Critical Design and Gaming Sch: UC admissions

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This page shows how students from Critical Design and Gaming Sch did when they applied to the University of California. It is not the admission rate for getting into Critical Design and Gaming Sch itself.

In fall 2025, 59 students from Critical Design and Gaming Sch applied to the University of California and 46 (78%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 53 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (4 of 53 admitted, 8%), and the easiest was UC Merced (94%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.58.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (78%) was about the same as the Los Angeles County average (76%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley and worse at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus594678%—123.513.58
UC Berkeley24417%11%—3.73—
UC Davis17847%44%—3.583.90
UC Irvine43——29%—3.50—
UC Los Angeles5348%9%—3.53—
UC Merced171694%94%—3.513.58
UC Riverside322888%87%53.453.52
UC San Diego28725%28%—3.574.09
UC Santa Barbara22732%38%—3.523.96
UC Santa Cruz11655%72%—3.493.80

“All applicants’ rate” is the campus admit rate across all freshman applicants that year, including out-of-state and international.

Five-year trend

Campus20212022202320242025
Any UC campus60% (9/15)66% (37/56)68% (44/65)67% (41/61)78% (46/59)
UC Berkeley—— (—/23)15% (3/20)12% (3/26)17% (4/24)
UC Davis—37% (7/19)57% (8/14)27% (4/15)47% (8/17)
UC Irvine— (—/10)— (—/42)8% (4/48)27% (13/49)— (—/43)
UC Los Angeles— (—/12)13% (6/46)8% (5/62)8% (4/49)8% (4/53)
UC Merced80% (4/5)100% (9/9)83% (5/6)100% (7/7)94% (16/17)
UC Riverside44% (4/9)60% (15/25)73% (29/40)66% (25/38)88% (28/32)
UC San Diego— (—/5)67% (18/27)61% (17/28)56% (15/27)25% (7/28)
UC Santa Barbara—22% (4/18)33% (10/30)29% (6/21)32% (7/22)
UC Santa Cruz50% (3/6)36% (5/14)— (—/5)50% (8/16)55% (6/11)

Admit rate, with admitted / applied in parentheses.

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Source: University of California Office of the President, UC Information Center, Admissions by source school. Freshman counts are fall terms; transfer counts are the academic year starting that fall. Average GPAs are UC’s weighted, capped high school GPA (transfer GPA for colleges). “—” means UC suppressed a small count. This site is independent and not affiliated with the University of California. Admit rates describe past applicants, not any individual student’s chances.