1. UC Berkeley Admissions Updates CSU-UC Counselor Conference 2013 Amy W. Jarich Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of Admissions University of California Berkeley

2. Freshman Admission Data z  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 * 25 th – 75 th Percentile

3. New Initiatives: New Chancellor: Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks Lower Sproul redevelopment project breaks ground Cal Student Central "one-stop shop" launched Financial 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

4. What’s New at Our Colleges Chemistry New Peer Advising Program: cocpeeradviser@berkeley.educocpeeradviser@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

5. 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

6. 2013 CSU-UC Counselor Conference Walter Robinson Executive Director Undergraduate Admissions 2013 CSU-UC Counselor Conference Walter Robinson Executive Director Undergraduate Admissions

7. New Welcome Center 100K Genome Project SMASH

8. Fall 2013 Freshman Profile

9. 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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