John F. Kennedy High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  10%

  10 of 96 admitted

  This school10%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.92)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  11%

  7 of 65 admitted

  This school11%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.93)

• Irvine▲4 pts higher

  26%

  21 of 80 admitted

  This school26%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.96)

• San Diego▲14 pts higher

  39%

  29 of 75 admitted

  This school39%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.85)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  31%

  24 of 77 admitted

  This school31%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.83)

• Davis▲11 pts higher

  48%

  24 of 50 admitted

  This school48%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.90)

• Santa Cruz▼4 pts lower

  68%

  21 of 31 admitted

  This school68%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.67)

• Riverside▲4 pts higher

  92%

  54 of 59 admitted

  This school92%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.86)

• Merced≈About the same

  97%

  37 of 38 admitted

  This school97%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.83)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

• Long Beach▼8 pts lower

  39%

  47 of 120 admitted

  This school39%Overall47%

• Fullerton▲9 pts higher

  96%

  45 of 47 admitted

  This school96%Overall87%

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  93%

  62 of 67 admitted

  This school93%Overall92%

• Channel Islands≈About the same

  93%

  38 of 41 admitted

  This school93%Overall93%

• Northridge≈About the same

  93%

  202 of 217 admitted

  This school93%Overall93%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.