| Location: | Southwest |
| Setting: | Small Town Setting |
| Type: | Public |
| Size: | Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Aggies |
| Nickname: | UC Davis |
The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, or just UCD, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. It was formally established as a general UC campus by the Regents of the University of California in 1959. UC Davis is a public, coeducational university located in the city of Davis, California, about fifteen miles (24 km) west of Sacramento in the Sacramento Valley, part of California's Central Valley.
UC Davis has grown to become a prestigious public research university, especially in the arts, humanities, life sciences, health sciences, and engineering. UC Davis also has renowned graduate programs, such as the UC Davis School of Medicine (which includes the UC Davis Medical Center), the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the UC Davis School of Law, UC Davis Graduate Studies, and the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
U.S. News & World Report 2008 America's Best Colleges ranked UC Davis the 42nd best university in the United States and the 11th best public university in the United States . Washington Monthly ranks UC Davis 8th in the United States. UC Davis is also the 3rd oldest campus of the University of California system, and is a Public Ivy institution of higher education .
In addition to research and academics, UC Davis has a noteworthy athletics program; Aggie teams have recently joined NCAA Division I-AA athletics. In its first year of full Division I status, 11 UC Davis teams qualified for NCAA post-season. Most of UC Davis's athletics teams play in the Big West Conference, but some (for the sports that the Big West Conference does not sponsor) also compete in the Great West Football Conference, Pacific-10 Conference, and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
==History== In 1905, Governor George Pardee signed into law an act to establish a university farm school for the University of California (at the time, the Berkeley campus was the sole campus of the University). It would be more than a year before that commission selected a tiny town, then known as Davisville, as the site. What was to become the third UC Campus opened its doors to 40 degree students (all male) from UC Berkeley in January 1909 as the "University Farm." (The farm had begun accepting non-degree farmers' short courses in October of 1908; there were initially around 115 such attendees.) The establishment of the Farm was largely the result of the vision and perseverance of Peter J. Shields, secretary of the State Agricultural Society, and the namesake of the future Peter J. Shields Library at UC Davis. Shields began to champion the cause of a University Farm to teach agriculture in a more applied fashion after hearing about California students who chose to go to out-of-state universities due to the lack of such programs in the University of California at that time. He later stated:
There was a College of Agriculture at Berkeley in connection with the University of California, but it was purely academic. It was largely confined to the study of botany and chemistry; it had no farm and little prestige; it was apt to be thought of as a snap curriculum, attracting students who wanted to go to college but wanted to avoid its more difficult work.
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| Percent of Students International: | 4% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 22% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Other) Basketball (Big West Conference) Baseball (Big West Conference) Track (Big West Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 7,457 | $ 25,277 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 0 | $ 16,476 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 7,457 | $ 7,973 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,196 | 24% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,911 | 44% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 3,678 | 58% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,661 | 35% | |
Any Aid: |
73% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 55% (Highly Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 98% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 500, Math: 560 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 670 |
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| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 33% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 21, Verbal: 19, Math: 23 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 27, Verbal: 27, Math: 28 |
| Application Fee: | $ 60.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Not Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Not Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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UC Davis Questions. Any Students here?
Im thinking of going to UC Davis when i graduate high school (in 2008) and i was wondering if there are any current students or alumni of UC Davis here. I want to learn about their experiences (financial experiences are welcome too xP) i really want to attend this college but it is alot of money. i HAVE the determination and drive to go to college but these costs are something i need to think of now.
thank you for your input =]
P.S. im filling out my ACT form right now too xD
12 months ago
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I went there. The tuition is continuously rising, thanks to the government and to the student initiative to go for Div. I sports. It's comparable to any other UC school and a bargain compared to private or out of state schools (if you are a CA resident). You can get grants if you are low income, and can get scholarships if you apply for them. Otherwise you can use student loans to finance your education. If you don't qualify for grants but don't want the burden of loans, you can transfer from community college. You just won't get to completely experience college life, like being a freshman in the dorms.
All in all, Davis is a great school and I wish you luck!
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UC Davis is good. Ranked top 50 in the US every year. Has arguably the best vet school in the nation, a top medical school, a law school, and a good business school. UC Merced is the newest UC so it is still young. Emory is a great college. Also ranked top 50 every year.
