You can submit a written explanation addressed to the Director of Admissions outlining why you believe your SIR deposit should be refunded. You should also include any documents that support your claim. You will receive a response from the Undergraduate Admissions within 5 working days. Be advised that SIR deposits are non-refundable and exceptions are rare. 

Submit written explanation to admissions@ucr.edu. 

If you intend to enroll at UC Riverside for your applied term, you should make every effort to submit your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) by your SIR deadline. At this time, there is no guarantee that we will be able to accept SIRs after the stated deadline. In addition, students who submit a late SIR are not guaranteed Housing on campus and can be disadvantaged in the enrollment process. If you are absolutely not able to submit your SIR by the deadline, you can check your MyUCR account after your SIR deadline to see if we will accept a late SIR from you.

If you have been offered admission at UC Riverside you can submit your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) on MyUCR.

The SIR deposit is non-refundable as stated on the form that you signed.

To reserve your space at UCR, we strongly recommend that you submit your SIR by the stated deadline. If you are unable to do this, you may submit an appeal through your MyUCR account. 

You may make an online credit card payment to pay your SIR fee on-time by following instructions on your MyUCR account. If you do not have sufficient funds to pay the SIR fee, you may submit a written request to admissions@ucr.edu asking for a deferment of this fee. Be sure to include your full name, date of birth, Student ID Number or Application ID Number, your total family income, and the total number of family members supported by that income. If you meet our low income guidelines, we will defer your SIR deposit fee.

SLR stands for Statement of Legal Residence. Every student admitted to UC Riverside must submit the SLR online.

No. The SIR is your Statement of Intent to Register indicating you are planning to attend UC Riverside. You can only submit your SLR after you have submitted your SIR.

You can contact Arturo Rangel, Residency and Fee Coordinator at arturo.rangel@ucr.edu or (951) 827-5970 in the Office of the Registrar.

After you submit your online SLR we will review your form and make a determination. In case we need additional information or documents we will contact you as follows: Prior to July 1 we will send residency inquiries to your personal e-mail account. After July 1 all communication will be through your UCR Web mail account, so it is important that you check both at least once a week.

Yes. Every student must submit the SLR online, regardless of where you have lived or how long you have been in California.

Yes. The SLR is to determine your residency for tuition purposes. It is not related to your choice to live or not live in the Residence Halls.

Yes. The determination that Admissions made only pertains to your GPA and your test scores used for your acceptance to this university not for tuition purposes.

No. An F1 visa is a student visa and is only valid for a specific reason and for a specific amount of time. This prohibits an F1 visa holder from establishing residency for tuition purposes. For more information please go to registrar.ucr.edu/tuition-fees/residency-for-tuition.

No. Some students transferring from community colleges may receive a different classification at UC-Riverside for various reasons. Most often it is because their parents are from out of state and the students do not meet the University of California requirements for financial independence or intent. 

For more information, please review the Residency for Tuition and Fee Purposes section of the Registrar website.

You will remain undetermined in our system and automatically be charged the higher non-resident tuition.

Domestic students who, for various reasons, are classified as nonresidents, as well as undocumented students, may be eligible. An example of a potentially eligible nonresident domestic student is one who attended a California High School for three or more years and graduated from one, but parents did not live in California or later moved away. Students who met in-state criteria and then established residency in another state, but are now returning to California to pursue a graduate degree, may also be eligible for the tuition exemption. The exemption applies to both undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate students must provide an official High School Transcript to the Registrar’s Office. Undergraduate (Freshman and Transfer) students may provide an Official High School Transcript as well; however, we can obtain a copy of it from the Office of Admissions. Most importantly, all students must complete their SLR (Statement of Legal Residence) online before sending us any documents.

If you are unable to attend Highlander Orientation, you can contact the Highlander Orientation Office at 951-827-2789 or (951) 827-2785, or by e-mail orientation@ucr.edu

Please contact Undergraduate Admissions directly at admissions@ucr.edu or (951) 827-6344 in order to submit a major change. 

It takes approximately 10 business days to process your major change. You will receive an email confirming your major change. 

