La Jolla Country Day School: UC admissions

La Jolla · San Diego CountyPrivate high school

This page shows how students from La Jolla Country Day School did when they applied to the University of California. It is not the admission rate for getting into La Jolla Country Day School itself; for that, contact the school’s admissions office.

In fall 2025, 73 students from La Jolla Country Day School applied to the University of California and 49 (67%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 59 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (5 of 59 admitted, 8%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.05.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (67%) was 5 points below the San Diego County average (73%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC San Diego got harder for La Jolla Country Day School students (38% → 20% admitted), while UC Santa Cruz got easier (41% → 72%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley and worse at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus734967%—63.964.05
UC Berkeley48817%11%44.064.19
UC Davis461941%44%—4.004.14
UC Irvine38616%29%—4.024.26
UC Los Angeles5958%9%—3.994.17
UC Merced99100%94%—4.074.07
UC Riverside1010100%87%—4.044.04
UC San Diego44920%28%—3.974.22
UC Santa Barbara581119%38%—3.964.25
UC Santa Cruz362672%72%—3.903.99

“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 campus61% (38/62)53% (39/73)63% (47/75)65% (46/71)67% (49/73)
UC Berkeley13% (5/40)18% (9/50)17% (9/53)17% (9/53)17% (8/48)
UC Davis43% (13/30)30% (11/37)23% (10/43)44% (16/36)41% (19/46)
UC Irvine23% (8/35)17% (7/41)11% (5/47)19% (9/47)16% (6/38)
UC Los Angeles11% (5/46)12% (7/57)10% (6/62)12% (7/58)8% (5/59)
UC Merced—100% (8/8)100% (9/9)100% (11/11)100% (9/9)
UC Riverside67% (8/12)53% (9/17)53% (8/15)83% (10/12)100% (10/10)
UC San Diego38% (16/42)21% (10/47)13% (7/54)22% (11/51)20% (9/44)
UC Santa Barbara24% (9/37)16% (10/61)23% (14/60)30% (18/61)19% (11/58)
UC Santa Cruz41% (9/22)34% (13/38)68% (23/34)55% (17/31)72% (26/36)

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.