Consistent with the Master Plan for Higher Education, UC's policy is to provide access for all students who meet the University's eligibility criteria.

There are several different paths by which a student can become eligible. Statewide eligibility for a freshman entrant is based on three factors:

• Subject competency, as demonstrated by the completion of at least 15 year-long college preparatory courses (the "a-g" requirement, graphed above);
• Grade point average (GPA) in college preparatory ("a-g") courses during the sophomore and junior years of high school;
• Scores on standardized tests (either SAT or ACT).

Students deemed eligible for the University are guaranteed a place at one of the UC campuses, although not necessarily a campus or major of their choice.

UC's eligibility requirements for the entering class of 2011 can be found online. Eligibility requirements for the entering class of 2012 have been revised.

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• AC Graph 1
  
• AC Graph 2
  

Source: UCOP StatFinder. Additional information can be found at: http://statfinder.ucop.edu/

You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.

• AC Graph 1HTML | CSV
• AC Graph 2HTML | CSV
• UW Graph HTML | CSV