Palo Alto High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  9%

  27 of 295 admitted

  This school9%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.05)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  14%

  41 of 285 admitted

  This school14%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.04)

• Irvine≈About the same

  23%

  58 of 255 admitted

  This school23%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.05)

• San Diego▼10 pts lower

  15%

  43 of 287 admitted

  This school15%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.03)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  33%

  97 of 295 admitted

  This school33%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.04)

• Davis▼9 pts lower

  28%

  80 of 285 admitted

  This school28%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.01)

• Santa Cruz≈About the same

  75%

  170 of 227 admitted

  This school75%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.97)

• Riverside▲6 pts higher

  93%

  126 of 136 admitted

  This school93%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.94)

• Merced≈About the same

  98%

  96 of 98 admitted

  This school98%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.85)

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▼4 pts lower

  26%

  49 of 191 admitted

  This school26%Overall30%

• San Diego▼5 pts lower

  29%

  44 of 152 admitted

  This school29%Overall34%

• Pomona≈About the same

  72%

  43 of 60 admitted

  This school72%Overall74%

• San Jose▼12 pts lower

  68%

  70 of 103 admitted

  This school68%Overall80%

• San Francisco▲4 pts higher

  100%

  47 of 47 admitted

  This school100%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.