Reports
"a-g"
- Recommendations on AP African American Studies Exam (8/24)
- Recommendations on AP Pre-Calculus Exam (8/24)
- Statement on K-12 Online Learning, with Requirements for Online Courses and Programs to Receive "a-g" Approval (5/12)
- Policy for "a-g" Review of Online Courses (5/12)
- Criteria for Approval of Online Providers and Courses to Satisfy UC Subject ("a-g") Requirements (10/06)
- Granting of "a-g" Course List "Program Status" (1/04)
Comprehensive Review
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review, June 2024
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review, June 2023
- Guidelines for Implementation of University Policy on Undergraduate Admisssion (Issued 2002, last revised December 2022)
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review, May 2022
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review, May 2021
- Position Statement on American Indian Tribal Affiliation and Admission Selection Criterion #13 (1/21)
- Continuing Use of Pass/No Pass Grades in California High Schools (1/21)
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review (5/20)
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review (4/19)
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review (4/18)
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review (2/17)
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review (2/16)
- Annual Report on Undergraduate Admissions Requirements and Comprehensive Review (1/15)
- Report to the Regents: Comprehensive Review in Admissions at the University of California: an Update (9/12)
- Recommendation to President Yudof on Comprehensive Review and Holistic Admission (6/10)
- Report to the Regents: Comprehensive Review in Freshman Admission at the University of California 2003 – 2009 (5/10)
- Guiding Principles for Comprehensive Review (2001, revised 2010)
- Position Statement on Admission Selection Criterion #14 - Geographical Preferences Based on Proximity to a Campus (10/04)
- Report to the Regents: Comprehensive Review in Freshman Admissions - Fall 2003 (09/03)
- Regents item: Comprehensive Review in Undergraduate Admissions (11/02)
- Report to the Regents: First-Year Implementation of Comprehensive Review in Freshman Admissions (11/02)
- Regents item: Proposal For Comprehensive Review in Undergraduate Admissions (11/01)
- Regents item: Report on Comprehensive Review in Undergraduate Admissions (10/01)
- Admissions Tests
- BOARS Statement on Suspension of Consideration of Standardized Tests in Comprehensive Review (11/21)
- Statement on the Redesigned SAT (7/14)
- Admissions Tests and UC Principles for Admissions Testing (12/09)
- Response to: "NOT SO FAST! A Second Opinion on a University of California Proposal to Endorse the New SAT": CSHE.16.08, by S. Geiser (12/08)
- Regents item: Adoption of Academic Senate Recommendations Regarding Freshman Admissions Testing (7/03)
- Proposal for Use of Supplemental Subject Matter Tests in the UC Admissions Process (11/02)
- Regents item: Admissions Testing (5/02)
- Regents item: UC Admissions Testing Proposal (3/02)
- The Use of Admissions Tests by the University of California (1/02)
- Academic Council Resolution on The Failure of The National Merit Scholarship Program to Meet the Requirements of UC's Definition of Academic Merit (6/05)
Eligibility
- Allowing "Local Context" for Online California High Schools (4/21)
- Assembly Approval of Adjustment to Statewide Eligibility Index (4/21)
- Guidelines for Implementation of University Policy on Admissions by Exception (9/05, Amended 3/20 and 6/20)
- Report to the Regents: Impact of the New Freshman Eligibility Policy at the University of California (11/13)
- Proposal to Reform UC's Freshman Eligibility Policy, memo from the Academic Assembly to President Yudof (6/08)
- Proposal to Reform UC's Freshman Eligibility Policy, out for Senatewide review (8/07)
- Regents item: Academic Senate Recommendation Regarding Freshman Eligibility Requirements (9/04)
- Regents item: Academic Senate’s Recommendations for Changes in Eligibility Criteria for Undergraduate Admissions (7/04)
- Summary of Terms and Conditions for UC Eligibility, Admissions, Selection and Enrollment (5/04)
