Test-freeNo early plan

University of California - Irvine

CA · Public · West · National university · Top 50 tier · 30,260 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate28.9%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†28.9%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%15%30%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2526.5%29.9%28.9%21.3%25.8%28.8%28.9%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (one UC filing period, Oct 1–Nov 30) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-freeScores not considered in admission (University of California policy)School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)
ACT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

UC is test-free; scores may only be used for minimum eligibility or course placement.

How to send scores

Test-free: scores not considered

UC is test-free for admission. The UCLA page says self-reported scores may be entered (they are used for other purposes) and official reports are due after an offer of admission.

Source (UC page, via UCLA) ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Scores

Test-free: scores not used. University of California - Irvine does not use SAT or ACT scores in admission, so its Common Data Set reports no score ranges.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100.0%100.0%no datano datano datano datano data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251190–1400140011901240–141014101240no datano datano datano datano data

ACT composite, middle 50%

Not reported in any year shown.

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: >99%
  • 2024: 100%
  • 2023: 84%
  • 2021: 15%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-free2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-free2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources