San Marcos Senior High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  10%

  10 of 100 admitted

  This school10%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.33 (all applicants 4.02)

• Berkeley▲8 pts higher

  22%

  18 of 82 admitted

  This school22%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.11)

• Irvine▲11 pts higher

  33%

  23 of 70 admitted

  This school33%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.94)

• San Diego▼5 pts lower

  20%

  17 of 87 admitted

  This school20%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.00)

• Santa Barbara▲17 pts higher

  49%

  38 of 77 admitted

  This school49%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.91)

• Davis▲24 pts higher

  61%

  40 of 66 admitted

  This school61%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.01)

• Santa Cruz▲14 pts higher

  85%

  62 of 73 admitted

  This school85%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.94)

• Riverside▼12 pts lower

  75%

  27 of 36 admitted

  This school75%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.78)

• Merced▼10 pts lower

  86%

  25 of 29 admitted

  This school86%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.71)

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▼5 pts lower

  25%

  24 of 96 admitted

  This school25%Overall30%

• San Diego▲22 pts higher

  56%

  49 of 87 admitted

  This school56%Overall34%

• Long Beach▲14 pts higher

  62%

  32 of 52 admitted

  This school62%Overall47%

• Channel Islands≈About the same

  96%

  27 of 28 admitted

  This school96%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.