1. NEW STUDENT WELCOME By Dean Hal Stern 09.19.11

2. QUICK FACTS  Founded in 1968 as Department of Information and Computer Science  Established in 2002 as an independent school  Only computing-focused school in UC system  Three departments: o Computer Science o Informatics o Statistics

3. NATIONAL RANKINGS  US News & World Report o UCI ranks among the top 15 public universities o Rated 14 th of public computer science graduate programs  Chronicle of Higher Education o Ranked first in the nation in Computer and Information Sciences for faculty scholarly productivity  Princeton Review o UCI named among “Best in the West”

4. DEGREE PROGRAMS MINORS  Biomedical Computing  Digital Information Science  Informatics  Information & Computer Science  Statistics MAJORS  Computer Science  Informatics  Information & Computer Science  Biomedical Computing  Computer Game Science  Business Information Management  Computer Science & Engineering

5. LEARN FROM THE BEST

6. WHO YOU ARE 263 FRESHMEN 112 Computer Science 60 Computer Game Science 26 Business Information Management 23 Information & Computer Science 18 ICS – Undeclared 10 Computer Science & Engineering 9 Informatics 5 Biomedical Computing 113 ADVANCED STANDING* 75 Computer Science 13 Information & Computer Science 10 Informatics 8 Computer Game Science 4 Business Information Management 3 Computer Science & Engineering * Transfers (101), Visiting (11), 2 nd Bacc (1)

7. BY THE NUMBERS TRANSFER (excludes visiting and 2 nd bacc students)  Mean GPA o Bren School3.48 o UCI3.41 GENDER (new freshmen + transfers)  Male81%  Female19% FRESHMEN  Mean GPA o Bren School3.9 o UCI3.87  Mean SAT o Bren School1830 o UCI1722

8. SCHOLARS / LEADERS / VOLUNTEERS

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