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UC Berkeley Admissions UpdatesCSU-UC Counselor Conference 2013

Amy W. JarichAssistant Vice Chancellor and Director of AdmissionsUniversity of California Berkeley

Freshman Admission Data

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Mean GPAs = 3.90 (unweighted) 4.37

(weighted/uncapped)

Mean SAT Reasoning = percentile range = 1960 to

2240*

Mean ACT = percentile range = 29 to 34*84% increase in applications since 2004

*25th – 75th Percentile

New Initiatives:• New Chancellor: Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks• Lower Sproul redevelopment project breaks ground• Cal Student Central "one-stop shop" launchedFinancial Aid: • Middle Class Access Plan (MCAP) sets a 15% cap on

parental contributions for families with total annual income between $80K and $140K

Admissions:• Sign up for counselor news and information on the

new LinkedIn site for counselors at: admissions.berkeley.edu/

counselor

What’s New at Berkeley

What’s New at Our CollegesChemistry • New Peer Advising Program:

cocpeeradviser@berkeley.edu

Engineering• New Minors: Sustainable Environmental Design

and Design Innovation• New building for the Jacobs Design Institute• Record high: 95% of 2013 graduating seniors report

overall positive COE experience

What’s New at Our Colleges

Environmental Design: • New Major: Sustainable Environmental Design• Website redesign offers news, events and projects:

ced.berkeley.edu

Letters and Science:• New Minor: History• Video series at http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu.• Advising offered via Skype

2013 CSU-UC Counselor Conference

Walter RobinsonExecutive DirectorUndergraduate Admissions

2013 CSU-UC Counselor Conference

Walter RobinsonExecutive DirectorUndergraduate Admissions

New Welcome CenterNew Welcome Center

100K Genome Project100K Genome Project

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Fall 2013 Freshman Profile

Application Available October 1

Apply October 1 – November 30

Preview Day October 19

UC for You October 27

For more information…admissions.ucdavis.edu/counselors

admissions.ucdavis.edu/previewday

uadirector@ucdavis.edu

530-752-5589

College Week Live

Latin America Day September 12

CWL September 19

UC Day October 1

Univision October 3

CWL October 24

International Day November 13

CWL November 21

CWL December 12

Dates to remember

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