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Profile of Admitted Freshmen
Fall 2005

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 2005. 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	California residents	out-of- state	international	withdrawn*	total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	36,649	3,732	1,461	390	42,232
admits	10,262	816	283	-	11,361
enrolled	4,174	155	93	-	4,422
admit rate	28.00	21.87	19.37	-	26.90
enroll rate	40.67	19.00	32.86	-	38.92
% of total applicants	86.57	9.05	3.46	.92	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*"Withdrawn" refers to applicants who voluntarily withdraw their applications from consideration.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
4.0 & above	17,889	44.36		9,411	52.61	84.97		3,204	34.05	74.05
3.70 - 3.99	8,903	22.07		1,152	12.94	10.40		715	62.07	16.52
3.30 - 3.69	8,419	20.87		415	4.93	3.75		320	77.11	7.40
3.00 - 3.29	3,275	8.12		49	1.50	.44		44	89.80	1.02
below 3.00	1,845	4.57		49	2.66	.44		44	89.80	1.02

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	3.85	4.25	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
4.0	3,678	9.12		2,554	69.44	23.06		606	23.73	14.00
3.70 - 3.99	12,126	30.07		5,735	47.30	51.78		2,022	35.26	46.73
3.30 - 3.69	14,399	35.70		2,464	17.11	22.25		1,436	58.28	33.19
3.00 - 3.29	6,479	16.06		251	3.87	2.27		197	78.49	4.55
below 3.00	3,649	9.05		72	1.97	.65		66	91.67	1.53

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	3.52	3.80	3.72

 

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	8,266	21.78		5,212	63.05	47.65		1,394	26.75	32.65
600 - 690	12,126	31.95		3,611	29.78	33.01		1,614	44.70	37.80
500 - 590	11,325	29.84		1,749	15.44	15.99		1,019	58.26	23.86
400 - 490	5,406	14.24		361	6.68	3.30		238	65.93	5.57
below 400	832	2.19		6	.72	.05		5	83.33	.12

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	603	674	644

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	4,420	16.46		2,239	50.66	35.75		764	34.12	26.52
600 - 690	9,561	35.60		2,482	25.96	39.63		1,149	46.29	39.88
500 - 590	8,490	31.61		1,206	14.20	19.26		738	61.19	25.62
400 - 490	3,831	14.26		324	8.46	5.17		220	67.90	7.64
below 400	557	2.07		12	2.15	.19		10	83.33	.35

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	593	648	627

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	7,570	43.98		4,670	61.69	65.99		1,227	26.27	53.05
600 - 690	5,646	32.80		1,679	29.74	23.72		710	42.29	30.70
500 - 590	3,403	19.77		661	19.42	9.34		330	49.92	14.27
400 - 490	542	3.15		66	12.18	.93		45	68.18	1.95
below 400	53	0.31		1	1.89	.01		1	100.00	.04

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	670	715	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	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	12,871	33.82		6,115	47.51	55.74		1,805	29.52	41.96
600 - 690	11,588	30.45		3,224	27.82	29.39		1,484	46.03	34.50
500 - 590	8,753	23.00		1,286	14.69	11.72		775	60.26	18.01
400 - 490	4,242	11.15		324	7.64	2.95		223	68.83	5.18
below 400	605	1.59		21	3.47	.19		15	71.43	.35

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	634	691	663

SAT I - Verbal

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	6,462	16.69		4,027	62.32	36.87		894	22.20	20.86
600 - 690	13,867	35.81		4,521	32.60	41.39		1,956	43.26	45.65
500 - 590	11,907	30.75		1,919	16.12	17.57		1,144	59.61	26.70
400 - 490	5,332	13.77		444	8.33	4.06		281	63.29	6.56
below 400	1,160	3.00		12	1.03	.11		10	83.33	.23

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	595	659	626

SAT I - Math

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
700 - 800	10,686	27.59		5,758	53.88	52.71		1,638	28.45	38.23
600 - 690	15,094	38.97		3,593	23.80	32.89		1,654	46.03	38.60
500 - 590	9,098	23.49		1,346	14.79	12.32		827	61.44	19.30
400 - 490	3,217	8.31		218	6.78	2.00		158	72.48	3.69
below 400	633	1.63		8	1.26	.07		8	100.00	.19

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	629	687	658

ACT Assessment

score	# of applicants	% of all applicants		# of admits	admit rate	% of all admits		# enrolled	enroll rate	% of all enrolled
30 & above	2,087	18.76		1,230	58.94	42.52		370	30.08	29.86
26 - 29	3,303	29.70		833	25.22	28.79		389	46.70	31.40
22 - 25	2,991	26.89		587	19.63	20.29		322	54.86	25.99
18 - 21	1,942	17.46		227	11.69	7.85		148	65.20	11.95
below 18	799	7.18		16	2.00	.55		10	62.50	.81

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	25	28	27

 

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
above 19	9,386	23.27		4,831	51.47	43.62		1,480	30.64	34.20
16 - 19	7,475	18.53		2,931	39.21	26.46		1,181	40.29	27.29
12 - 15	8,356	20.72		2,089	25.00	18.86		956	45.76	22.09
8 - 11	7,154	17.74		815	11.39	7.36		435	53.37	10.05
below 8	7,960	19.74		410	5.15	3.70		275	67.07	6.36

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	14	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
above 47	17,181	42.60		5,788	33.69	52.26		1,925	33.26	44.49
44 - 47	10,334	25.62		2,847	27.55	25.70		1,197	42.04	27.66
40 - 43	8,670	21.50		1,887	21.76	17.04		904	47.91	20.89
36 - 39	3,323	8.24		479	14.41	4.32		265	55.32	6.12
below 36	823	2.04		75	9.11	.68		36	48.00	.83

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	47	49	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
above 12	10,459	25.93		3,084	29.49	27.84		1,092	35.41	25.24
10 - 12	23,421	58.07		6,678	28.51	60.29		2,649	39.67	61.22
8 - 9	5,017	12.44		1,101	21.95	9.94		476	43.23	11.00
6 - 7	1,010	2.50		170	16.83	1.53		86	50.59	1.99
below 6	424	1.05		43	10.14	.39		24	55.81	.55

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	11	12	11

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