University of California (San Diego)
Location: La Jolla, CA (Suburban)
School Type: Public Institution
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Historical applications
MDApplicants archive · MD
University of California, San Diego
3,004 historical application reports
1998-2020 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 26 |
| 2002 | 110 |
| 2003 | 147 |
| 2004 | 220 |
| 2005 | 269 |
| 2006 | 296 |
| 2007 | 319 |
| 2008 | 299 |
| 2009 | 257 |
| 2010 | 179 |
| 2011 | 180 |
| 2012 | 143 |
| 2013 | 148 |
| 2014 | 124 |
| 2015 | 123 |
| 2016 | 53 |
| 2017 | 48 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 2,915
- Secondary completed
- 1,922
- Interview invitation
- 809
- Interview attended
- 752
- Waitlisted
- 339
- Accepted
- 321
- Withdrawn
- 333
- Rejected
- 1,254
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.712,786 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.702,783 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 34median · 2,805 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 516median · 2,859 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
37 median age at the profile snapshot · 1,148 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 1,752
- Female
- 1,158
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 1,309
- East Asian
- 770
- South Asian
- 241
- Hispanic
- 155
- African
- 77
- Arabic
- 21
- Native American
- 8
Home state
- California
- 2,069
- Texas
- 74
- New York
- 55
- Florida
- 43
- Arizona
- 41
- Massachusetts
- 41
- Washington
- 38
- Illinois
- 36
Undergraduate colleges
- UCLA
- 250
- UC Berkeley
- 212
- UCSD
- 104
- UC
- 91
- Stanford University
- 61
- UC Davis
- 46
- University of California, Irvine
- 46
- UC San Diego
- 35
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 1,734
- Engineering/Technology
- 250
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 191
- Physical Sciences
- 172
- Computing and Information Science
- 89
- History/Humanities
- 73
- English/Literature
- 42
- Fine Arts/Architecture
- 32
Graduate institutions
- UC Berkeley
- 17
- UCLA
- 16
- UCSD
- 14
- Georgetown University
- 11
- Boston University
- 10
- Columbia University
- 10
- Mills College
- 9
- Stanford University
- 7
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 192
- Premedical Studies
- 111
- Computing and Information Science
- 90
- Other
- 66
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 53
- Engineering/Technology
- 49
- Physical Sciences
- 33
- Foreign Language/International Studies
- 25
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 92
- BS
- 35
- BA
- 30
- M.S.
- 29
- MPH
- 26
- MA
- 18
- PhD
- 17
- B.S.
- 15
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.