Valley Christian High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 36 students from Valley Christian High School applied to the University of California and 25 (69%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 29 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC San Diego (3 of 23 admitted, 13%), and the easiest was UC Riverside (93%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.00.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (69%) was 7 points below the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC San Diego got harder for Valley Christian High School students (22% → 13% admitted), while UC Irvine got easier (18% → 28%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Los Angeles and worse at UC San Diego.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus362569%—63.914.00
UC Berkeley13——11%—4.00—
UC Davis15320%44%—3.79—
UC Irvine29828%29%—3.964.27
UC Los Angeles24417%9%33.98—
UC Merced7686%94%—3.934.02
UC Riverside151493%87%—3.813.85
UC San Diego23313%28%—3.94—
UC Santa Barbara17424%38%—3.94—
UC Santa Cruz0——72%———

“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 campus46% (17/37)66% (25/38)54% (19/35)38% (11/29)69% (25/36)
UC Berkeley— (—/18)— (—/18)— (—/14)— (—/11)— (—/13)
UC Davis17% (3/18)38% (6/16)30% (3/10)33% (3/9)20% (3/15)
UC Irvine18% (5/28)13% (4/32)22% (5/23)20% (5/25)28% (8/29)
UC Los Angeles15% (4/27)— (—/29)— (—/26)— (—/22)17% (4/24)
UC Merced83% (5/6)100% (9/9)——86% (6/7)
UC Riverside64% (7/11)67% (10/15)55% (6/11)50% (5/10)93% (14/15)
UC San Diego22% (5/23)20% (5/25)— (—/18)— (—/19)13% (3/23)
UC Santa Barbara29% (4/14)23% (6/26)18% (4/22)18% (3/17)24% (4/17)
UC Santa Cruz60% (6/10)36% (4/11)45% (5/11)— (—/7)—

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.