UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

Undergraduate Admission 35
Selection Guidelines
Each campus, in consultation with the Office of the President,
develops enrollment targets that specify the number of new freshman
and advanced standing students expected to enroll. UC Davis
receives more applications than required to meet our enrollment
target and therefore admits students using the criteria described
below.
Freshman Applicants
Freshmen are selected based on a comprehensive review of their
academic and personal accomplishments and the context in which
those accomplishments have been achieved.
The assessment honors academic achievement and offers foremost
consideration to students with commendable academic records.
Academic accomplishments are considered in the context of the
opportunities and challenges a student has experienced and the
full range of each student's personal achievements are used to
assess merit and likely contribution to the campus community.
The academic factors considered in the review are high school
GPA calculated on UC “a-g” courses completed; scores on required
entrance tests; breadth of academic preparation, including coursework
in the senior year; number of courses completed beyond the
minimum UC eligibility requirements; honors, AP, IB or college
coursework completed or in progress; and Eligibility in the Local
Context (ELC) status.
Some examples of personal factors included in the assessment are
demonstrated leadership promise; completion of academic preparation
and enrichment programs; one or more special (extraordinary)
talents; demonstrated perseverance or persistence in
unusually challenging personal circumstances; and marked
improvement in academic performance from 9th through 11th
grade.
The highest-scoring applicants for each college/division are admitted
based on the available spaces in the specific college/division.
Admission spaces are unique for each college/division and may
vary each year. No single personal or academic characteristic guarantees
admission to UC Davis, and while factors reflecting academic
progress and intellectual development continue to be of
primary importance, no applicant will be admitted on the basis of
academic criteria alone. No eligible applicant will be denied
admission without complete review of application materials. For
complete information about our selection procedure, please see
http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admissions/fr_selection_process.
Transfer Applicants
Academic Criteria. UC-eligible junior-level California community
college transfer applicants with 90 quarter (60 semester)
transferable units of work completed by the end of the spring term
prior to fall admission are given top priority for admission consideration.
Other UC-eligible transfer applicants will be admitted if
space is available.
Applications far exceed the number of spaces available in
majors such as biological sciences, biotechnology, communication,
engineering, international relations, psychology and viticulture
and enology. Applicants must complete specific lower division
preparatory courses with a specific GPA in the major and an
overall required GPA. To see our selective majors and their
specific requirements for admission, please see
http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admissions/tr_select_majors. See our
complete list of majors at http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/majors. The
Assist Web, at http://www.assist.org, provides articulation with California
community colleges.
Supplemental Criteria. The same supplemental criteria described
above for freshmen are used with the exception of the high school
record.
Notification and Acceptance of Admission
Throughout the admissions process, you can check your
application status at the MyAdmissions Web site at
http://myadmissions.ucdavis.edu. Once our review of your
application is complete, you will receive an e-mail directing you
to MyAdmissions to check your admissions status. You will also
receive an admission notification letter by mail. Most fall quarter
applicants will be notified of their admission status between March
15 and the end of March.
If you are admitted, you can use MyAdmissions to respond to your
offer of admission and declare your Statement of Intent to Register
(SIR), check financial aid and scholarship status and pay the
required nonrefundable $100 deposit. This advance deposit is
applied to your university registration fee as long as you register in
the quarter to which you are admitted. EOP applicants are not
required to submit the $100 advance deposit; however, they will
pay full registration fees at the time of registration.
Declare your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) by May 1 (freshman)
or June 1 (transfer). You may not file SIRs at multiple UC
campuses for the same term. Students admitted to winter or spring
quarter must return the SIR by the date specified on the letter of
admission.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Open Campus (Concurrent) Courses
Open Campus (Concurrent) courses are regular UC Davis courses
open to the community on a space-available basis through UC
Davis Extension. This program allows an individual to pursue academic
interests and to test academic abilities at the university. Students
may apply credit for courses taken in the Open Campus
program towards the UC Davis 180-unit undergraduate degree
requirement. The grade points earned when enrolled in Open
Campus courses will count toward the calculation of a student’s
UC GPA upon his/her admission or readmission to regular student
status at UC Davis. Students enrolled at UC Davis may not enroll
in Open Campus courses. For information, see the Extension Web
site at http://extension.ucdavis.edu/opencampus or contact the UC
Davis Extension office at (530) 757-8777.
Limited Status
Students in limited status are those whose special attainments
qualify them to take certain courses in the university toward a definite
and limited objective. To apply for limited status admission,
you must either have a bachelor's degree (but not be a candidate
for an advanced degree), or have completed a substantial amount
of college work with a satisfactory grade point average. You
must submit an undergraduate application with fee as well as a
limited status petition and official transcripts from all schools
attended. The limited status petition can be downloaded at
http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admissions/tr_special_situations. As a limited
status student you will be expected to maintain a certain
scholarship average during a predetermined time of enrollment.