UC Admission Updates

Accepting a UC admission offer

Students can accept an admission offer by agreeing to the provisions/conditions outlined in the offer and submitting their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) with the SIR deposit to reserve their space at a campus. The SIR deposit is $250. Some important things to keep in mind about accepting a UC admission offer:

1. Students can accept only one admission offer from one UC campus.

2. The SIR deposit is applied to the student's first enrollment term tuition.

3. Students that qualified for the UC application fee waiver will have the SIR deposit deferred until financial aid is disbursed.

4. The SIR deposit is nonrefundable and non-transferable.

5. A Statement of Legal Residence (SLR) for tuition determination purposes may be required.

Freshman Waitlist

Fall-term freshman applicants who received waitlist offers have an opt-in deadline of April 15.

Students can accept waitlist offers from multiple campuses, but can only accept one offer of admission.

Even if a student accepts a waitlist offer at a UC campus, that student should submit a Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) to ensure a place to attend in the fall.

For more information, see the UC Admissions website.

Sending documents to UC Santa Barbara Admissions

Enrolled students have until July 1 to submit final and official documents to the Office of Admissions. We emailed your student last week with instructions and this video.

Transcripts must be mailed to the Office of Admissions or sent through an approved electronic vendor. UCSB will not accept transcripts via email. If your school needs any assistance with sending documents, please email admissions@sa.ucsb.edu.