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uc davis???
i'm going to be a freshmen there and i don't know where anything is ....does anyone know anything entertaining to do around there
13 months ago
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Davis has very little to do, except sports and movies. It is a small college town. Just like any other college, there are the occasional parties. Davis is very close to Sacramento, the Bay Area, and Lake Tahoe so you can plan to do things without missing school. The campus life at UC Davis is not as bad as everyone says it is. I actually like it a lot. Also, pretty soon the new football stadium will be built and I can assume that that will bring a lot of entertainment to Davis.
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I am planning to major in Chemistry or Biology( or pre-med in general) at San Jose State University. Do SJSU (a CSU school) has a good chemistry program or biology program? I am planning to become a pharmacist. Will I have a higher acceptance rate to graduate school if I go to UC Davis instead? Has anyone here goes to SJSU and also doing pre-med and planning to transfer after 4 yrs? or anyone in the same situation? Can you give me some advices. Choosing SJSU(CSU) for a undergraduate pre-med is a good choice?? I heard that UC has more advantage due to it high budget in research program??I'm deciding between UC Davis and San Jose State.Thanks
13 months ago
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For science Davis is a better choice because it is a research based campus, as of all UCs.
SJSU and all CSUs are what they call "hands on learning" meaning you learn through doing.
UCs are competitive, it really depends on yourself. If you want to be competitive, and is able to handle it all while still be in the top of your class Davis is great. but if not SJSU or CSUs are good because you will have a greater chance of doing good.
Doing good academically will get you a boost into med school, they look at GPA not undergrad school.. hope that helps. =)
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Do I have a chance of getting into Uc Davis or UCSD? right now i am a on-comming senior at San Francisco. My Sopho+Junior GPA is around 3.48 to 3.5. I finish taking all 3 lab science classes during Junior year and I took Cal AB . I joined several clubs and teams during my school years. My SAT score is around 1700 and my SATII subject test on World History is 680, i am planning to take Math lvl 2and Chinese in November(i don't know if it's too late or not). Next year i will be taking Cal BC, AP Physics, and AP Econ. Also I am currently enroll in Stats in City College of San Francisco. I will be working on my Personal statement during end of July. Please give advise,
The Clubs i am in are
Key Club
GSS( a school wide Community Service Club, where club participate in major SF volunteer events)
CSF
Teams:
DragonBoat
Cross-Country
Also i have job experience back in my 9th grade year.
i was a musuem ambasssador back in 9th grade
13 months ago
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Your priority should be raising your SAT scores. Also try the ACT plus Writing Assessment to see if you do better.
You can see the profiles of admitted students to Davis and San Diego for Fall 2007 (detailed breakdown of GPA, SAT, ACT, SAT II, and other statistics) at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/ITU.pdf on page 38 (Davis) and page 43 (San Diego).
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I am a sophomore. I was a student from a UC Davis, but I am currently attending a community college. Since I don't like UC Davis, I want to transfer to another UC next year. Which transcript are they going to look at? Should I transfer to another UC as a community college student or as a UC Davis student? Do I need to do volunteer work? If I want to apply to UCLA, what's the minimum GPA I need to have? Will they accept seniors as transfers?
I have asked my counselors, but they could not answer my questions. Help!!!
15 months ago
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It depends on the class. You are wasting your time asking here. This should be done between the UCLA rep, your community college's rep and you. Any advice you get here regarding that will be incomplete. My understanding is that UC does accept seniors as transfers, but I would believe it is in a case by case basis.
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Currently a sophomore in High School
College GPA: 3.78
EGUSD GPA: 3.77
Never got less than a B in any of the classes
Taking only 1 honor and 1 AP (Pre-Calculus and Calculus AP)
Already did Full summer school to accelerate (Twice)
For my Junior Year Summer School should I do community service or take Spanish 3 or any other class to accelerate?
(NO CLUB or SPORT)
Will this will enough to go to UC Davis?
If not, what can I do?
So if i do community service and go to summer school to accelerate, I will be eligible?
15 months ago
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No, you'd most likely be rejected. UC Davis is slowly becoming one of the top Universities with a really competitive program to get into. I don't know of a single person who got into Davis without club/sport/language3.
I had about the same grades (3.5) as you except I was in the Spanish club and took a lot of community college classes, and I was only accepted to UC Santa Cruz and Riverside. I went to community college for a year and got accepted as transfer to Berkeley and Davis. I chose Davis because they basically gave me free tuition and admissions during any Quarter I pleased.
Edit: If you do community work (probably around 200 hours) and do some club/sport, you'll be about average. If you took some more AP courses (3 or 4), you'd definitely have a good shot.
