Freshman Content / Freshman Content for аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis en My First Quarter as a College Freshman at a аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ | аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis /admissions/blog/my-first-quarter-as-a-college-freshman-at-a-uc <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>While waiting for your college decisions to come, you might start thinking about what college will be like. What will it be like living in the residence halls? How will you make friends? How will you make the transition from high school to college? Fear not, because first-year Zoe Vollmer is here to tell you all about her first quarter at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> February 08, 2023 - 5:43pm Abigail Julianna Loomis /admissions/blog/my-first-quarter-as-a-college-freshman-at-a-uc Audrey Chamberlin /admissions/blog/student-stories/audrey-chamberlin <div class="align- url-embed"> <div class="responsive-embed"></div> </div> <h2>Audrey Chamberlin ’22</h2> <h4>Croton-on-Hudson, New York</h4> February 25, 2020 - 1:32pm Anonymous /admissions/blog/student-stories/audrey-chamberlin Jeremy Chuardy /admissions/blog/student-stories/jeremy-chuardy <div class="align- url-embed"> <div class="responsive-embed"></div> </div> <h2>Jeremy Chuardy ’20</h2> <h4>Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia</h4> February 25, 2020 - 1:30pm Anonymous /admissions/blog/student-stories/jeremy-chuardy Kaia Yellowhorse /admissions/blog/student-stories/kaia-yellowhorse <div class="align- url-embed"> <div class="responsive-embed"></div> </div> <h2>Kaia Yellowhorse ’20</h2> <h4>Yreka, California<br> Pharmaceutical Chemistry</h4> February 25, 2020 - 1:26pm Anonymous /admissions/blog/student-stories/kaia-yellowhorse Akira Hood /admissions/blog/student-stories/akira-hood <div class="align- url-embed"> <div class="responsive-embed"></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> February 25, 2020 - 12:58pm Anonymous /admissions/blog/student-stories/akira-hood аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis Admits More Than 39,300 /news/uc-davis-offers-admission-more-39300 <p>The University of California, Davis, significantly increased its admission of California residents as it offered freshman and transfer admission to a total of more than 39,306 applicants from the state and beyond for fall 2016.</p> <p>With major increases among Chicano/Latino admitted students, the campus also made progress toward its goal of being designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).</p> July 06, 2016 - 3:11pm Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-davis-offers-admission-more-39300 Campus prepares for large influx of students in 2016-17 /news/campus-prepares-large-influx-students-2016-17 <p>The campus is marshaling its efforts and resources to accommodate 2016-17 enrollment growth of 1,100 new undergraduates beyond last fall's entering class.</p> <p>The campus is responding to targets that аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ President Janet Napolitano set under a plan to increase systemwide enrollment of new California undergraduates by 10,000 over the next three years, including 5,000 freshmen and transfer students in 2016-17.</p> January 12, 2016 - 12:00am Dave Jones /news/campus-prepares-large-influx-students-2016-17 Her Final Exam Is a Joke /news/her-final-exam-joke <p>Students in&nbsp;<a href="http://writing.ucdavis.edu/faculty-staff/directory/kjwalton">Karma Waltonen</a>’s freshman seminar on stand-up comedy have to do just that. The final exam is a five-minute routine in front of an audience.</p> <p>While the students want to be hilarious at the final, the class is really about clear and concise writing. Without that, the funny will flop.</p> June 26, 2015 - 8:00am Robyn Frances Huey /news/her-final-exam-joke