<p>[Admissions</a> director to leave post for UC Davis | The Daily Californian](<a href=“http://www.dailycal.org/2011/08/29/admissions-director-to-leave-post-for-uc-davis/]Admissions”>http://www.dailycal.org/2011/08/29/admissions-director-to-leave-post-for-uc-davis/)</p>
<p>^So at the very bottom of that article, it says that Davis was supposed to have transitioned over to the holistic review for this year… however, the official Davis website still outlines the “14 criterion points”:</p>
<p>[UCDavis:</a> Freshman Selection Process](<a href="http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admission/freshmen/fr_selection_process.cfm]UCDavis:">http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admission/freshmen/fr_selection_process.cfm)</p>
<p>as opposed to the “holistic review” that Santa Cruz uses:</p>
<p>[Freshman</a> Admission and Selection: 2012-13](<a href=“http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/freshman.html]Freshman”>http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/freshman.html)</p>
<p>Now I know that Davis and Santa Cruz were both supposed to transition over for this year’s admissions. Santa Cruz is publicly announcing it on their website but Davis is still being a bit weird with their wording (they don’t say holistic anywhere at all). This is making me nervous… did Davis really move over to holistic review, or did something stop them from doing so this year? Please don’t tell me that they’re still on the point system. :O</p>
<p>berkeley links to those points too. i wouldn’t worry.</p>
<p>I read this minutes before I checked my email to see that I got waitlisted from UC Davis. (Yesterday I got accepted to UC Santa Cruz) I assume their process isn’t holistic. </p>
<p>[University</a> of California - How applications are reviewed](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/how-applications-reviewed/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/how-applications-reviewed/index.html)</p>
<p>Anyway, in this webpage, it states all 9 colleges use the 14 factors to consider your app, but their methods of doing so vary, which is probably where the holistic process comes in.</p>
<p>^UCSC has switched to the holistic process as of this year for new freshman admits, in case you were wondering.</p>
<p>Waitlisted at UC Davis but accepted at UCSC. </p>
<p>Hope my dream school UCSB accepts me. Do UCSB use holistic process? If not, then. D:</p>
<p>@jgaPer2</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you! Plus rejected from Cal Poly. What major did you apply for?</p>
<p>Didn’t UCSB already release decisions? My friend told me she heard from them a couple weeks ago.</p>
<p>@blingdoop</p>
<p>I applied for Biopsychology but I don’t think major choice matters for admission at UCSB. At least for Letters and Science. You?</p>
<p>@Awkward</p>
<p>I think your friend was invited to Chancellors Reception where they are basically guaranteed acceptance. UCSB releases this Monday at 3 PM.</p>
<p>@jgaPer2</p>
<p>I hope not! I didn’t even get the email that reminded everyone that decisions will be released on Monday. I applied for Mechanical Engineering.</p>
<p>Holistic review is basically comprehensive review (14 criteria) on steroids. The criteria considered are still the same, but holistic review puts a “humanizing” spin on it (apparently that’s the catch phrase floating around amongst counselors). Instead of giving points for each of the 14 criteria and then adding the points to get a total score, the readers for holistic review consider all 14 criteria together and put a whole number score for the applicant (usually 1 to 5). Think about that for a second to figure out how the math may work for or against a certain sector of the applicants.</p>
<p>@askmssun</p>
<p>That’s interesting to hear… so the “humanizing” score is added into the comprehensive review score?</p>
<p>Does that mean that application reviewers use a rubric and the end point score determines admission?</p>
<p>@dustinthewind, no the holistic review score (typically 1-5 and there is no rubric) replaces the comprehensive review score (the sum of the points assigned to the 14 criteria).</p>