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when do uc berkeley decisions come out

UC Berkeley typically releases most first-year admission decisions in late March, usually around March 27 in the mid‑afternoon Pacific time, with a small batch of early admits (e.g., Regents/MET/HAAS programs) sometimes coming out in early February around 3:30 p.m. PST.

Official UC timeline (big picture)

For fall 2026 UC admissions, the University of California system says that campuses will notify applicants of decisions sometime between March 1 and March 31, and some campuses may release earlier in that window. UC Berkeley follows this overall pattern and does not publish a single public date far in advance; instead, it gives the exact decision date inside applicant emails and the application portal.

Recent patterns for UC Berkeley

Recent cycles show a pretty consistent late‑March pattern for Berkeley:

  • A common public listing of UC decision dates gives UC Berkeley as releasing on March 27.
  • A detailed 2026-cycle forum summary reports:
    • Early admits (including some Regents/Chancellor, MET, Haas-Spieker) on Friday, February 7, 3:30 p.m. PST.
* Final regular decisions on March 27 at 3:30 p.m. PST.

While these are not official press releases, they match what students report year after year and line up with the UC system’s March 1–31 guidance.

What this means for you

If you’re waiting on UC Berkeley:

  1. Expect your main decision in the last week of March , often around March 27, mid‑afternoon Pacific time.
  1. If you’re in certain special programs (Regents/Chancellor candidates, MET, some business‑related programs), you might see an early notification in early February.
  1. The most accurate, binding date is whatever appears:
    • In your UC Berkeley application confirmation email , and
    • On your Berkeley applicant portal , where they post the exact “by” date for that year.

A common experience shared in forums is checking portals obsessively in March and watching posts from others reporting the exact minute decisions drop, which historically clusters around mid‑to‑late March afternoons in Pacific time.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.