San Mateo High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  9%

  11 of 126 admitted

  This school9%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.99)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  14%

  18 of 132 admitted

  This school14%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.96)

• Irvine▼6 pts lower

  16%

  19 of 119 admitted

  This school16%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.97)

• San Diego▼12 pts lower

  13%

  17 of 132 admitted

  This school13%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.95)

• Santa Barbara▼9 pts lower

  24%

  32 of 134 admitted

  This school24%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.93)

• Davis▼12 pts lower

  25%

  33 of 134 admitted

  This school25%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.95)

• Santa Cruz≈About the same

  74%

  79 of 107 admitted

  This school74%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.90)

• Riverside≈About the same

  87%

  68 of 78 admitted

  This school87%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (all applicants 3.85)

• Merced≈About the same

  97%

  56 of 58 admitted

  This school97%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.80)

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▼12 pts lower

  18%

  17 of 97 admitted

  This school18%Overall30%

• San Diego▼11 pts lower

  23%

  27 of 115 admitted

  This school23%Overall34%

• San Jose▼4 pts lower

  77%

  82 of 107 admitted

  This school77%Overall80%

• San Francisco≈About the same

  97%

  63 of 65 admitted

  This school97%Overall96%

• East Bay▼10 pts lower

  87%

  27 of 31 admitted

  This school87%Overall97%

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.