Applying for Admission 1 Check our application basics at ucdavis.edu/apply/undergraduate.

2 Review our tips on responding to the personal insight questions at ucdavis.edu/apply/personal-insight-questions.

3 Start your UC application online as early as August 1 at universityofcalifornia.edu/apply.

•Selectyourfirst-choicemajorandanalternatemajor.

• If you are applying for scholarships, be sure to check the “release authorization” box.

4 SubmityourapplicationNovember1–30,alongwiththeapplicationfeeforeachcampus: $70fordomesticapplicants,$80forinternationalapplicants.Findoutifyouareeligibleforfeewaiversatucdavis.edu/apply/fee-waiver.

Resources for ApplicantsUC Davis Freshman Admission ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/freshman

UC Admission Freshman Requirements ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/freshman/requirements

UC Davis Transfer Admission ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer

UC Admission Transfer Requirements ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer/requirements

UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP) uctap.universityofcalifornia.edu

UC Davis Admission Checklists ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/freshman/checklist

ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer/checklist

Tips on Personal Insight Questions ucdavis.edu/apply/personal-insight-tips

Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) success.ucdavis.edu/programs/eop/

Undocumented Student Resources undoc.universityofcalifornia.edu/applying-to-uc.html

Majors ucdavis.edu/majors

• Aerospace Science and Engineering• AfricanAmericanandAfricanStudies

• AgriculturalandEnvironmentalEducation

• AmericanStudies• AnimalBiology• AnimalScience• AnimalScienceandManagement• Anthropology• AppliedMathematics• Applied Physics• Art History• Art Studio• AsianAmericanStudies• AtmosphericScience• BiochemicalEngineering• BiochemistryandMolecularBiology• BiologicalSciences• BiologicalSystemsEngineering• BiomedicalEngineering• Biotechnology• CellBiology• ChemicalEngineering• ChemicalPhysics• Chemistry• Chicana/Chicano Studies• Chinese• CinemaandDigitalMedia• Civil Engineering• Classical Civilization• Clinical Nutrition• Cognitive Science• Communication

• CommunityandRegionalDevelopment

• ComparativeLiterature• ComputerEngineering• ComputerScience• ComputerScienceandEngineering• Design• East Asian Studies• EcologicalManagementandRestoration

• Economics• Electrical Engineering• English• Entomology• EnvironmentalHorticultureandUrbanForestry

• EnvironmentalPolicyAnalysisandPlanning

• EnvironmentalScienceandManagement

• EnvironmentalToxicology• Evolution,EcologyandBiodiversity• FiberandPolymerScience(suspended2017–18)

• FoodScience• French• Gender, Sexuality and Women’sStudies

• GeneticsandGenomics• Geology• German• GlobalDiseaseBiology• History• HumanDevelopment

• Hydrology• International Agricultural Development

• InternationalRelations• Italian• Japanese• LandscapeArchitecture• Linguistics• ManagerialEconomics• MarineandCoastalScience—CoastalEnvironmentalProcesses*

• MarineandCoastalScience—MarineEcologyandOrganismalBiology*

• MarineandCoastalScience—MarineEnvironmentalChemistry*

• MarineandCoastalScience—OceansandtheEarthSystem*

• MaterialsScienceandEngineering• MathematicalAnalyticsandOperationsResearch

• MathematicalandScientificComputation

• Mathematics• MechanicalEngineering• MedievalandEarlyModernStudies• Microbiology• MiddleEast/SouthAsiaStudies• Music• NativeAmericanStudies• Natural Sciences• Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

• Nutrition Science• PharmaceuticalChemistry

• Philosophy• Physics• PlantBiology• Plant Sciences• Political Science• PoliticalScience—PublicService• Psychology• ReligiousStudies• Russian• ScienceandTechnologyStudies• Sociology• Sociology—OrganizationalStudies• Spanish• Statistics• Sustainable Agriculture and FoodSystems

• SustainableEnvironmentalDesign• TextilesandClothing• TheatreandDance• Undeclared—FineArts• Undeclared—Humanities• Undeclared—LifeSciences• Undeclared—PhysicalSciences• Undeclared—SocialSciences• Undeclared/Exploratory—CollegeofAgriculturalandEnvironmentalSciences

• Viticulture and Enology• Wildlife,FishandConservationBiology

NOV Apply for Fall Admission November 1–30

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*The Marine and Coastal Science major is offered with four different emphases through three academic colleges. Please visit ucdavis.edu/majors to learn about academic college requirements for the emphasis you wish to pursue.

