Life Academy High School: UC admissions

Oakland · Alameda CountyPublic high school

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

In fall 2025, 22 students from Life Academy High School applied to the University of California and 16 (73%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Davis with 21 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Berkeley (4 of 19 admitted, 21%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.65.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (73%) was 10 points below the Alameda County average (83%). Its applicants were admitted at lower rates than the overall applicant pool at UC Davis.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus221673%—93.513.65
UC Berkeley19421%11%43.55—
UC Davis21733%44%—3.534.00
UC Irvine6——29%—3.34—
UC Los Angeles13——9%—3.60—
UC Merced1313100%94%—3.603.60
UC Riverside8450%87%—3.31—
UC San Diego10660%28%—3.733.98
UC Santa Barbara0——38%———
UC Santa Cruz12433%72%—3.47—

“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 campus66% (19/29)80% (24/30)58% (14/24)85% (17/20)73% (16/22)
UC Berkeley24% (4/17)30% (7/23)— (—/17)33% (6/18)21% (4/19)
UC Davis— (—/13)19% (5/27)27% (4/15)50% (9/18)33% (7/21)
UC Irvine— (—/12)— (—/9)— (—/12)— (—/7)— (—/6)
UC Los Angeles23% (3/13)— (—/18)— (—/13)— (—/10)— (—/13)
UC Merced72% (13/18)92% (11/12)—100% (10/10)100% (13/13)
UC Riverside41% (7/17)— (—/7)57% (4/7)—50% (4/8)
UC San Diego33% (3/9)38% (3/8)43% (3/7)57% (4/7)60% (6/10)
UC Santa Barbara27% (3/11)38% (5/13)— (—/6)— (—/5)—
UC Santa Cruz53% (10/19)55% (12/22)33% (6/18)59% (10/17)33% (4/12)

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.