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Profile of Admitted Freshmen
Fall 2003

When we review our freshman applicants, we look at a wide variety of factors, some more easily quantifiable than others. Below are the primary academic factors we considered when we reviewed our freshman applicants for fall 2003. Beyond being UC-Eligible (which almost all of our applicants are anyway) there is no specific cutoff value assigned to any of the factors we consider.

	California residents	out-of- state	international	withdrawn*	total
applicants	38,522	4,226	1,570	676	44,994
admits	9,475	841	265	-	10,581
enrolled	3,990	201	78	-	4,269
admit rate	24.60	19.90	16.88	-	23.52
enroll rate	42.11	23.90	29.43	-	40.35
% of total applicants	85.62	9.39	3.49	1.50	100.00

*"Withdrawn" refers to applicants who voluntarily withdraw their applications from consideration. This is usually done when an applicant accepts an early decision offer at another institution.

 

Academic Statistics†

10th - 11th Grade GPAs

Fully weighted GPA

This GPA includes an extra grade point for all UC-approved honors courses (which include AP, IB, school-based honors, and transferable college courses) in which a grade of C or higher is earned. The maximum value possible is 5.00.

GPA	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
4.00 and above	17,839	41.80		8,557	47.97	83.05		3,048	35.62	72.81
3.70 - 3.99	9,465	22.18		1,262	13.33	12.25		780	61.81	18.63
3.30 - 3.69	9,300	21.79		376	4.04	3.65		264	70.21	6.31
3.00 - 3.29	3,855	9.03		72	1.87	.70		61	84.72	1.46
below 3.00	2,222	5.21		37	1.67	.36		33	89.19	.79

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	3.82	4.24	4.13

Unweighted GPA

This GPA does not include any extra grade points for honors courses. The maximum value possible is 4.00.

GPA	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
4.00	3,437	8.05		2,161	62.87	20.97		543	25.13	12.97
3.70 - 3.99	12,391	29.03		5,211	42.05	50.57		1,932	37.08	46.15
3.30 - 3.69	15,214	35.65		2,545	16.73	24.70		1,405	55.21	33.56
3.00 - 3.29	7,250	16.99		320	4.41	3.11		248	77.50	5.92
below 3.00	4,389	10.28		67	1.53	.65		58	86.57	1.39

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	3.50	3.78	3.70

Standardized Test Scores

SAT II - Writing

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	7,660	18.88		4,611	60.20	45.06		1,364	29.58	32.66
600 - 690	12,810	31.58		3,422	26.71	33.44		1,531	44.74	36.66
500 - 590	12,175	30.01		1,591	13.07	15.55		890	55.94	21.31
400 - 490	6,832	16.84		600	8.78	5.86		382	63.67	9.15
below 400	1,092	2.69		9	.82	.09		9	100.00	.22

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	593	667	639

SAT II - Math Level I

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	5,117	16.92		2,368	46.28	38.24		893	37.71	30.27
600 - 690	10,935	36.15		2,275	20.80	36.73		1,112	48.88	37.69
500 - 590	8,557	28.29		1,087	12.70	17.55		643	59.15	21.80
400 - 490	4,757	15.73		441	9.27	7.12		286	64.85	9.69
below 400	880	2.91		22	2.50	.36		16	72.73	.54

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	593	650	632

SAT II - Math Level II

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	6,481	40.02		3,954	61.01	63.06		1,128	28.53	52.39
600 - 690	5,670	35.01		1,629	28.73	25.98		674	41.38	31.31
500 - 590	3,459	21.36		619	17.90	9.87		316	51.05	14.68
400 - 490	560	3.46		68	12.14	1.09		35	51.47	1.63
below 400	25	0.15		0	.00	.00		0	.00	.00

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	664	710	689

SAT II - Third

The "third" test is can be any SAT II subject other than Writing or Math. When applicants take more than one third test, the highest score is used.

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	12,880	31.79		5,772	44.81	56.43		1,909	45.75
600 - 690	11,957	29.51		2,903	24.28	28.38		1,319	31.61
500 - 590	9,864	24.34		1,094	11.09	10.69		643	15.41
400 - 490	5,016	12.38		422	8.41	4.13		272	6.52
below 400	802	1.98		38	4.74	.37		78.95	.72	30

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	627	690	666

SAT I - Verbal

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	5,673	13.80		3,462	61.03	33.87		858	24.78	20.59
600 - 690	13,947	33.92		4,177	29.95	40.87		1,793	42.93	43.03
500 - 590	13,446	32.70		1,919	14.27	18.77		1,103	57.48	26.47
400 - 490	6,420	15.61		644	10.03	6.30		398	61.80	9.55
below 400	1,629	3.96		19	1.17	.19		15	78.95	.36

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	583	650	620

SAT I - Math

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	9,880	24.03		5,164	52.27	50.52		1,606	31.10	38.54
600 - 690	16,138	39.25		3,368	20.87	32.95		1,540	45.72	36.96
500 - 590	10,268	24.97		1,369	13.33	13.39		803	58.66	19.27
400 - 490	3,953	9.61		311	7.87	3.04		214	68.81	5.14
below 400	876	2.13		9	1.03	.09		4	44.44	.10

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	620	682	657

ACT Assessment

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
30 - 36	1,883	15.47		967	51.35	35.63		298	30.82	23.65
26 - 29	3,633	29.84		777	21.39	28.63		401	51.61	31.83
22 - 25	3,362	27.62		632	18.80	23.29		355	56.17	28.17
18 - 21	2,215	18.19		305	13.77	11.24		183	60.00	14.52
below 18	1,081	8.88		33	3.05	1.22		23	69.70	1.83

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	25	27	26

 

High School Course Work

Honors Level Semesters- Grades 10-12

UC-Approved honors courses can include AP, IB, school-based honors, and transferable college courses.

# of semesters	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
20 and above	8,887	20.82		4,477	50.38	43.45		1,461	32.63	34.90
16 - 19	7,230	16.94		2,709	37.47	26.29		1,075	39.68	25.68
12 - 15	8,810	20.64		1,949	22.12	18.91		996	51.10	23.79
8 - 11	7,856	18.41		774	9.85	7.51		406	52.45	9.70
below 8	9,898	23.19		395	3.99	3.83		248	62.78	5.92

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	13	19	17

Overall College Preparatory Semesters

We also refer to these as the "a-g" subjects, which include: history, English, math, laboratory science, non-English language, visual/performing arts, and academic electives. With the exception of math and non-English language, these are taken from grades 9-12. Math/non-English Language can be taken as early as the 7th grade.

# of semesters	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
48 and above	15,958	37.39		5,263	32.98	51.08		1,756	33.36	41.95
44 - 47	11,148	26.12		2,761	24.77	26.80		1,225	44.37	29.26
40 - 43	10,183	23.86		1,747	17.16	16.95		887	50.77	21.19
36 - 39	4,277	10.02		454	10.61	4.41		278	61.23	6.64
below 36	1,115	2.61		79	7.09	.77		40	50.63	.96

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	46	48	47

12th Grade College Preparatory Semesters

# of semesters	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
12 and above	7,238	16.96		2,050	28.32	19.90		670	32.68	16.01
10 - 12	25,717	60.25		6,679	25.97	64.82		2,695	40.35	64.38
8 - 9	7,825	18.33		1,390	17.76	13.49		715	51.44	17.08
6 - 7	1,493	3.50		153	10.25	1.48		93	60.78	2.22
below 6	408	0.96		32	7.84	.31		13	40.63	.31

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	11	11	11

†These figures exclude international and non- first-time freshman applicants.