After you apply
You've confirmed your eligibility, written your personal statement, submitted your application, paid your application fees. Now what? You still have a few more items to cross off your list.
What to do after you apply
1. Print a copy of your application.
You'll want to keep a record of your application ID and a summary of your application for reference.
2. Order test score reports.
If you're a freshman or sophomore applicant, be sure to have your ACT and SAT scores reported by the testing agency. If you have your official score report sent to one campus, it will be available to all campuses to which you applied.
3. Look for your application acknowledgment.
Right after you submit your application, you'll receive an e-mail confirming it has been successfully filed. Four to five weeks after applying, you should receive another acknowledgment from the UC Undergraduate Application Processing Service confirming receipt of your application. If you don't receive a notice, please contact the processing service at ucinfo@ucapplication.net or call (800) 523-2048 (in California) or (925) 808-2181 (outside California).
4. Update your application.
You can log in to your application to review and, if necessary, change your telephone number, e-mail or mailing address. You can also apply to additional campuses if they're still open. If you're a transfer student, about five weeks after the filing period has ended, you are required to update your grades and course records.
If there are changes to your academic record ...
Freshmen: If you change schools, add or drop a course, or fail to earn a C or better in a course after you submit your application, you must notify — in writing — the admissions offices at the campuses to which you applied.
Transfers: If you add or drop a course, fail to earn a C or better in a course or enroll in a new college after you submit your application, log back in and update your information online.
If there are changes to other sections of your application ...
Minor changes to your activities, awards, volunteer work, employment or personal statement are unlikely to have an impact on your admission decision. However, if you have significant updates in any of these areas, you may notify — in writing — each campus you applied to.
5. Await the decision.
Each UC campus will notify you of its admission decision, generally by March 31 if you're a fall freshman applicant or in April if you're a transfer student.
6. Submit transcripts, if admitted.
If you are admitted to UC, you must have final transcripts sent to your campus admissions office.
