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Campus Updates 2024-25

Counselor Contact List

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Ask UC San Diego to participate in your college fair or present at your high school, community college, or community based organization event. Direct requests and questions to requestschoolvisit@ucsd.edu.

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Counselor Recordings

View recorded sessions highlighting the UC Application, our unique college system, student support services, academics, and more!

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Student Events

Get to know UC San Diego by attending upcoming events. Check out what we have coming up and access recordings of past events.

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VIEWBOOK

Interested in learning more about life at UC San Diego? Get a glimpse into our top-notch academics, cutting-edge research, exciting student life and more in our Viewbook.

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PUBLICATIONS

Learn about our 160+ majors, unique college system, admissions requirements, research and internship opportunities, exciting student life, financing your education, and more!

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Selective Majors

Several majors at UC San Diego experience interest that often exceeds capacity. These majors are listed as selective. Students interested in a selective major should indicate their desired first choice major on the UC Application. Due to capacity limits of selective majors, we strongly encourage those who chose a selective major to also indicate an alternate major choice on the UC Application.

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Transfer Major Preparation

When applying to transfer to UC San Diego, students should be aware of any major preparation requirements for their intended major. Students will be screened for the number of courses completed, the grades earned in those courses and their cumulative GPA.

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Graduating Tritons

College System

UC San Diego’s unique college system creates an opportunity to make the university experience more personal and approachable by providing support and a smaller community within the larger university. Students are free to pursue their chosen major no matter which college they are affiliated with. Applicants will be asked to rank UC San Diego’s Colleges on the UC Application so encourage them to visit our Colleges page linked below, and review the first-year and transfer general education requirements to learn more.

UC San Diego's College System

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Personal Insight Questions

First-Year

Must answer 4 out of 8 questions, and each answer must be limited to 350 word maximum.

First-Year Questions

Transfers

Must answer 1 required question and must also answer 3 out of 7 additional questions. Each answer is limited to a 350 word maximum.

Transfers

Portfolio Review

First-Year and Transfer applicants may be asked to submit an optional supplemental application and/or a portfolio/audition video for faculty review, when applying to these majors: Music (Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts, Music, Music Humanities), Theatre & Dance (Dance, Theatre), Visual Arts (Art History, Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts, Media, Speculative Design, Studio).

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Admissions Snapshot

First-Years and Transfers

  • 134k
    First-Year Applications

    UC San Diego is test free and will not consider SAT or ACT test scores for admissions purposes

  • 36k
    First-Year Admits

    UC San Diego is test free and will not consider SAT or ACT test scores for admissions purposes

  • 27%
    First-Year Admit Rate

    UC San Diego is test free and will not consider SAT or ACT test scores for admissions purposes

  • 4.28
    GPA

    4.10 - 4.28 Admit Range based on Fall 2024 first-year admit data

  • 22k
    Transfer Applicants

    Based on Fall 2024 transfer admit data

  • 55%
    Transfer Admit Rate

    GPA Range 3.45-3.92