Admissions

Information for Applicants

Thank you for applying to UC Santa Barbara. A person is considered a formal applicant once the application has been submitted and the application fee has been paid: $70 for domestic applicants, and $90 for international applicants. Once the application and fee payment have been processed by the UC Santa Barbara Graduate Division, applicants can monitor their application status online.

Application Status Page

To check your application status, visit the Application Status Page. Once the Graduate Division has processed your application, you will be able to see the following:

1. Date that the application payment was received and processed
2. If official GRE and/or TOEFL (if applicable) scores have been received from ETS
3. Status of application in the review process
4. Admissions decision

There is also a section to monitor the receipt of supplemental application materials, such as:

1. Letters of Recommendation
2. Statement of Purpose, Personal Achievements/Contributions Statement, and Resume or Curriculum Vitae
3. Writing Sample (if applicable)
4. Portfolio (if applicable)
5. Media (if applicable)
6. Any additional required departmental materials (if applicable)

*All supplemental application materials should be sent directly to the prospective academic department using the department specific 4-digit mail code, and not to the Graduate Division.

Managing Your Online Letters of Recommendation

On your Application Status Page, you can also manage your letters of recommendation. Here, you can:

• Add or replace a recommender
• Send a follow-up notification to each of your recommenders
• View the status of each letter

Tracking the Receipt of Materials

In order for the receipt of supplemental materials to appear on the Application Status Page, the department must receive the materials and manually enter the information online. Due to the high volume of materials received by departments, updating your Application Status Page may take several business days. Therefore, we appreciate your patience as departments work to provide you with this information.

It is at the discretion of the department to enter the received materials into the Application Status Page. If the department does not post the supplemental materials online, please contact the department by email to confirm the receipt of all required supplemental application materials.

Admissions Decisions

Admissions decisions are communicated to applicants through the online Application Status Page. The UCSB Graduate Division and departments cannot communicate admissions decisions via email or telephone.

Admissions decisions are made solely by the department (the Graduate Division does not review application materials). If there are any questions or concerns regarding an application decision, please contact the department directly for more information.

If you have additional questions or concerns pertaining to a submitted online application, please visit Review and Notification or contact gradadmissions@graddiv.ucsb.edu.