1. Grade point average (GPA)Academicgradepointaverageinallcompleted“a-g”courses,includingadditionalgradepointsforcompletedUC-certifiedhonorscourses.

2. Test scores HighestscorefromasinglesittingontheACTwithWritingortheSATwithEssay.

3. Courses completed/planned Numberandcontentof/andperformanceinacademiccoursesbeyondtheminimum“a-g”requirements.

4. Honors courseworkNumberof/andperformanceinUC-approvedCalifornia high school honors, Advanced Placement(AP),InternationalBaccalaureate(IB)HigherLevelandUC-transferablecollegecourses.

5. Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC)IdentificationbyUCasbeingrankedinthetopnine percent of your high school class before your senior year.

6. Quality of senior-year program of studyQualityofyoursenior-yearprogramasmeasuredbythetypeandnumberofacademiccoursesinprogress or planned.

7. Educational opportunities in high schoolQualityofyouracademicperformancerelativetothe educational opportunities available in your high school.

8. Performance in academic subject areasOutstandingperformanceinoneormorespecificsubjectareas.

9. Achievements in special projectsOutstandingworkinoneormorespecialprojectsinanyacademicfieldofstudy.

10. Improvement in academic performanceRecentmarkedimprovementinacademicperformanceasdemonstratedbyacademicGPAandthequalityofcourseworkcompletedor in progress.

11. Special talents, achievements and awardsSpecialtalents,achievements,awardsanddemonstratedleadershipinaparticularfield,suchasvisualandperformingarts;communicationorathleticendeavors;specialskills,suchasdemonstratedwrittenandoralproficiencyinotherlanguages;specialinterests,such as intensive study and exploration of other cultures;experiencesthatdemonstrateunusualpromiseforleadership,suchassignificantcommunityserviceorsignificantparticipationinstudentgovernment;orothersignificantexperiencesorachievementsthatdemonstrateyourpromiseforcontributingtotheintellectualvitalityofourcampus.

12. Participation in educational preparation/ academic enrichment programsParticipationandpersistenceinacademicenrichmentprograms,including,butnotlimitedto,thosesponsoredbytheUniversityof California.

13. Academic accomplishment within life experiencesDemonstratedacademicachievementinlightofsignificantlifeexperiences,including,butnotlimitedto,disability,lowfamilyincome,firstgenerationtoattendcollege,needtoworkandotherspecialcircumstances.

14. Geographic locationGeographicdiversityasdefinedbythelocationof your secondary school and/or residence.

California Resident PathwaysForthehighest-achievingCaliforniaapplicants,therearetwopathwaysforguaranteedadmissiontotheUniversityof California, provided space is available. Formoreinformationvisitadmission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/california-residents.

STATEWIDE PATHThetop9percentofCaliforniahighschoolgraduates(accordingtotheUCadmissionsindex)areeligibleforthispathwaytoadmission.Atleast11ofthe15subjectrequirementcoursesmustbecompletedbeforeyoursenioryearwithaGPAof3.00orhigher,andtheremainingsubjectandexaminationrequirementsmustbecompletedby graduation.

LOCAL PATHIf you are a California resident and rank inthetop9percentofstudentsinyourCaliforniahighschoolclass—andyourhigh school participates in the University of CaliforniaEligibilityintheLocalContext(ELC)program—youmaybeeligibleforELCdesignation.

PERSONAL INSIGHT QUESTIONSYour responses to four personal insight questionsareanimportantcomponentofyourfreshmanortransferapplicationforadmissionandscholarships.Thereisnoadvantageordisadvantagetochoosingcertainpromptsoverothers,andeachresponseislimitedtoamaximumof350words.

Freshmanapplicantsmustrespondtofourshort-answerpromptschosenfromeightoptions.Transferapplicantsmustrespondtofourshort-answerprompts—onemandatorypromptandtheirchoiceofthreefromseven options. See a list of personal insight questions and response tips at ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/personal-insight-questions.

Freshman Selection Policy Everyapplicationreceivesacomprehensivereview.Weconsiderabroadrangeofcriteria—fromtraditionalacademicfactorstoextracurricularachievement,responsetolifechallengesandpromise—includingthecontextinwhichyouhavedemonstratedacademicandpersonalaccomplishments.

