UCLA Undergrad Admissions: 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	California residents	out-of- state	international	withdrawn*	total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

% admitted	24.60	19.90	16.88	-	23.52
% admits enrolled	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*"Withdrawn" refers to applicants who voluntarily withdraw their applications from consideration.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.

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

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.

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

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	3.50	3.78	3.70

Standardized Test Scores

SAT II - Writing

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

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	593	667	639

SAT II - Math Level I

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

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	593	650	632

SAT II - Math Level II

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

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.

range	% admitted	% of admits	# of applicants	# of admits	% enrolled	% of all enrolled	# enrolled
700 - 800	44.81	56.43	12,880	5,772	33.07	45.75	1,909
600 - 690	24.28	28.38	11,957	2,903	45.44	31.61	1,319
500 - 590	11.09	10.69	9,864	1,094	58.78	15.41	643
400 - 490	8.41	4.13	5,016	422	64.45	6.52	272
below 400	4.74	.37	802	38	78.95	.72	30

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	627	690	666

SAT I - Verbal

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

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	583	650	620

SAT I - Math

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

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	620	682	657

ACT Assessment

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

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

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

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	46	48	47

12th Grade College Preparatory Semesters

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

overall averages	all applicants	admits	enrolled
	11	11	11

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