UC Santa Cruz Class of 2028 Official Thread

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Welcome prospective Banana Slugs. It’s that time of year again as the UC application has now opened and submission starts October 1 through November 30. I am @Gumbymom one of the two UC Forum Champions/Moderators. My Co-Forum Champion is @lkg4answers and we are knowledgeable on the increasingly complicated UC admissions process and hopefully we can help any prospective UC applicants with their questions.

UC Santa Cruz like all the UC’s are test blind this admission cycle and will use 13 areas of criteria to review Freshman applicants. Each campus will weight the various areas of criteria differently so one size does not fit all. The UC application website has plenty of information that can help determine if UC Santa Cruz is a good option when applying. Below is some admit information specific to the school.

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-freshman/how-applications-are-reviewed.html

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-majors/santa-cruz/freshman-admit-data.html

admissions.ucsc.edu

UC Santa Cruz by the Numbers

admissions.ucsc.edu

Freshmen

  • Very important : Academic GPA, Personal Insight questions, Rigor of secondary school record, State residency
  • Important : Character/personal qualities, Extracurricular activities, First generation college student, Geographical residence, Talent/ability
  • Considered : Volunteer work, Work experience
  • Note : GPA in required subjects most important.

Choice of major does not influence the selection of first-year students, except for those applicants interested in a major offered by the Jack Baskin School of Engineering (BSOE ).

All students are admitted into a “proposed major” and then are required to meet the course and GPA requirements to officially declare the major.

Note for Prospective Engineering Students:). Freshmen who are interested in a BSOE program should be sure to indicate a BSOE proposed major. Students who do not indicate a BSOE program or who apply as undeclared might not be able to pursue a BSOE program. Students interested in Computer Science either BA or BS, must apply to this major.

UCSC has ten residential colleges (https://housing.ucsc.edu/publications/pdf/colleges-brochure.pdf). Students do not need to select or rank the colleges on their UC application. If a student chooses to enroll at UCSC, they will be asked to select five colleges when they submit their intent to register.

Best of luck to all applicants.

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/t/uc-santa-cruz-class-of-2027-official-thread/

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Updates from the UC Counselor Conference:

Average Unweighted UC GPA for admitted 2023 Freshman: 3.76
Average Capped weighted UC GPA: 4.01

New majors/programs:

  • Creative Technologies major
  • Latin American and Latino Studies/Education, Democracy and Justice major
  • Math Theory and Computation major
  • Microbiology major

New student housing is a priority but not guaranteed for Freshman at this time.

  • Fall Open House, November 4 — more information available soon
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Freshman housing will not be guaranteed next year or NEW Freshman housing won’t be guaranteed?

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In the conference, they stated that Freshman will be given priority but cannot guarantee housing unless construction on Kresge College is completed. I am sure there will be more updates for next Fall.

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How long after applying did everyone get email to set up portal? My D applied to a few UC’s and UCSC is the only one she hasn’t received an email from yet about setting up a portal. It’s been about 2 weeks. TIA.

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You should hear from all the UC’s by Mid-December.

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