Thestrengthofyourhighschoolrecordisthesinglemostimportantcomponentinourreview.Thestrongestapplicantsareadmittedbasedonthenumberofadmissionspacesavailablewithineachcollege,division,academicdepartmentormajor.

• College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciencesadmitsbycollege.

• College of Biological Sciencesadmitsbycollege.

• College of Engineeringadmitsbyacademicdepartmentandmajor.

• College of Letters and Scienceadmitsbythreedivisions:Humanities,ArtsandCultural Studies;MathematicalandPhysicalSciences;andSocialSciences.

EachUCcampushasaslightlydifferentprocessforreviewingapplications,yetallcampusesusethesame14faculty-determinedselectioncriteria:

ACT WITH WRITINGact.org UCDavisACTcode:0454

SAT WITH ESSAY AND SUBJECT TESTScollegeboard.org UCDavisCEEBcode:004834

Freshman Admission RequirementsTobeconsideredforfreshmanadmissiontotheUniversityofCalifornia,youmustearnahighschooldiplomaorequivalentandsatisfythefollowingminimumUCadmissionrequirements:

1. SUBJECT REQUIREMENT Thefollowing15“a-g”subjectsmustbecompletedwithaCgradeorbetter.Onecreditequalsoneyearofstudy.Atleast11ofthesubjectrequirementsmustbecompletedbeforeyoursenioryearofhigh school.

“A-G” SUBJECTS REQUIREMENTa. History/socialscience Twoyears

b. English(orlanguageofinstruction) Fouryears

c. Mathematics Threeyears*

d. Laboratoryscience Twoyears*

e. LanguageotherthanEnglish (orsecondlanguage) Twoyears*

f. Visualandperformingarts Oneyear

g. Collegepreparatoryelective Oneyear

*UC recommends one additional year of study.

ForCaliforniaresidents,the“a-g”coursesmustbeonyourhighschool’sUC-approvedcourselist,whichisavailableatucop.edu/agguide. If your school is taught in a language other than English, youcansatisfysubjectrequirement“e”withstudiesinanylanguageotherthanyourschool’slanguage of instruction.

2. SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENT ThescholarshiprequirementissatisfiedifyouearnaGPAof3.00orhigher.AllcoursesmustbecompletedwithaCgradeorbetter.ApplicantswhoarenotCaliforniaresidentsmustearnaGPAof3.40orhigher.

3. EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT You are required to take the ACT with Writing or the SAT with Essay.Onlyyourhighesttotalscorefromasinglesittingwillbeconsidered.

SATSubjectTestsarenotrequiredforadmission.UCDaviswillconsiderSATSubjectTestsonlyiftheybenefityou.

Applicants for fall 2017 must take the ACT with Writing or the SAT with Essay no later than December 2016.OfficialscoresmustbereceivedbytheendofJanuary2017.YouareresponsibleformakingsurethatthetestingagenciessendyourscorestotheUniversityofCalifornia.WhenyoureportyourACTand/orSATscorestooneUCcampus,theywillbesharedwitheveryUCcampustowhichyouhaveapplied.

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Academic Profile Fall 2016 Admitted Freshmen Rangesrepresentthemiddle50percentofadmittedstudents.

GPA(weighted) 3.92–4.23*

GPA(unweighted) 3.70–3.95ACT 27–32SATTotal 1770–2120**SATMath 600–760SATReading 550–690SATWriting 580–710

*Applicants who have taken college coursework or attended schools that offer International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced Placement (AP) or UC-approved Honors Level (HL) should refer to the weighted GPA, which is capped at eight semesters of honors points. Students admitted to UC Davis typically exceed admission requirements.

** Beginning March 2016, the new SAT with Essay exam became available. For fall 2017 applicants, University of California will accept scores from the old SAT or new SAT with Essay (or ACT with Writing). For more information, visit ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate.

FRESHMAN 2017 Admission Requirements

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Transfer Admission RequirementsAttendingacommunitycollegeisagreatwaytosavemoney,transitiontoauniversityenvironmentandstillgetallthebenefitsofaworld-classeducation.Forfall2016,weaccepted59percentoftransferapplicants,givinghighestprioritytojunior-leveltransferapplicantsfromCaliforniacommunitycolleges.

1. UC TRANSFER ADMISSION REQUIREMENTSAsajuniortransferstudent,youmustfulfillthefollowingminimumrequirements:

• Complete60semester(90quarter)unitsoftransferablecredit.Nomorethan14semester (21quarter)unitsmaybetakenPass/NoPass.

