Norte Vista Senior High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 63 students from Norte Vista Senior High School applied to the University of California and 45 (71%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Riverside with 49 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (4 of 35 admitted, 11%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.74.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (71%) was 9 points below the Riverside County average (80%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Irvine got harder for Norte Vista Senior High School students (50% → 15% admitted), while UC Merced got easier (79% → 100%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Santa Barbara and worse at UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus634571%—273.553.74
UC Berkeley19632%11%43.814.22
UC Davis16——44%—3.48—
UC Irvine41615%29%—3.564.28
UC Los Angeles35411%9%—3.69—
UC Merced2323100%94%—3.753.75
UC Riverside494082%87%163.573.72
UC San Diego451329%28%—3.574.15
UC Santa Barbara261350%38%—3.493.89
UC Santa Cruz171165%72%—3.663.93

“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 campus75% (79/105)73% (84/115)77% (91/118)77% (86/111)71% (45/63)
UC Berkeley16% (3/19)13% (4/31)13% (4/30)16% (5/32)32% (6/19)
UC Davis34% (10/29)48% (15/31)41% (12/29)55% (12/22)— (—/16)
UC Irvine50% (32/64)38% (37/98)30% (27/91)21% (19/91)15% (6/41)
UC Los Angeles— (—/61)10% (6/61)10% (6/61)9% (6/67)11% (4/35)
UC Merced79% (30/38)85% (23/27)95% (19/20)94% (17/18)100% (23/23)
UC Riverside63% (55/88)61% (59/97)63% (59/94)72% (68/94)82% (40/49)
UC San Diego28% (15/54)56% (35/62)51% (38/74)31% (20/65)29% (13/45)
UC Santa Barbara35% (14/40)44% (14/32)39% (12/31)52% (15/29)50% (13/26)
UC Santa Cruz44% (14/32)55% (16/29)61% (11/18)61% (17/28)65% (11/17)

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.