If the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for you to set up a visa appointment in your home country and/or has made it challenging for you to attend UCR in winter 2021, you may request to defer your enrollment to the spring quarter start date of March 30, 2021. If you would like to request for a deferral or have any additional questions, please contact internationalinfo@ucr.edu by Oct. 30, 2020.

Look out for an email in your inbox to complete the UCR I-20 form. Your I-20 form will be mailed to you, so please ensure that your mailing address is accurate on the form. Once all required documents are complete, the process should take about 10 business days for the I-20 to ship out. Your delivery time will depend on the courier company.

If you are an international student currently studying in the United States, you will need to transfer your SEVIS (I-20) record to UCR. You will not be able to do this until after you have graduated or completed your studies at your current institution. You will complete the same I-20 process as mentioned above.

Yes, all UCR students are automatically enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP).

Yes! International Students and Scholars Office runs an orientation specifically for international students. Attendance is mandatory. An email will be sent to you once registration is open. This is a different orientation from the Highlander Orientation, which is waived for international students.  

It is not possible to know at this time whether the COVID-19 pandemic will result in changes to operations in student housing and residential life in academic year 2020–21. Consequently, we are not offering a housing guarantee.

For all housing inquiries and deadlines, please contact the housing office at (951) 827-6350 or by emailing your question to housinginfo@ucr.edu. You can also view important information at their website housing.ucr.edu

Every UCR student is automatically assigned a student account (Net ID) which provides access to the computing services provided by C&C, including the computer labs, Webmail, iLearn, the wireless network and many other services. To start using these services you will need your Net ID, your Permanent PIN and your Student ID Number. You will receive your Net ID AFTER submitting your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).

It takes approximately 3 business days to generate, and can be found in your MyUCR Account under "My UCR IDs".

For more information on Student Computing Services visit iguide.ucr.edu

You can get an estimate of aid via MyUCR once we get your FAFSA. Beginning in March, new student awards become available. Once your award is ready, you will be notified via MyUCR through “Alerts” and “Spotlights”. However, if your application is selected for verification of reported information, you will be notified on MyUCR of any additional documents or information needed to complete your financial aid application. If additional documents are required, they must be submitted to the UCR Financial Aid Office by May 1 in order to maintain on-time financial aid consideration.

When you file the FAFSA (Free Application for Student Financial Aid), the information you report is used in a formula established by the U.S. Congress. The formula determines your Expected Family Contribution, an amount you and your family are expected to contribute toward your education. This amount may not exactly match the amount you and your family end up contributing. The EFC is used in determining need based financial assistance. The financial need is calculated by taking the estimated Cost of Attendance and subtracting the Expected Family Contribution (from the processed FAFSA). The difference is your financial need, or the amount of your financial aid eligibility.

Around August 15, you will be sent a link to your Fall student account (billing) statement. If you have any remaining financial aid after your financial aid credits your fees, other UCR charges, and UCR housing charges (as applicable), a financial aid “refund” will be directly deposited to your bank account at the start of each quarter by the Student Business Services Office (see Important Dates). You may pay for all other expenses not charged on the billing statement with this refund, such as books and supplies.

Unfortunately, no financial aid is available prior to the start of the school year. Therefore, your parents should use a portion of their Expected Parent Contribution to make this payment in June. For more information, please visit the Housing Office website at housing.ucr.edu.

You may make an online credit card payment to pay your SIR fee on-time by following instructions on your MyUCR account.

If you do not have sufficient funds to pay the SIR fee, you may submit a written request to admissions@ucr.edu asking for a deferment of this fee. Be sure to include your full name, Student ID Number or Application ID Number, your total family income, and the total number of family members supported by that income. If you meet our low income guidelines, we will defer your SIR deposit fee.

Unfortunately, no. By law, the first financial aid credits cannot be posted to your UCR account until the beginning of your enrollment, in fall. However, a First Payment must accompany your Residence Hall Contract submission.