Apply into the "American Studies" major. They tend to accept more students that apply into that major because so little want to. You can change majors once inside. All it takes is 2 signatures.
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Is that a good college? What subject(s) are they best in?
15 months ago
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UC Davis is one of the top universities in the country. It is ranked in the top 50 by almost every ranking system available, and it is considered one of the top 20 Public Universities in the country. Even the WORLD rank has UC Davis in #42. It's education surpasses well known campuses like: University of Texas-Austin, George Washington University, Boston University, Brigham Young University, Virginia Tech and Baylor University.
The Ecology program is rated 1st in the nation. The Viticulture program is rated #1. The Evolution program is rated 1st in the nation. It has the #1 Veterinary school in the country. It has a top 30 Law school and Medical school. The program in Psychology is ranked top 20 in the nation. The Sociology program is top 20 as well. The English department ranks in the top 15. The Bio Tech and Engineering programs rank in the top 20. And so on.
So yes, UC Davis is one of the premiere schools in the country. They are currently expanding the campus, and they have just opened a new football stadium. The school is expected to skyrocket to the top 30 probably within 10-20 years.
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Which college would you choose to attend?
15 months ago
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I went to UC Davis, so i'm biased. I loved the fact that SF was nearby, i could bike anywhere from campus to my apartment. Small friendly town. Two all you can eat sushi places. I could go on and on.
Academically, the science is very good but i bet the same could be said at Irvine. However, i'm not sure Irvine has a lab where you could perform live chicken surgeries. We had such a lab at Davis.
Both schools are great so whatever you'd choose, you'll probably grow to love. Congrats!
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I am recently a senior in high school and I feel indecisive and confuse about what school I will choose to attend next year. I got admitted to UC Davis as well as San Jose State University. However, a friend told me that rather than going to a UC I could just attend a 2 yrs junior college first then transfer to UC which save u a huge amount of money and basically the first 2 yrs is just GE. The facts that I work so hard in high school and taking all those hard classes make me feel uneasy if i just go to a JC which doesn't requires AP classes and extracurricular activities. My other option is to go to San Jose State for 4 yrs but my counsekor says that San Jose State doesn't offer a major in Pharmacist or related fields. I don't think that I'm willing to go away from home yet. Anyone in the same position or any college experts please help..Thanks
oh...i live in san jose and planning to be a pharmacist v(^_^)v
15 months ago
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I think you until May 1 to tell Davis if you have accepted their offer to attend. Tomorrow 4/30, do some research.
The UC Davis website below describes the pre-requisites for getting into pharmaceutical school, and the fact that just seven schools offer the program in this state.
Those schools are UCSF, UCSD, UOP, USC, WUHS, LLU and TU -- NONE of which is Davis. Students may enter the program at one of those 7 universities with or without a baccalaureate degree provided that they have completed the minimum units of course work required at an undergraduate institution before beginning the pharmacy program (However, statistics show a significantly higher percentage of acceptance for students with baccalaureate degrees).
So you could get your undergraduate degree at Davis, SJ State or a JC, then transfer to one of the accredited pharmaceutical colleges.
My recommendation:
1. If you think you can focus and get a good grades at Davis, then go. A high GPA from UC Davis is valued more highly than at a JC or a State University. And you will have better career contacts from that school, and better job resources.
2. If you are worried you can't get a good GPA at Davis, go to SJSU. With your smarts, you'll probably get a 4.0, and it will be weighted more heavily than if you got the same grades at a JC.
3. TALK TO YOUR LOCAL PHARMACIST and ask them for advice. They know the educational pre-requisites for making it in their field; it's their job.
Good luck! I'd like to see you at my local hospital someday (dispensing medicine, not as a patient).
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Uc Davis or UCLA?
I already got into UC davis. But I was thinking of going to a local junior college and then transfering to UCLA afterward because UCLA is better in health science. I have b's and c's in community college classes that I took during so I'm worried it would affect my GPA in junior college and my GPA would be too low to even get into UCLA. What should i DO?
16 months ago
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Stay in Davis. Obviously you're a weak student if you've gotten b's and c's in community college courses. Getting into UCLA will be impossible with less than a 3.3+ honors.
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I am still in highschool, however, writing has always been a strongpoint and a passion for me. I love it! I would like to take a creative writing class at UC Davis, (my college of choice...right now I have a 3.33 GPA) I want to hopefully write movie scripts...Is it impossible? I truly believe that I could do it...Is UC Davis a good school for it? Help me out! Please answer if you attend UC Davis.
