1. Undergraduate Admissions at UC: A Delicate Balance Stephen J. Handel, Associate Vice President Undergraduate Admissions September 2015

2. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 The Balance Mission Merit Enrollment

3. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Preview State Budget & Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Preview For the Record The Future of the UC Application

4. State Budget & Fall 2015

5. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 State Budget Context Increases in UC’s base budget No tuition increases for 2015-2017 Growing California resident enrollment

6. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Fall 2015 Outcomes for California Resident Freshmen MeasureCount/RateChange Applicants103,117+3,162 Admits61,834-1,039 Admit Rate (Before Referral) 60%-2.9%

7. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Growth in CA High School Graduates

8. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 CA Resident Applications to UC, 1990–2015

9. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Student Quality and Access Student quality is exceptional… Without enrollment growth, UC will become increasingly selective

10. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 High School Weighted GPA of Incoming Freshmen, 2000 and 2013

11. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Student Diversity and Access UC is meeting its Master Plan commitment and student diversity is expanding But there is more progress to make to make

12. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Master Plan

13. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 % of Low-Income Students

14. Fall 2016 Preview

15. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 New for Fall 2016 Questions on gender identity & sexual orientation UC Information Center universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter Transfer Pathways ucal.us/transferpathways

16. For the Record

17. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Waitlists 7,600 freshman students admitted from waitlists Less than 17% of students who were offered a space on the waitlist Moving forward: Campuses will hold no later than July.

18. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 July 1 Transcript Deadline Postmarked or electronically received by July 1 Send all high school and college transcripts. (Note: Send the college transcript even if the college course grade appears on the high school transcript.) School can’t meet the deadline? Send a note to AskUC@ucop.edu--Subject line: “Transcript Deadline”

19. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Letters of Recommendation No UC campus requires letters of recommendation at the time of application Campuses often request additional information from students, including letters of recommendation AskUC@ucop.edu – Subject Line: “Letters of Recommendation”

20. Internal Review of UC Application

21. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Internal Review of UC Application Application Content Review Enhance the application so that applicants can present themselves as effectively as possible. Provide applicants with more opportunities to highlight their strengths, achievements, and challenges. No changes until the 17-18 application cycle. Application Design Review Investigating how students interact with the application, language used Goal: make the application easier for students of all backgrounds to use No changes until the 17-18 application cycle

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