If your parents have an expected parent contribution, they should use a portion of this to make this first housing payment. Note that your financial aid budget does include an allowance for the full academic year housing costs, including this first payment. So, the fall aid you will receive includes an allowance for this expense, even though you may have paid part of this cost in June. The Residence Hall First Payment is a reduced amount to better accommodate Financial Aid recipients. If you have any additional questions about housing payments, you may contact Housing at (951) 827-6350 or at housinginfo@ucr.edu.

There is a $40 fee for the Mathematics Advisory Exam (MAE). Students sign a fee payment authorization at the exam and the cost is billed to the student's account in August. No fee payment is made at the time of the exam.

Learn more about the Mathematics Advisory Exam.

Students sign a fee payment authorization at the exam and the cost is billed to the student's account in August. No fee payment is made at the time of the exam.

Learn more about the California Chemistry Diagnostic Test.

Continuing students agree to pay the fee at the same time they register for an exam and the cost is billed to their account after they complete the test.

Incoming first-year students agree to pay the fee at the same time they register for an exam, but the cost is not billed to their account until mid-August.

Non-students are expected to pay for the test at the time of the exam.

Learn more: Placement Test Enrollment

Details about payment options and partial fee waivers are available on our First-Year Student Orientation information page.

General information about standard quarterly fees (e.g., fall) is available in the UCR Current Quarterly Fees section of the registrar website.

"Official" means that you must have the test score, transcript, and/or document sent directly to the University of California, Riverside (UCR) from the issuing institution. Learn more about the updated UC exam requirement.

Check your My Test Scores section on your MyUCR account to see what information we have received. 

If you do not see your official test scores for SAT, ACT, TOEFL, or AP, and you have requested them from the testing center, please allow 3 weeks to process from the date you requested them to be sent. 

If 3 weeks has passed since being requested, please contact the testing center to ensure that your scores have been sent to the appropriate location. 

If you have not requested your test scores to be sent to our campus, please request for them to be sent from the appropriate testing center asap.

• ACT - (319) 337-1360 UCR School Code 0456
• Advanced Placement - (888) 225-5427 UCR School Code 004839
• SAT - (866) 704-0176 UCR School Code 004839
• TOEFL - (609) 951-1100

PLEASE DO NOT request to have your scores rushed. Please just send electronically.

Learn more about the updated UC exam requirement. 

If either of the following is true, then you need to take and pass either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination:

1. If your native language is not English and your education in secondary/high school or college/university has been in a country where English is not the native language.
2. If you are a freshman applicant, and you have less than three years of high school in the U.S., and your native language is not English.

For UC Riverside, the minimum scores are as follows:

• TOEFL Paper Based – 550
• TOEFL Internet Based – 80
• IELTS – 6.5

Students who have not satisfied the Entry-Level Writing Requirement must take the University of California AWPE. Please visit the University Writing Program site for available dates and registration information. 

The Analytical Writing Placement Exam (AWPE) is one way to satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR). For more information on this exam and the Entry Level Writing Requirement, please go to placementtest.ucr.edu or contact the UCR ELWR Office at (951) 827-1384.

If you do not see that we have received your official test scores on your MyUCR account and it has been more than 3 weeks since you requested them from the testing center, you will need to contact the appropriate testing center, and request to have your scores sent to UC Riverside.

If you took an Advanced Placement Exam and received a score of 2 or below, this is a non-passing score and your exam will not show as received.

If you took a TOEFL or IELTS exam and received a non-passing score, your exam will not show as received.

• ACT - (319) 337-1360 UCR School Code 0456
• Advanced Placement - (888) 225-5427 UCR School Code 004839
• SAT - (866) 704-0176 UCR School Code 004839
• TOEFL - (609) 951-1100

If you do not see your AP exam score(s) on your MyUCR account, and it has been more than 3 weeks since you have requested them to be sent, please contact the testing center to ensure they were sent to the proper location.

If you took an Advanced Placement Exam and received a score of 2 or below, this is a non-passing score and your exam will not show as received.

If you have not requested your AP exam score(s), please contact the testing center to have your scores sent asap.

