Accepted! In-state, Physics major.
GPA: 4.35 W, 4.0 UW
SAT: 1520
Waitlisted - Computer Engineering
Weighted GPA - 4.24
Unweighted GPA - 3.98
SAT: 1440 - 740 Math / 700 English
In-state
Accepted at Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, SJSU, Sac State, UW Seattle, CU Boulder, Colorado School of Mines, UCSD (but not for my first choice major), Purdue, Santa Clara University, and other less competitive OOS schools. Pending Stanford, UCLA, UCSB, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Brown, and Princeton. I’m pretty sure that I won’t get into any Ivys, but I thought I’d throw my application in anyways.
Daughter accepted. Biochemistry major
4.0/4.4
9AP
1390 SAT
If it helps anyone in the future, D#1 got accepted in 2019 with
4.0/4.4
1450 SAT
32 ACT
10 AP classes
Girl Scouts
Club president
Ballet
D#2 got accepted this year (2020) with
3.8/4.04
1250 SAT
27 ACT
7 AP classes
4 years of foreign language (helped?)
Girl Scouts
Soccer player/coach/referee
Wasn’t sure if her SAT or ACT score were high enough but I guess they were!
D#2 also accepted at CSUMB, SFSU, SJSU, CSU East Bay, Sac State, UCM, UCR
Waiting for: UCI, UCSB and UCSC
Congrats to all the new Aggies - D#1 is having a blast and loves it there!
@nella2024 I agree, still got accepted to UCSD but denied by Davis that was my evidence of “overqualfiied”. Who knows.
Picnic Day is canceled 
@Questioning2772 congratulations! Admission is amazing. We never really know the exact reason. Maybe UCD is looking at different criteria compared to UCSD. But I don’t believe in being curved out because I have seen overqualified kids accepted at every UCs. Perfect academic records are accepted everywhere, not just the school that they belong to. UCSD does have different criteria … I noticed that they do care about ECs in addition to grades.
@Questioning2772: Every year the “overqualified” theory surfaces not just for UCD but many of the other UC’s and even Cal states. There is no evidence to support this and definitely agree that each school will have different criteria on how they admit applicants.
Best of luck and every applicants ends up where they were meant to me (believe or not).
DS Waitlisted, in Computer Science and Engineering
in-state
GPA: 3.95 unweighted (Don’t know the weighted one)
SUbject-SAT: 800 in Physics and Math-II
ACT: 35
12 AP courses (so far 8; got 5 in all)
Good Extra-curricular
Decent Volunteer
Club President
A bit surprised to see Waitlist
Admitted to CSE with regents 
GPA 4.0uw, 4.7w 12 APs (completed 7 with all 5s except one 4) + 2 college courses
SAT 1570, subj math2 800, chem 800, physics 800 all first try
NMF; 4x AIME; 4-yr varsity sport; good ECs
tough major to gain acceptance so i’m grateful. lots of qualified applicants being WL/denied competing for a few spots. older sibling (bioE) also got regents at davis with similar stats so i don’t believe they’re purposely rejecting overqualified applicants, but the competition gets tougher every year.
There are simply more qualified applicants than there are spots for in the UC System. Congrats to those who have been admitted. Join the waitlist if you have been invited to and it’s your #1 school. Be happy with the school(s) that have admitted you. Good things can happen. It’s not over yet.
waitlisted for biomedical engineering
sat:1320
gpa:4.07
accepted for marine and coastal science!!
sat: 1420
gpa: 4.19
also accepted into UW and sdsu honors college
waitlisted from cal poly slo and UCSD
praying for a UCSB acceptance
@calcuttaboy2002 (CC: @Gumbymom) My DS got similar stats as yours with a slightly higher GPA of 4.0 UW. He got into Data Science at UCSD instead of his first choice of CS. He got in CS at UCD. Definitely, UCSD and UCD have different criteria. I really don’t understand this system either.
Now I am worried that if UCD accepts him, it’s a flag that indicates lower % of acceptance at UCLA and UCB! :neutral:
@calcuttaboy2002 (cc: @Gumbymom) I did a little research, UCD (3.99) seems to emphasize more on GPA while UCSD (3.82) more on SAT/ACT:
@nella2024
I agree, my daughter got accepted to UCD and denied at UCSD. Good gpa over 4, but low test score. I wonder what the other UC’s emphasize. I guess we’ll find out soon. Just wish Davis wasn’t so far from home, but it looks like a great school.
Remember, they also might be looking for different qualities in the personal insight questions.
@Nella2024: All UC’s consider GPA, test scores, HS course rigor and personal insight essays very important in their application review but each campus may put more importance on some area’s than others.
UCSB states they consider 50% academics and 50% EC’s and Essays so again you will see different decision results for each student vs. schools that emphasize GPA or test scores.
It is not a numbers game, so being competitive for all schools is fine but it will come down to how each school views the overall application and if the applicant “fits” into their criteria. That is why UC decisions can be unpredictable.
My kid got into all bioengineering program accept at UCSD where he got for his alternate major. He has 4.0 UW GPA and high SAT score and perfect score for his SAT subjects. What school looks for admission ? I think it is mystery.
@mama1234 Thank you for sharing. Same here … 4.0 UW GPA and high SAT, with good ECs, and paid internship … not sure what they are looking for… I saw another person with an EXACT academic profile but he got slightly better work experience and developed apps … My DS also developed apps
So I don’t know … maybe different readers???