Foothill High School: UC admissions

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This page shows how students from Foothill High School did when they applied to the University of California. It is not the admission rate for getting into Foothill High School itself.

In fall 2025, 37 students from Foothill High School applied to the University of California and 29 (78%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 25 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Irvine (6 of 25 admitted, 24%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.94.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (78%) was about the same as the Kern County average (79%). Its applicants were admitted at lower rates than the overall applicant pool at UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus372978%—53.803.94
UC Berkeley15——11%—3.90—
UC Davis15640%44%—3.724.09
UC Irvine25624%29%—3.784.20
UC Los Angeles21——9%—3.84—
UC Merced2121100%94%—3.903.90
UC Riverside181689%87%—3.873.95
UC San Diego16425%28%—3.63—
UC Santa Barbara151067%38%—3.724.05
UC Santa Cruz9667%72%—3.623.85

“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 campus73% (27/37)80% (28/35)74% (32/43)79% (34/43)78% (29/37)
UC Berkeley33% (4/12)23% (5/22)25% (3/12)14% (3/22)— (—/15)
UC Davis25% (4/16)47% (8/17)43% (9/21)43% (9/21)40% (6/15)
UC Irvine— (—/13)— (—/13)— (—/22)— (—/17)24% (6/25)
UC Los Angeles14% (3/22)— (—/24)— (—/23)— (—/29)— (—/21)
UC Merced79% (11/14)100% (16/16)94% (16/17)80% (12/15)100% (21/21)
UC Riverside50% (6/12)60% (6/10)58% (11/19)69% (9/13)89% (16/18)
UC San Diego44% (8/18)44% (4/9)31% (5/16)38% (8/21)25% (4/16)
UC Santa Barbara65% (13/20)74% (14/19)43% (10/23)62% (13/21)67% (10/15)
UC Santa Cruz36% (5/14)44% (4/9)31% (4/13)63% (12/19)67% (6/9)

Admit rate, with admitted / applied in parentheses.

Where would your GPA land?

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Other Kern County high schools

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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.