John Rancis Polytechnic High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 111 students from John Rancis Polytechnic High School applied to the University of California and 87 (78%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 80 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (6 of 80 admitted, 8%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.69.

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%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Berkeley got harder for John Rancis Polytechnic High School students (30% → 13% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (58% → 79%). Its applicants were admitted at lower rates than the overall applicant pool at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus1118778%—253.633.69
UC Berkeley47613%11%—3.664.15
UC Davis421229%44%63.644.00
UC Irvine741014%29%—3.694.04
UC Los Angeles8068%9%43.674.03
UC Merced5757100%94%43.613.61
UC Riverside574579%87%—3.553.62
UC San Diego661827%28%33.644.08
UC Santa Barbara511427%38%33.634.08
UC Santa Cruz261662%72%—3.473.78

“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 campus71% (99/140)75% (88/118)81% (98/121)75% (79/106)78% (87/111)
UC Berkeley30% (16/53)19% (10/52)23% (10/44)13% (5/39)13% (6/47)
UC Davis35% (16/46)36% (19/53)47% (22/47)50% (20/40)29% (12/42)
UC Irvine11% (10/95)16% (12/74)12% (10/85)28% (20/71)14% (10/74)
UC Los Angeles9% (9/95)12% (11/89)10% (8/81)12% (10/85)8% (6/80)
UC Merced91% (39/43)100% (27/27)100% (37/37)86% (18/21)100% (57/57)
UC Riverside58% (37/64)69% (40/58)70% (44/63)69% (33/48)79% (45/57)
UC San Diego43% (31/72)57% (43/76)46% (28/61)33% (20/61)27% (18/66)
UC Santa Barbara26% (19/74)39% (20/51)31% (18/58)31% (15/49)27% (14/51)
UC Santa Cruz73% (40/55)51% (20/39)60% (32/53)50% (14/28)62% (16/26)

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.