Advanced Placement - (888) 225-5427 UCR School Code 004839

PLEASE NOTE:

• All scores must be requested from the testing center AFTER applying to our campus to ensure that your scores are matched to your application.
• If you elected to use the College Board’s “Score Choice” option for selecting specific exams and institutions to which your tests be sent, you will need to update your elections in Score Choice to release ALL your exam scores to our campus before we will receive them.
• Please note that there is no advantage in withholding exam scores from our campus, we will only use the highest scores in determining your eligibility for admission to our campus.

If you do not see that we have received your official test scores on your MyUCR account, you will need to contact the testing center, and request to have your scores sent to UC Riverside.

It takes approximately 3 weeks to process your score before you can view it on your MyUCR account. If you took a TOEFL or IELTS exam and received a non-passing score, your exam will not show as received.

TOEFL: (609) 951-1100

PLEASE DO NOT request to have your scores rushed. Please just send electronically.

You can also demonstrate proficiency via Duolingo English Test (DET): Minimum score of 115 (Fall 2021 only).

Learn more about English language proficiency for the UC application.

Begin your UC application today!

UPDATE as of March 19, 2020: The AWPE originally scheduled for May 9, 2020, is cancelled ude to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. If you need to take the AWPE to satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement, you will be notified of future opportunities in coming months.

If you didn't satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement by April 1, you must take this exam the 2nd Saturday in May. You'll receive a letter in early April directing you to your test center location. This is required of all first year students; the results will not affect your admission status. Find out more at: ucop.edu/elwr

The MAE is used to place first-year students into an appropriate entry-level Mathematics course at UCR. If your major requires at least one course in Math, you must take this exam; this includes:

• All majors in the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) and in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS). -
• Many programs in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS).

EXEMPTIONS: You don't have to take the exam if you:

• Receive a score of 3, 4 or 5 on either the AB or BC Advanced Placement Calculus Exam.
• Complete a UC Transferable college course at the Pre-Calculus Level (Math 5 at UCR) or higher from an accredited institution.
• Receive a score of 5 or higher on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Math Exam.

Find out more at arc.ucr.edu/placement

UC Riverside does not require that you take your AP exam(s), however, please be aware that no college course credit is given for taking AP courses. College course credit is only given for AP exam scores with a 3 or higher.

SAT and AP – 004839, ACT - 0456

For more information on the Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR), please visit elwr.ucr.edu

For more information on the Analytical Writing Placement Exam (AWPE), please visit ucop.edu/elwr

We are hosting virtual events, webinars, and chats. Please visit admissions.ucr.edu/visit to register for an upcoming event or to view our archives.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person campus tours have been cancelled for the spring. Our campus tour guides and engineering ambassadors are hosting hour-long webinars to give you a peak at campus life. You can also take a virtual tour of our campus any time. 

All winter quarter applicants must submit Transcripts and Documents by November 1 and the Final Transcript and Document Deadline for fall coursework is January 15.

All applicants, both freshman and transfer, must submit official final transcripts by July 1 and test scores and other documents completed through spring by July 15, regardless of coursework planned for the summer. If you are enrolled in a summer session, you must also send an additional official final transcript, with all coursework completed through summer term to our office postmarked by September 15. However, your admission counselor may require you to send certain documentation prior to this deadline in order to make an admission decision. Continue to check the "my Alerts" section of your MyUCR account for up-and-coming deadlines and/or requests.

Your admissions counselor has requested your 7th semester transcript to determine your eligibility for admission to the University. Please submit your 7th semester transcript to our office as soon as possible. In addition, you will need to send a final, official transcript complete with date of graduation (month and year) after you graduate to complete your admissions file. Please continue to check your MyUCR account frequently for up-to-date information regarding your documents

Undergraduate Admissions is receiving large volumes of electronic and paper mailed transcripts daily and processing time can take up to 10 business days for the updates to be reflected on your MyUCR account. Students will not be cancelled until all mail and electronic transcripts have been processed.  Please do not send more than one copy of your official final transcripts, in order to avoid duplicate transcripts.

If you have NOT already requested for your official final transcripts to be sent please request from your school or college as soon as possible.

College Transcript - The term “incomplete” refers to a transcript with work-in-progress.