I heard Davis has a good writing program. I used to want to be a vet. but I found that writing was more of "my thing"
16 months ago
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Anthony Swafford of "Jarhead" fame attended UCD. I think you should look at American Studies or Film Studies (or both) as possible majors.
Writing is really graduate level work but you should look to see that there are opportunties for you to build the skills you are lacking.
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I'm having a hard time deciding where I want to go. I'm really rooting for Davis because it is the only UC that offers Nutriton Science and Exercise Biology majors. I know after college I want to pursue a career in sport medicine or sports nutrition. I understand UCSD is a fantastic and very presitigious university, and I've been told its a huge honor to be accepted. However a vast majority of their majors focus on physics, engineering, math, and computer science. Not exactly my cup of tea. So if i turned down that offer and attended davis, which isnt exactly at the top, would it be a silly decison?? I'm a San Diego native so it'd be ahuge transition for me. How does Davis rank academically?? What about the campus life? I'd appreciate the oppinions!! :)
16 months ago
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Err, SD is ranked higher than Davis, but it's not that huge a jump really. If you like Davis a lot better and has the majors you want that SD doesn't, go there. SD is ranked higher, but it's more of an incremental increase. Berkeley and UCLA trump SD by the same amount that SD trumps Davis so it's not like SD is the best thing since sliced bread.
Davis will be a HUGE transition for you. In my opinion, nowhere in the entire US (including Hawaii and Puerto Rico) have as nice weather as San Diego. Davis is this little cow town that gets 110+ in the summer and below 30 in the winter. You can have fun at both places though. Since you're from SD, you'll do a lot better than others cuz you have friends and stuff outside of school. Frankly, I found UC San Diego far more boring than Davis, despite UCSD being in a much better city.
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What major are you looking at? That would help in my answer.
I don't know what was meant by the previous poster's comment about 50% Asian. Cal Poly has a very active Chinese Student Association (CSA) Club that is open to everyone. In the long run, does it really matter?
Just goes to show that you don't need to be a genius to go to UC Davis.
To be honest, both are good schools. Depends on your academic goals (Ph.D. go to Davis, BS or MS go to Cal Poly), major and what you want off-campus.
Both are originally Ag schools.
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Any UC Davis Alumni out there?
I'm a sophomore and will be graduating in 2009. I plan to attend UC Davis, but I'm trying to find out exactly what I need to do in order to be accepted. I have a 4.0 GPA, and I will be taking 1-3 AP courses next year. I'm on the track team, and I'm also involved in clubs and other extracurricular activites. I know that UC Davis is a difficult school to get into, so I was wondering if anyone can suggest anything else I can do. I've spoken to my counselor, but he didn't seem motivated. I really have my heart set on UC Davis. Thanks ahead of time!!
18 months ago
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I've personally never encountered a counselor that was good. The ones with the enthusiasm didn't have the knowledge. Some obviously didn't have any knowledge (my college counselor I was required to talk to). Some didn't have any motivation so I never found out if they knew anything or not.
UC's are all really the same. They're not too different than any other college, other than the minimum requirements. UC Davis is one of the schools I've attended, but being alumni doesn't help that much.
Like all competitive schools, it's not rocket science. They tell you what they want on their website.
Your GPA is good. Keep taking as many APs as you feel comfortable in. The more the better if you don't kill yourself. The reason is, even if you get a B in the AP class, it's still weighted as an A so your GPA will be ok. Plus, you may get college credit letting you graduate faster (or take less classes and take it easier without losing any time).
The key is your SAT score. With your GPA, you just need their average SAT score. The higher you score there, the less you need to worry about.
Extra currics are important, but you've done the minimum you need. This isn't Stanford where you need to stand out. Doing some clubs and being on a sports team is good enough to show you're not some hermit. Stay active, but you can pretty much just stay the course for Davis.
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can I still get into a good college like UC Davis, UCSD AND UCB if I drop my APcalculus class ??
I need to know... I dont understand calculus and I'm thinking of dropping it for spring semester..
I got a C- for the fall semester and I really dont know what i should do
19 months ago
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Sure. They look at your overall GPA. I've done bad in a subject and stopped taking it. They still accepted me because my overall GPA was past their cutoff mark as was my SAT score.
Why take a class you know you'll do bad in? I didn't even take calculus in college. They had other math courses I took to fulfill the math requirement.
That C- is gonna hurt enough when applying to UCSD and Berkeley. Davis isn't quite in their league, no matter how much I'd like to say so.
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