Half Moon Bay High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  12%

  5 of 41 admitted

  This school12%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.14)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  15%

  7 of 46 admitted

  This school15%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.15)

• Irvine▼5 pts lower

  17%

  6 of 35 admitted

  This school17%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.03)

• San Diego▼4 pts lower

  21%

  9 of 42 admitted

  This school21%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.07)

• Santa Barbara▲7 pts higher

  40%

  23 of 58 admitted

  This school40%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.06)

• Davis▲12 pts higher

  49%

  19 of 39 admitted

  This school49%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.09)

• Santa Cruz▲11 pts higher

  82%

  42 of 51 admitted

  This school82%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.13 (all applicants 4.00)

• Riverside▲7 pts higher

  94%

  16 of 17 admitted

  This school94%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.96)

• Merced▼5 pts lower

  92%

  11 of 12 admitted

  This school92%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.92 (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▼7 pts lower

  23%

  14 of 62 admitted

  This school23%Overall30%

• San Diego▲11 pts higher

  45%

  23 of 51 admitted

  This school45%Overall34%

• San Jose▼8 pts lower

  72%

  13 of 18 admitted

  This school72%Overall80%

• Sonoma▲5 pts higher

  100%

  11 of 11 admitted

  This school100%Overall95%

• San Francisco▼8 pts lower

  88%

  15 of 17 admitted

  This school88%Overall96%

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.