- Regents item: Establishment of UC Freshman Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC), Proposed Changes in Academic Course Requirements for UC Freshman Eligibility (VPA Requirement), Proposed Changes in GPA Calculation for UC Freshman Eligibility (03/99)
Mathematics
- Geometry Validation for Deficient Grades (8/24)
- BOARS' Area C Workgroup Stage Two Report and Recommendations (6/24)
- BOARS’ Area C Workgroup Stage One Report and Recommendations (2/24)
- Letter on UC's Geometry Requirement (6/16)
- Statement on the Impact of Calculus on UC Admissions (4/16)
- Statement on Approval of Statway (1/15)
- Statement on Basic Math for All Admitted UC Students (7/13)
- Statement on High School Mathematics Curriculum Development under the Common Core State Standards (4/13)
Nonresident Admission
- 2023 Compare Favorably Report (7/24)
- 2022 Compare Favorably Report (7/23)
- 2021 Compare Favorably Report (6/22)
- BOARS Policy on Selection of Nonresident Students (6/21)
- 2020 Compare Favorably Report (6/21)
- 2019 Compare Favorably Report (7/20)
- 2018 Compare Favorably Report (6/19)
- 2017 Compare Favorably Report (7/18)
- Report to President Napolitano on the Compare Favorably Policy (7/17)
- 2016 Compare Favorably Report (7/17)
- 2015 Compare Favorably Report (6/16)
- 2014 Compare Favorably Report (4/15)
- 2013 Compare Favorably Report (4/14)
- Resolution on the Evaluation of Residents and Nonresidents (12/11)
- Clarification of Principles for Non-Resident Enrollment (6/11)
- Principles for Non-Resident Undergraduate Enrollment at the University of California (7/09)
Other Reports and Statements
- Recommended Criteria for Evaluating Accreditors (5/24)
- Guidelines for Implementation of University Policy on Academic Verification (8/22)
- Statement on Standard, GPA-Based Transcripts (3/22)
- Resolution on Preferential Treatment in Admission (7/20)
- Guiding Principles on Notification of Changes to Major Preparation Requirements for Transfer Students (7/19)
- Letter to Lieutenant Governor Newsom on expanding computer science education and allowing high school computer science courses to count toward the mathematics (area "c") requirement for freshman admission (1/16)
- Statement on the Importance of Writing at UC (4/14)
- Resolution on Maintaining the Pre-Admission Verfication Program (6/12)
- Required Disclaimer for Programs Offering Courses to Non-Matriculated Students (5/12)
- Resolution on Oversight of Eligibility in the the Local Context (3/12)
- Proposal for Major-Based Transfer Admission (2/12)
- Resolution on Programs or Policies that Guarantee Admission to UC (12/11)
- Principles and Metric for Admissions Funding (6/11)
- Inclusiveness Indicators, BOARS presentation to the Assembly of The Academic Senate on June 14, 2006 (update May 28, 2007) (5/07)
- Report of the Academic Senate Task Force on Honors/AP/IB/CC Grade Bump (under review by BOARS) (6/05)
- Response to 2003-04 Eligibility and Admissions Study Group, Examination of the Policy of Admitting Student from the Full Range of the Eligibility Pool (4/05)
- Response to 2003-04 Eligibility and Admissions Study Group, Examination of the Extent to Which Campuses Consider the Quality of Writing in the Personal Statement (4/05)
- The University of California's Distinctive Freshman Admissions Process, BOARS White Paper (3/05)
Annual Reports
- BOARS Annual Report 2023-2024
- BOARS Annual Report 2022-2023
- BOARS Annual Report 2021-2022
- BOARS Annual Report 2020-2021
- BOARS Annual Report 2019-2020
- BOARS Annual Report 2018-2019
- BOARS Annual Report 2017-2018
- BOARS Annual Report 2016-2017
- BOARS Annual Report 2015-2016
- BOARS Annual Report 2014-2015
- BOARS Annual Report 2013-2014
- BOARS Annual Report 2012-2013
- BOARS Annual Report 2011-2012
- BOARS Annual Report 2010-2011
- BOARS Annual Report 2009-2010
- BOARS Annual Report 2008-2009
- BOARS Annual Report 2007-2008
- BOARS Annual Report 2006-2007
- BOARS Annual Report 2005-2006
- BOARS Annual Report 2004-2005
- BOARS Annual Report 2003-2004
- BOARS Annual Report 2002-2003
- BOARS Annual Report 2001-2002
- BOARS Annual Report 2000-2001
- BOARS Annual Report 1999-2000