Making Waves Academy

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  9%

  3 of 32 admitted

  This school9%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.95)

• Berkeley▲5 pts higher

  18%

  9 of 49 admitted

  This school18%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.78)

• Irvine▲10 pts higher

  32%

  8 of 25 admitted

  This school32%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.91)

• San Diego▼4 pts lower

  21%

  4 of 19 admitted

  This school21%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.79)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  33%

  8 of 24 admitted

  This school33%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.94)

• Davis≈About the same

  38%

  20 of 52 admitted

  This school38%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.80)

• Santa Cruz▼25 pts lower

  46%

  17 of 37 admitted

  This school46%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.79)

• Riverside≈About the same

  88%

  21 of 24 admitted

  This school88%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.79)

• Merced▲4 pts higher

  100%

  49 of 49 admitted

  This school100%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.73)

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 Jose≈About the same

  77%

  44 of 57 admitted

  This school77%Overall80%

• Sacramento≈About the same

  94%

  46 of 49 admitted

  This school94%Overall94%

• San Francisco≈About the same

  95%

  79 of 83 admitted

  This school95%Overall96%

• East Bay≈About the same

  96%

  68 of 71 admitted

  This school96%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.