A high school transcript is incomplete until it includes all courses and grades completed through the end of the senior year AND contains the date of graduation (both the month and year). If you have submitted international transcripts, the status will appear as incomplete until checked in and verified by an International Admissions Counselor. 

We encourage you to send your final, official transcript as soon as it becomes available. But no later than a postmarked date of:

• July 1 for fall quarter applicants (for all coursework completed through spring quarter).
• September 15 for fall quarter applicants (for all coursework completed in summer quarter).

Undergraduate Admissions is receiving large volumes of electronic and paper mailed transcripts daily and processing time can take up to 10 business days for the updates to be reflected on your MyUCR account. Students will not be cancelled until all mail and electronic transcripts have been processed.  Please do not send more than one copy of your official final transcripts, in order to avoid duplicate transcripts.

If you have NOT already requested for your official final transcripts to be sent please request from your school or college as soon as possible.

We accept official transcripts electronically (preferred) from the following vendors: Credentials Solutions/eSCRIP-SAFE, eTranscript CA, JST DoD Military Transcripts, National Student Clearinghouse, Parchment Exchange, SCOIR, Scribe On-Line, Slate.org, SPEEDE or by mail: 

University of California, Riverside
Undergraduate Admissions
900 University Ave.
3106 Student Services Building
Riverside, Ca 92521

Your College Office determines the status of your IGETC form as waived or complete. All IGETC forms received by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions are forwarded on to the college office of your current major program (for BSAD majors, all IGETC forms are sent to the BSAD program office).

For more information regarding your IGETC form please contact your college office.

• CHASS (951) 827-3683
• CNAS (951) 827-7294
• BCOE (951) 827-3647
• BSAD (951) 827-2515

Your College Office determines the status of your IGETC form as waived or complete. All IGETC forms received by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions are forwarded on to the college office of your current major program.

For more information regarding your IGETC form please contact your college office.

• College of Humanities & Social Sciences: (951) 827-3683
• College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences: (951) 827-7294
• Bournes College of Engineering: (951) 827-3647
• School of Business Administration: (951) 827-4551

You must submit your official final high school transcript if you are required to meet freshman eligibility criteria as a lower-division transfer student with less than 51.0 transferable quarter units. Also, one way to clear the campus American History and Institutions degree requirement is by submitting an official final high school transcript verifying the completion of an appropriate year long course (two semesters) of US History with C grades or better or one semester of appropriate US History course work and one semester of appropriate US Government course work with C grades or better.

Please contact the District Office for the high school that you attended to see if they can assist you in having your official transcript mailed to us. If the District Office is unable to assist you, please send an e-mail to admissions@ucr.edu with the date on which your high school will re-open and you will be able to have a transcript mailed to us, and we will consider your request.

A required item is no longer needed. No additional action is required by you.

We have received your document and our staff is reviewing to ensure that all the necessary information is complete.

Admission decisions for fall quarter begins posting on MyUCR in early March, and will continue to post daily thereafter.  Do not be discouraged if you do not see your admission decision by March, this is just the date that these decisions begin posting. 

Your application ID number is a 7-digit number that can be found on the receipt you received when you submitted your application for admission.

To cancel your application to UC Riverside, you can log-in to your MyUCR account and click on the "My Profile" tab, followed by clicking on the "Cancel Application" tab and following the instructions.

As a rule, we do not hold or roll admissions offers to another term. If you have a compelling reason, outside your control (e.g., medical issues or call to military duty), you can submit a written request to have your application rolled to another term to:

Assistant Director-Evaluations
Undergraduate Admissions
3106 Student Services Building
Riverside, CA 92521

Your request must include a complete description of the reason for your request and any supporting documentation that will validate your request. Please note that these requests are rarely approved. We do, however, welcome you to re-apply to an open term when it is more convenient for you to attend.

Please submit your changes on the Application Update Form and it will be forwarded to your admissions counselor.

I never got my admit letter, but MyUCR shows that I have been offered admissions.

All admitted students are mailed an admit packet that contains the letter of admission. Occasionally, these packets are returned to us as undeliverable. Please note that it takes approximately 3 weeks to receive your admit packet.

