Lick-wilmerding High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 117 students from Lick-wilmerding High School applied to the University of California and 79 (68%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 105 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC San Diego (8 of 93 admitted, 9%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.09.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (68%) was 10 points below the San Francisco County average (77%). The biggest change since 2021 was at UC San Diego, where the admit rate for Lick-wilmerding High School students fell from 37% to 9%. 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 campus1177968%—234.104.09
UC Berkeley1001919%11%94.124.11
UC Davis751520%44%—4.084.20
UC Irvine56814%29%34.094.18
UC Los Angeles1051312%9%74.134.21
UC Merced1414100%94%—4.114.11
UC Riverside252392%87%—4.044.04
UC San Diego9389%28%—4.114.27
UC Santa Barbara981414%38%—4.114.29
UC Santa Cruz725374%72%34.104.08

“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 campus72% (73/102)64% (61/95)70% (76/108)67% (72/107)68% (79/117)
UC Berkeley18% (13/72)25% (17/69)21% (18/87)30% (27/91)19% (19/100)
UC Davis44% (25/57)32% (18/57)33% (24/73)31% (24/77)20% (15/75)
UC Irvine— (—/38)14% (6/44)23% (12/53)15% (9/61)14% (8/56)
UC Los Angeles16% (14/86)11% (9/82)11% (11/97)13% (13/101)12% (13/105)
UC Merced60% (3/5)100% (13/13)94% (17/18)89% (8/9)100% (14/14)
UC Riverside40% (6/15)71% (10/14)87% (26/30)75% (12/16)92% (23/25)
UC San Diego37% (28/76)11% (7/65)13% (11/85)17% (16/92)9% (8/93)
UC Santa Barbara11% (9/80)11% (8/75)7% (6/84)23% (18/80)14% (14/98)
UC Santa Cruz69% (40/58)54% (29/54)76% (50/66)74% (45/61)74% (53/72)

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.