• Earnanoverall2.40GPAorhigherinallUC-transferablecollegecoursework(2.80GPArequiredforresidentsoutsideofCalifornia).

• Completethefollowingseventransferablecollegecourses,earningagradeofCorbetterineachcourse:

• TwocoursesinEnglishcomposition

• Onecourseinmathematicalconceptsandquantitativereasoning

• Fourcourseschosenfromatleasttwoofthesesubjectareas:artsandhumanities,socialand behavioral sciences, and physical and biological sciences

Forthebesttransitionandreducedtimetodegree,studentsshouldconsidercompletingall lower-divisionmajorpreparatorycourseworklistedatassist.org.

2. UC DAVIS SELECTION CRITERIATransferadmissiontoUCDavisisbasedprimarilyonanapplicant’sacademicpreparation.Tobeacompetitivecandidateforadmission,youmustbewellpreparedwithcourseworkinyourintendedmajorandmaintainaGPAof2.80orhigher;candidatesforadmissiontotheCollegeofEngineeringshouldmaintainaGPAof3.10orhigher.

Selective Majors Studentsapplyingtothefollowingselectivemajorsmustmeetsupplementarygradeandcourseworkrequirements.AllcoursesmustbetakenforalettergradewithnogradelessthanaC,orbesatisfiedbyAdvancedPlacement(AP)orInternationalBaccalaureate(IB)HigherLevelexaminationscoreequivalencies.Allmajorpreparatorycourserequirementsmustbecompletedbytheendofspringtermbeforefallenrollment.

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences• Biotechnology• Viticulture and Enology

College of Biological Sciences• BiochemistryandMolecularBiology• BiologicalSciences• CellBiology• Evolution,EcologyandBiodiversity• GeneticsandGenomics• MarineandCoastalScience• Microbiology• Neurobiology,PhysiologyandBehavior• PlantBiology

College of Engineering• Aerospace Science and Engineering• BiochemicalEngineering• BiologicalSystemsEngineering• BiomedicalEngineering• ChemicalEngineering• Civil Engineering• ComputerEngineering• ComputerScienceandEngineering• Electrical Engineering• MaterialsScienceandEngineering• MechanicalEngineering

College of Letters and ScienceTobeacompetitivecandidateforadmissiontoselectivemajorsandthepre-majorinthiscollege,youmusthaveanoverallGPAof2.80or higher.

• ComputerScience• Psychology

For a complete list of majors, please see Majors on the reverse side or visit ucdavis.edu/majors.

Transfer Selection PolicyEnsure Admission with a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG)TheUCDavisTAGprogramofferstransferstudentsfromallCaliforniacommunitycollegesaguaranteeofadmissiontoUCDavis.

Tobeeligible,youmustmeetorexceedtheminimumoverallGPAof3.20(3.30fortheCollegeofEngineering)fromthetimeyourTAGissubmitteduntilthetimeofenrollment.CoursesfromselectivemajorcoursegroupsthatyouhavecompletedbeforesubmittingtheUCTAGapplicationmustmeetorexceedminimumrequiredGPAs.

SubmityourTAGSeptember1–30,2016.Learnmoreatucdavis.edu/tag.

UC Transfer Admission Planner (TAP)SimplifyyourUCDavistransferprocesswiththeUCTAP.TheUCTAPisanonlinetoolthatwillhelpyoutrackyourprogressfromaCaliforniacommunitycollegetoUCDavis.UsingtheUCTAPallowsyourcommunitycollegecounselorandUCadmissionofficerstoprovideyousupportalongtheway.StartyourUCTAPatuctap.universityofcalifornia.edu.

Planning with the Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP)TOPisacooperativeeffortbetweenUCDavisandmanyNorthernCaliforniacommunitycolleges.TOPcoordinatorsfromUndergraduateAdmissionsregularlyvisitparticipatingcollegestoprovideinformationaboutUCDavisadmissionandselection,majorpreparation,generaleducation,financialaid,housingandmanyotherimportantstudent services. Visit ucdavis.edu/top for moreinformation.

