Menlo

  • Private
  • San Mateo
  • 149 seniors
  • 820 students
Year

UC admit rate

60%

68 of 113 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

46%

68 of 149 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

76%

113 of 149 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

11%

11 of 100 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

19%

18 of 94 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Menlo applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    11 of 100 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.07)

  • Berkeley6 pts higher

    19%

    18 of 94 admitted

    This school19%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.10)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    11 of 68 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.09)

  • San Diego15 pts lower

    10%

    9 of 92 admitted

    This school10%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.08)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    27%

    25 of 94 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Davis10 pts lower

    27%

    19 of 71 admitted

    This school27%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.99)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts lower

    57%

    25 of 44 admitted

    This school57%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.91)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    24 of 27 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    23 of 23 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.88)

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).

California State University

Menlo applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis ObispoAbout the same

    29%

    15 of 51 admitted

    This school29%Overall30%

  • Long Beach7 pts lower

    40%

    32 of 80 admitted

    This school40%Overall47%

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.

Campus-by-campus detail for 11 campuses

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