South El Monte High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  12%

  6 of 49 admitted

  This school12%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.97)

• Berkeley▲10 pts higher

  23%

  7 of 30 admitted

  This school23%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.99)

• Irvine▲10 pts higher

  32%

  17 of 53 admitted

  This school32%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.93)

• San Diego▲16 pts higher

  41%

  14 of 34 admitted

  This school41%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.92)

• Santa Barbara▲5 pts higher

  37%

  10 of 27 admitted

  This school37%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.76)

• Davis▼9 pts lower

  29%

  4 of 14 admitted

  This school29%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.74)

• Santa Cruz≈About the same

  73%

  11 of 15 admitted

  This school73%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.83)

• Riverside▲4 pts higher

  91%

  29 of 32 admitted

  This school91%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.86)

• Merced▲4 pts higher

  100%

  14 of 14 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).

• Long Beach▼15 pts lower

  32%

  28 of 87 admitted

  This school32%Overall47%

• Pomona▼6 pts lower

  68%

  60 of 88 admitted

  This school68%Overall74%

• Fullerton≈About the same

  85%

  82 of 97 admitted

  This school85%Overall87%

• Los Angeles▲6 pts higher

  98%

  83 of 85 admitted

  This school98%Overall92%

• San Francisco

  ~94% · 2 yrs pooled7 applied

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.