cried last Friday the whole day only today he was better.

She will be get in. Good Lucky :four_leaf_clover:

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Acceptance!!! College of Letters and Science! 4.0 unweighted 4.45 weighted 4.36 capped

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Geez waitlist #5😏

Psychology/Brain science
3.96 / 4.65 (unsure of UC GPA)
12AP/IBs
1DE
Outstanding ECs & Leadership (6 yrs leadership, ASG Pres, 12yrs Girl Scout incl Gold Award, 7 Presidential Service Awards, 4yrs varsity sports incl captain, Key Club, NHS, office job…etc)

Accepted : UC Davis, Cal Poly SLO
Waitlisted: UCSB, UCSC UCSD UW SDSU
Rejected: UCLA UCI

She really had her heart set on UCSD… seriously not sure what else she could’ve done :woman_shrugging:t3:

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D22: accepted

OOS
Major: Pre-Statistics and Data Science
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.33 capped/weighted, 4.8 uncapped
ECs: competitive club and 4-year varsity athlete, lots of volunteer hours, nonprofit internships, among others
National Merit Finalist

Other California results:
Accepted: UCD (with Provost), Cal Poly SLO
WL: UCLA
Still waiting: UCB

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D22 admitted to CSE major in College of Engineering. She’s also an admit to their honors college. There was a separate letter for that. In-State (bayarea).

Congratulations to all those who made it this time and good luck for Cal!!!

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What I read is the 2019 was 10% and 2020 was 97%, It’s all in the news. But I am quiet sure that you are right. You are the best with information here

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S22 Accepted !
Pre-Biological Sciences
In-State + ELC (top 1%)
UC GPA: 4.00 UW/ 4.33 CW/ 4.67 W

5 APs ( 5s on all exams) + 6 APs senior year + 2 college courses + 1 UCSB course (all As)
National Merit Commended
SAT 1570 (doesn’t matter)

Accepted: CP SLO, UCSC, UCD, UCSD, UCLA, UCSB
Rejected: UCI
Waiting: UCB & 5 more

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Son

  • Denied
  • In-state
  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Unweighted GPA: 4.00/Weighted UC GPA: 4.33
    Accepted to: UCI, Cal Poly SLO, Purdue, UIUC
    Waitlisted: UCSD, UC Davis
    Rejected: UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Olin

S22 waitlisted (in-state):

4.4 Weighted GPA; 3.92 UW (I think UC gpa was like 4.19?)
SAT 1420 (not sure scores were considered though)
President of ASB (12th); Activities Director ASB (11th)
3 Varsity Sports (Captain or Co-captain of all)
100+ hours volunteer work; paid job for 5 mos
Great letters of rec

Accepted: UCSD, SDSU, Villanova, Gonzaga
Waitlisted: Notre Dame
Rejected: Northwestern (ED), Swarthmore
TBD: Colgate, Brown, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth (not hopeful for most of these anymore)

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  • Admitted, In-state
  • Major - CS (COE)
    *4.3 W GPA
    waitlisted at UC Davis, UC SD
    accepted at UCSC, Riverside and Merced
    rejected - UCLA and UC Irvine
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Sorry I tried to hit the sad :cry: face.
I can’t tell you how many 2024- 25 students who have told me, if they applied this year they wouldn’t be where they are.
I hope you have some options and they start to look like the perfect place for you.

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Did regent’s come out yet? I haven’t seen anyone posting.

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Admitted
In-state
Pre-Statistics and Data Science
Letters & Science
3.91 UW GPA

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S22 Waitlisted
In-state + ELC
Physics - L & S
3.96 UW / 4.22 W / 4.22 CW

Accepted: CSUS (Sac), SFSU, Cal Poly Pomona, San Diego State, CSUF, CSULA, CSULB, San Jose State, Cal Poly SLO, UC Merced, UCSC, UC Davis
Waitlisted: UCSD, UCSB
Rejected: UCI, UCLA
Waiting: UCB

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Found more waitlist data to help applicants and as you can see it really varies from year to year.
Waitlist Data:
2018
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 7856
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 4883
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 14

2017
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 6650
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 4000
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 960

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D was admitted! OOS, psychology, 3.93 UW, tons of APs and ECs. Also admitted to UCSD, UCI, UCD, Tulane, and several others.

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DD waitlisted
OOS
undecided
4.3

Congrats to all future Gauchos!

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S22 accepted undeclared (applied for Mech Engineering)
In-State, Southern CA, Public HS (10th in Class of 580)
3.9 UW GPA, 4.3 UC GPA; 4.4 Weighted GPA
6 APs (4s except one 3), 5 more senior year
Mechanical Lead for FRC Robotics team
Varsity Volleyball (3 years)
Some community service
1550 SAT

Accepted (all Mechanical Engineering): UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCSC, UCD, UCR, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Long Beach, Arizona State
Waitlisted: Cal Poly SLO, Notre Dame
Rejected: MIT, Cal Tech
Waiting on: USC, Standford, Vanderbilt, UCB

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  • Brother - Accepted
  • OOS
  • Pre-Economics
  • College - Letters & Science (L&S)
  • UW GPA: 3.94 / Capped UC GPA: 4.19 / Uncapped UC GPA: 4.44

He was also accepted to UCD, UCSC, UCI, and UCSD, but waitlisted at UCLA. He’s hoping to be in SoCal, so between UCSB, UCI, and UCSD for the time being, but fingers crossed for the UCLA waitlist. Otherwise, congratulations to everyone who got in! To everyone else, best of luck!

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