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

BiotechnologyCompletecoursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourseswithaGPAofatleast2.50for each of the three course groups. Candidates arerequiredtomeetorexceedminimumGPAsinthegroupsbelowforcourseworkthathasbeencompletedatthetimeofapplicationandtomaintainGPAsthroughthetransferacademicupdatefilingperiod:

• Mathematics16A/Bor17A/Bor21A/B• Chemistry2A/B/C• BiologicalSciences2Aor2Bor2C

AminimumofonecoursecomparabletoaUCDavisBiologicalSciences2seriescoursemustbecompletedwithaBgradeorbetterforadmission.IfmultiplecoursesarerequiredtosatisfyoneUCDavisBiologicalSciences2seriescourse,eachofthosecoursesmustbecompletedandtheGPAforthosecoursesmustbe3.00orhigher.

IfcoursescomparabletotwoUCDavisBiologicalSciences2seriescoursesortheentireBiologicalSciences2seriesarecompleted,agroupGPAof2.50orhigherisrequired.

WestronglyencourageyoutocompletetheentireBiologicalSciences2A/B/CseriesbeforematriculatingtoUCDavis,asthatseriesisaprerequisiteformanyupper-divisioncourses.

ItisalsostronglyrecommendedthatyoucompletecoursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourses.Completionofthesecourseswillhelpyoumovemoreefficientlytowardgraduation:

• OrganicChemistry8A/Bor118A/B/C

WestronglyencourageyoutocompletetheentireOrganicChemistry8A/Bor118A/B/CseriesbeforematriculatingtoUCDavis,astheseriesisaprerequisiteformanyupper-divisioncourses.

Additional TAG Requirement:IfonlyonecoursewithintheBiologicalSciencesseriesiscompletedbeforesubmittingtheUCTAGapplication,alettergradeofBorbettermustbeearned.

Landscape Architecture (Pre-Major)Studentswhowishtomajorinlandscapearchitecturemustapplyto“Landscape

Architecture,Pre-.”Afterapplyingforadmission,studentssubmitaseparateportfolioapplicationtothelandscapearchitectureprograminFebruary,eitherbeforeorafterenrollmentatUCDavis.ContacttheLandscapeArchitectureAdvisingOfficeat530-754-8628orvisithumanecology.ucdavis.edu/lda for details.

Viticulture and EnologyCompletecoursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourseswithaGPAofatleast3.00forthe group. It is required that candidates have a cumulativeGPAofatleast3.00forcoursesinthegroupsbelowthathavebeencompletedbythetimeofapplicationandmaintaintheGPAthroughthetransferacademicupdatefilingperiod:

• GeneralChemistry2A/B/C• OrganicChemistry8A• Mathematics16A• Physics1A/Bor7A• BiologicalSciences2A

ItisstronglyrecommendedthatyoucompletecoursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourses.Ifyoutakethem,youmusthaveaGPAofatleast3.00fortheentiregroupofcourseslistedaboveandbelow:

• OrganicChemistry8B• Mathematics16B• Plant Sciences 2

College of Biological Sciences

All majors in the College of Biological Sciences are selective. Tobeacompetitivecandidateforadmission,youmusthaveanoverallGPAof2.80or higher.

CompletecoursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourseswithaGPAofatleast2.50for each of the three course groups. It is recommendedthatcandidateshavealreadyachievedminimumrequiredGPAsforcoursesinthegroupsbelowthathavebeencompletedbythetimeofapplication,andcandidatesshouldmaintainthemthroughthetransferacademicupdatefilingperiod:

• Mathematics17A/B/Cor21A/B• Chemistry2A/B/C• BiologicalSciences2A/B/C

Westronglyencourageyoutocomplete,priortotransfer,coursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourses:

• OrganicChemistry8A/B*or118A/B/C

• Physics7A/B/CorthePhysicsseriescitedat assist.org for your intended College of BiologicalSciencesmajor.CompletionofthePhysics series is especially useful for students applying to the Neurobiology, Physiology and Behaviormajor.

*Students preparing for the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major should complete Organic Chemistry 118A/B/C rather than 8A/B.

College of Engineering

All majors in the College of Engineering are selective. Tobeacompetitivecandidateforadmission,youmusthaveanoverallGPAof3.10or higher.

Applicantsmustcompletealllower-divisioncoursesrequiredfortheirspecificmajoraslisted at assist.orgunder“CoursesRequiredforAdmission”inthe2015–16articulationagreement.*SeetheCollegeofEngineeringTransferCreditAgreement(engineeringgrid)foryourCaliforniacommunitycollegeat engineering.ucdavis.edu/transfer-credit-agreements,whichlistsrequiredcoursesforeachmajor.