All information contained in the admit packet can be found on your MyUCR web page. However, if you need us to mail another admit packet to you, please let us know via e-mail at admissions@ucr.edu with your full name and address and we will be happy to mail it to you.

If you have not already done so, please take this opportunity to sign onto your MyUCR account today, and reserve your space in our upcoming class by saying “Yes SIR!” and submit your statement of intent to register (SIR) today!

AH&I stands for, American History & Institutions Requirement:  This refers to the U.S. History requirement all new students must fulfill, either by:

1. Completing a high school U.S. History course with grade of C or better or an appropriate college level U.S. History/U.S. Government course with a grade of C or better.
2. Receiving a score of 550 or higher on the SAT Subject examination in US History.
3. Receiving a 3, 4 or 5 score on the AP US History Examination.
4. Receiving a 5, 6 or 7 score on the IB History of the Americas Higher Level Examination

According to the California Information Practices Act (IPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the University of California, Riverside (UCR) has a responsibility to protect the confidentiality of your personal information, including your applicant records. If you did not provide a release of authorization to that individual on your University of California Application, you are required to provide written documentation of your permission to release information contained in your applicant records through the UCR Applicant Release Authorization Form.

Complete the online appeal form located on your MyUCR account. No written appeals sent via U.S. mail, faxed, emailed or hand delivered will be accepted.

Please note that while all appeals will be considered, it is not recommended that you appeal an admission decision unless there is new and compelling information that we would not have been able to obtain from your application that would have led us to a different decision. Please note that applicants can not appeal to be placed on the waitlist.

Deadline to provide specific appeals are listed below:

Winter 2021 Deadlines:

• Winter Transfer Decision Appeal: November 10

Fall 2020 Deadlines:

• Freshmen Decision Appeal: April 15
• Freshmen SIR Appeal: May 15
• Fall Transfer Decision Appeal: May 15
• Fall Transfer SIR Appeal: June 15
• Freshmen and Transfer Final Transcript Appeal: July 15
• Freshmen and Transfer Final Document Appeal: July 31

We will make every attempt to respond to you with a decision within 15 business days.

No. Undergraduate Admissions will request documents if needed. Documents that are requested must be sent via U.S. Mail or hand delivered to Undergraduate Admissions by the indicated deadline. Scanned or faxed documents will not be accepted.

No. Once a decision has been made on an appeal, it is considered final.

No. Appeal decisions are based upon the content of the appeal statement and any supporting documents specifically requested by Undergraduate Admissions. 

The granting of an appeal by the Undergraduate Admissions Leadership is extremely rare. In the circumstance that the Undergraduate Admissions Leadership does grant an appeal, it is based on new and compelling information not originally reported on the student's application.

All classes will continue to be available in remote formats at least through fall quarter. Any class that is approved to be offered in-person will accommodate students who cannot attend on-campus with a remote option. To learn more, visit Campus Return.

The May 9, 2020 UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam (AWPE) has been cancelled. Students intending to take the AWPE on May 9 will have other opportunities to satisfy UC’s Entry Level Writing Requirement and will hear more about these options from their intended UC campus in the coming months.

It is not possible to know at this time whether the COVID-19 pandemic will result in changes to operations in student housing and residential life during the 2020–21 academic year. Consequently, UCR is unable to offer a housing guarantee at this time. 

If the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for you to set up a visa appointment in your home country and/or has made it challenging for you to attend UCR in fall 2020, you can defer your enrollment to the winter quarter start date of Jan. 4, 2021. If you would like to defer to a winter start date, please submit your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) on time (May 1 for freshmen and June 1 for transfer students) and  contact internationalinfo@ucr.edu by July 31. Please contact internationalinfo@ucr.edu if you have questions about deferring your start date.

We are hosting virtual events, webinars, and chats. Please visit admissions.ucr.edu/visit to register for an upcoming event or to view our archives.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person campus tours have been cancelled for the spring. Our campus tour guides and engineering ambassadors are hosting hour-long webinars to give you a peak at campus life. You can also take a virtual tour of our campus any time.