Polytechnic High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  10%

  8 of 80 admitted

  This school10%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.36 (all applicants 3.94)

• Berkeley▲10 pts higher

  24%

  10 of 42 admitted

  This school24%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 4.05)

• Irvine▲6 pts higher

  28%

  23 of 81 admitted

  This school28%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.84)

• San Diego≈About the same

  24%

  20 of 85 admitted

  This school24%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.82)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  30%

  21 of 70 admitted

  This school30%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.32 (all applicants 3.91)

• Davis▲5 pts higher

  42%

  16 of 38 admitted

  This school42%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.87)

• Santa Cruz▼6 pts lower

  66%

  29 of 44 admitted

  This school66%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.68)

• Riverside≈About the same

  85%

  82 of 97 admitted

  This school85%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.78)

• Merced▲4 pts higher

  100%

  21 of 21 admitted

  This school100%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.86)

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).

• San Luis Obispo▲10 pts higher

  39%

  48 of 122 admitted

  This school39%Overall30%

• Pomona≈About the same

  70%

  86 of 122 admitted

  This school70%Overall74%

• Fullerton≈About the same

  88%

  128 of 146 admitted

  This school88%Overall87%

• San Marcos≈About the same

  96%

  108 of 112 admitted

  This school96%Overall96%

• San Bernardino≈About the same

  97%

  124 of 128 admitted

  This school97%Overall98%

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.