Admissions officials estimate that at least 10 percent of the 72,000 applications UC expects to receive during the 30-day filing period that traditionally begins Nov. 1 will be from students who filed electronically using Pathways, UC's online undergraduate admission information and application network. Pathways provides students access to university information when they want it.
Pathways is more than a website enabling students to file electronic admission applications.
Coordinated by the UC Office of the President in cooperation with the eight general campuses, Pathways provides a direct link via the Internet between applicants and the university. Through the use of electronic data interchange, Pathways collects grades and test scores, students' essays and other information used to determine admission. Pathways incorporates the latest security measures to protect the integrity of student information and records. In addition, receiving information electronically will streamline the university's admissions processes and reduce the paperwork generated by the publication of more than 200,000 application brochures and the filing of nearly 500,000 sheets of paper by students seeking admission each year in the future. Pathways also provides UC with the ability to update if necessary on a daily basis information on admissions and financial aid.