Applicantsinallengineeringmajorsmustcompletealllower-divisionmajorrequirementswithacumulativeGPAof3.20orhigherforthosecoursescompletedatthetimeofapplicationandthroughthetransferacademicupdatefilingperiod.Requiredcourseworkvariesbymajor,thoughthefollowingUCDaviscoursesarecommontoallengineeringmajors:

• Mathematics21A/B/C/D• Mathematics22A/B• Physics9A/B/C• Chemistry2A

OnlyUniversityWritingProgram1canbeusedtosatisfythelower-divisioncompositionrequirementforBiologicalSystems Engineering students.

TAGapplicantsforfall2018admissionmusthaveanoverallGPAof3.40orhigher.

Please visit engineering.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/transfer-student-guideformoreinformationabouttransferadmissionprioritiesin the College of Engineering.

* Electrical Engineering majors are no longer required to complete the following courses for admission selection: Communication 1 or 3, Engineering 6, English 3 or University Writing Program 1. Mechanical Engineering majors are no longer required to complete the following courses for admission selection: Communication 1 or 3, Engineering 45, English 3 or University Writing Program 1, Physics 9D. The College of Engineering strongly recommends that these courses be completed, if possible, before transferring. Students will still be required to complete these courses at UC Davis upon transferring, as they are required for graduation.

College of Letters and Science

Computer ScienceApplicantsmustcompletecoursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourseswithaGPAofatleast3.40foreachofthetwocoursegroups:

• Mathematics21A/B/C• EngineeringComputerScience (ENGCS)20,30

Itisrecommendedthatcandidates,bythetimeofapplication,meetorexceedtheminimumrequiredGPAinanycompletedcoursegroups.CandidatesshouldmaintaincoursegroupGPAthroughthetransferacademicupdatefilingperiod.

Beginningfall2018,allapplicantstoComputerSciencewillberequiredtocompleteEngineeringComputerScience(ENGCS)50andENGCS60as part of the selective course group above.

Please visit www.cs.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/transfer for additional tips on preparing your transferintothismajor.

PsychologyTobeacompetitivecandidateforadmission,youmusthaveanoverallGPAof2.80orhigher.

CompletecoursescomparabletothefollowingUCDaviscourseswithaGPAofatleast2.90forthecoursegroup.ItisrecommendedthatcandidateshaveacumulativeGPAofatleast2.90forcoursesinthegroupbelowthathavebeencompletedbythetimeofapplication,andcandidatesshouldmaintaintheGPAthroughthetransferacademicupdatefilingperiod:

• Psychology 1• Statistics13• Oneofthesetwooptions:

§ BiologicalSciences2Aor § BiologicalSciences10andonecoursefrom:

w Anthropology 1 or w MolecularandCellularBiology10or w Neurobiology,PhysiologyandBehavior10

Although only one biological sciences course is requiredforadmission,studentsinterestedinpursuingabachelorofsciencedegreewithanemphasisinbiologyareencouragedtocompletetherecommendedcoursesshownatassist.org.

Academic Profile Fall 2016 Admitted TransfersRanges represent the middle 50 percent of admitted students.

GPA 3.36–3.75Students admitted to UC Davis typically exceed admission requirements.

Deadline for Completion of Requirements

All applicants must complete UC transfer admission requirements and UC Davis selection criteria by the end of spring term before fall enrollment.However,TransferAdmissionGuarantee(TAG)applicantsmustcompleteUCtransferrequirementsinEnglishandmathematicsbytheendoffallterm,priortoenrollment.Westronglyrecommendthatnon-TAGapplicantsmeetthesesameEnglishandmathematicsdeadlinesinordertoreceivepriority consideration.

Selecting a General Education Pattern

Thegeneraleducation(GE)patternyouchoosetofollowisanotherimportantconsiderationasyouplanyourtransferadmission,thoughitisnotanadmissionrequirement.YoushouldplacethehighestpriorityoncompletingtransferablecoursesforyourUCDavismajor.Visitucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer/planning tolearnmoreaboutselectingaGEpattern:eitherUCDavisGEortheIntersegmentalGeneralEducationTransferCurriculum(IGETC).

How to Calculate Your GPA

UCDaviscalculatesyourGPAbaseduponUC-transferablecoursework.Californiacommunitycollegestudentsshouldvisitassist.org to identify transferable courses.

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