University of California, Davis - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  N	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  3	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.7.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top eighth	90%
  Top quarter	100%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 97% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 26% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 77%, SAT math scores over 500 92%, ACT scores over 18 94%, SAT verbal scores over 600 36%, SAT math scores over 600 58%, ACT scores over 24 59%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 13%, ACT scores over 30 9%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	7%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	44%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	42%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	7%