UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions Executive Director Robert Penman explains the process of reviewing first-year undergraduate applications and dispels a few common admissions myths in this special article from the University of California. He also explains more about the holistic review process used at UC Davis. Did you know that each application is read and evaluated by application readers?
More than $7 million in merit scholarships is available for continuing students from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. UC Davis Financial Aid and Scholarships opened the 2025-26 Continuing Undergraduate Scholarship Application Oct. 1 and offers several online information sessions to help students with the application.
UC Davis alumni and students set a new record this year for prestigious scholarship awards obtained over the last decade. Students received 23 scholarship awards across a range of some of the nation’s most competitive programs.
Rising third-year UC Davis student Maddison Cunningham received The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, known as The Voyager Scholarship, Tuesday. Cunningham is the first UC Davis student to earn The Voyager Scholarship since its inception in 2022.
UC Davis third-year biochemistry and molecular biology major Vyoma Bhanap wants to change the world through dance. In April, the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Foundation Committee awarded Bhanap $15,000 to implement her proposal, Dance Bhoomi.
School is out for the summer and the UC Davis Early Academic Outreach Program, known as EAOP, is hard at work helping organize and host special academic events for area elementary through high school students.
This year, nine UC Davis students were selected to participate in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. They join the ranks of program alumni who went on to become presidents, diplomats, Nobel prize winners and distinguished leaders and scholars.
More than 10,000 visitors flocked to the UC Davis main campus April 6 for First-year Aggie Day, an immersive and interactive celebration for admitted students and their families to get a feel for Aggie life. Hundreds of staff, students and faculty from all four colleges filled every inch of the university with tours, open houses, presentations, informational sessions and activities, excited to help guests jumpstart their next chapter.
Each spring, UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions invites the newly admitted first-year and transfer classes to participate in a series of in-person events designed to welcome and introduce them to Aggie life.
The Undergraduate Admissions team works closely with campus partners to plan a range of different celebratory and informative events so admitted students everywhere can access the important information they need before making the decision to commit to UC Davis
Faculty, staff and students can nominate students or student organizations for their significant contributions to UC Davis. Nominations are now open for the 2023-24 Student Life Impact Awards.
This fall, the UC Davis Office of the University Registrar completed the transition of its student records to comply with the University of California Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy, which allows students to indicate both a lived name and gender designation.
