 For the fall 2015 term , UCSC offered admission to 23 @,@ 022 freshmen out of 44 @,@ 871 applicants , an acceptance rate of 51 @.@ 3 % . The entering freshman class had an average high school GPA of 3 @.@ 76 , and the middle 50 % range of SAT scores were 520 @-@ 640 for critical reading , 550 @-@ 670 for math , and 520 @-@ 640 for writing , while the ACT Composite range was 23 – 29 . 
