UC Davis Campus Specific Admission & Graduation Requirements
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◊ = UC Conference Materials ∆ UCOP website o = Host Institution
□ = UCOP Quick Reference for Counselors '11/12
o ENROLLMENT: For fall 2011: Admit Rate: 53%. Applicants: 13,570. Admits: 7,233. Application increase: 20%. Transfer Applicants=13,579 (20.5% increase over fall 2010). Transfer Admits=7,233 (53.3% admit rate). Transfer Waitlist Size=526 (1,013 waitlist offers).
TAG Admits: 4,149. Transfer GPA (middle 50%) 3.26-3.74.
o PROFILE OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES:
Four colleges - Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science — offer diverse opportunities for majors and minors.
Six professional schools - Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing - offer wide possibilities for research or other undergraduate involvement.
School of Education - offers a minor to undergraduates, introducing them to educational theory, research and practice and giving them the opportunity to work in local schools and the community.
Graduate School of Management - offers a minor in technology management, which helps undergraduates develop critical business talent in science-related fields.
o UPPER DIVISION TRANSFER ADMISSION:
- UC Davis is only open to applications for fall quarter admission.
- Highest priority for admission is given to junior-level California community college transfer applicants with 60 semester (90 quarter) units. Priority is next given to junior-level transfer students from other UC campuses and other four-year institutions in and out of California. Finally, if space is available, lower-division transfers with superior grades are admitted, but only into the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
- The UC-required minimum grade point average required for transfer admission is a 2.4 GPA. For all majors, UC Davis recommends that transfer students attain an overall transfer GPA of 2.8 or higher for the best chance of admission to our campus. In fact, students are encouraged to work toward an even higher GPA, as some majors may be more competitive than others. A higher overall transfer GPA may be required to qualify for a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) in certain majors.
- ◊ Application Tips for Counselors and Students Fall 2012-Presenting Yourself on the UC Application (Including the Personal Statement) [PPT]
o MAJORS: Undeclared options are closed to transfer applicants, except lower division applicants in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Additional coursework and academic performance is required of transfer applicants to selective majors in the following areas of study:
- College of Engineering (all majors)
- College of Biological Sciences (all majors)
- College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
- Biotechnology major
- Viticulture and Enology major - College of Letters and Science:
- Communication major
- International Relations major
- Psychology major
∆ IGETC works well for students planning for Bachelor of Arts majors with few units of lower-division preparation. Bachelor of Science degrees and high-unit majors often have many courses of lower-division preparation. In these cases, the UC Davis general education pattern is the best choice.
o TAG Notes: UC Davis is proud to collaborate with all California community colleges to provide students with increased access and an opportunity for early advising in order to achieve their academic goals. The online UC TAG Application provides you and your students with an efficient, paperless process to guarantee admission to UC Davis.
^ 2012-13 TAG CRITERIA: http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/tag/criteria.cfm
- All majors in the College of Engineering will require a minimum 3.3 overall transferable GPA for Fall 2012 TAGS. Non-TAGS applicants are encouraged to apply with a 3.1 overall transferable GPA or higher.
- Selective majors in the Colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences and Letters and Science will require a minimum 3.2 overall transferable GPA for Fall 2012 TAGs.
o IMPORTANT UPDATES:
- After fall 2012, the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will no longer consider second baccalaureate degree applicants.
- The UC Davis GE requirement changed effective fall 2011. The new pattern will have an increased focus on building critical skills and core reading/writing proficiency. It is more flexible for students in unit-heavy majors.
◊ GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Additional College and Major-specific Foreign Language Graduation Requirement for UC Davis.
HOUSING:
UC Davis Student Housing offers a housing guarantee to all incoming fall quarter students. Please visit http://housing.ucdavis.edu for details.