QUICK REFERENCE FOR COUNSELORS - Admissions

1 INTRODUCTION. Since its founding in Oakland in 1868, the university of california has been helping students reach their highest potential. Today, with over 250,000 students spread among 10 campuses, UC is still committed to its mission of research, education and public service. UC has built an international reputation of academic excellence and is committed to expanding the horizons of high-achieving, talented students while embracing racial, geographic and socioeconomic diversity. Nearly 40 percent of our undergraduates come from low- income families, and an even greater number are the first in their families to attend college.

2 And we see that they earn their degrees in a timely fashion, with special academic and financial aid programs. Our dedication to student success begins long before students reach the university . UC is active in preparing california students for college with educational preparation programs such as the Early Academic Outreach Program, the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program and the Puente Project in 1,100 K-12 public schools and all 113 california Community Colleges. We view high school and college COUNSELORS as our partners and colleagues.

3 Year after year, we count on you to help prepare, guide and encourage students as they move through the UC application and selection process. As a counselor , you are an important partner in your students' journeys to UC. While each of our campuses is unique, students can be assured of a vibrant intellectual community at any UC campus, whether they study the arts, engineering, humanities, math, science or social science. Our faculty are the drivers behind innovations in their fields, and they bring that knowledge and the thirst for breaking the boundaries of what we know about ourselves and the universe into their classrooms.

4 QUICK REFERENCE FOR COUNSELORS SEPTEMBER 2017 1. INTRODUCTION. This booklet offers an overview of our admission requirements and selection policies and addresses some of the areas about which we receive the most questions. When information changes during the year, it is updated on In addition, each UC campus's general catalog is an excellent source of information. The catalogs provide detailed descriptions of required courses and the emphasis of each major ( , preparation for graduate study or for entry into a career or profession), as well as information about how admission policies, such as comprehensive review, are applied at each campus.

5 Catalogs are available online: BERKELEY. DAVIS. IRVINE. LOS ANGELES. MERCED. RIVERSIDE. SAN DIEGO. SANTA BARBARA. SANTA CRUZ. QUICK REFERENCE FOR COUNSELORS SEPTEMBER 2017 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction.. 1 Campus policies and procedures for evaluating transfer applicants .. 35. Resources .. 6 Academic record evaluation .. 39. Campus selection .. 40. Freshman admission .. 8 Major selection .. 41. Minimum admission requirements .. 8. Subject requirement .. 8 International admission and academic records .. 43. Pass along credit .. 9 Important message about the use of agents.

6 43. Principal .. 9 Academic records .. 43. Examination requirement .. 15 Evaluation of secondary school coursework for Grade point average requirement .. 15 advanced credit .. 43. Calculating the UC GPA .. 16 Translations .. 43. Repeated courses .. 16 Course descriptions .. 43. Validation .. 17 The application .. 44. Validation of mathematics .. 18 Scholastic information .. 44. Validation of a language other than English .. 19 Academic history .. 44. california -resident students .. 20 English language proficiency .. 44. Home-schooled students.

7 20. Admission by examination .. 20 English proficiency requirement .. 45. Admission by exception .. 21 Freshman applicants .. 45. High school proficiency examination .. 21 Transfer applicants .. 45. English proficiency requirement .. 21 How to submit official scores to UC .. 45. Freshman selection .. 22 Applying to the university of california .. 46. Factors considered in comprehensive review .. 22 When to apply .. 46. Freshman admission profiles .. 23 Application fees .. 46. Reporting student data .. 46. Transfer admission .. 24 Personal Insight Questions.

8 48. Advising transfer students .. 24 Information for undocumented students .. 48. Admission requirements for junior-level transfers .. 25 Bona fide california residency for Admissions purposes .. 48. Repeated courses .. 25 military veterans .. 49. Calculating the transfer GPA .. 26 Contacting the UC Application Center .. 49. Transfer admission guarantees .. 26 Provisional admission .. 49. Pathways for major preparation .. 26 Acceptance of electronic transcripts .. 50. General education/breadth requirements .. 27. Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum.

9 27 Application and screening procedures .. 51. Transfer credit .. 29 Berkeley .. 51. california community college articulation .. 31 Davis .. 51. Other types of transfer students .. 31 Irvine .. 51. English proficiency requirement .. 32 Los Angeles .. 51. Riverside .. 52. Transfer selection .. 33 San Diego .. 52. Factors considered in comprehensive review .. 33 Santa Barbara .. 52. Transfer student profiles .. 34 Santa Cruz .. 52. QUICK REFERENCE FOR COUNSELORS SEPTEMBER 2017 4. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Exam credit .. 53 Transfer admission Advanced Placement.

10 53 IGETC subject and unit requirements .. 27. International Baccalaureate .. 54 Counting units examples .. 30. A-Level examinations .. 55 High-unit limits and admission policy by campus .. 30. Campus policies and procedures for evaluating UC graduation requirements .. 56 transfer applicants .. 35. Entry-Level Writing Requirement (ELWR)/Analytical Writing- Academic record evaluation .. 39. Placement Examination (AWPE) .. 56 Campus selection .. 40. American history and institutions .. 56 Major selection .. 41. UC's American history requirement international students.