Wildwood School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 38 students from Wildwood School applied to the University of California and 25 (66%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Santa Barbara with 28 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Berkeley (3 of 27 admitted, 11%), and the easiest was UC Riverside (67%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.96.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (66%) was 11 points below the Los Angeles County average (76%). The biggest change since 2021 was at UC Santa Barbara, where the admit rate for Wildwood School students fell from 27% to 18%. Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Los Angeles and worse at UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus382566%—33.843.96
UC Berkeley27311%11%—3.88—
UC Davis20735%44%—3.884.18
UC Irvine16319%29%—3.90—
UC Los Angeles27415%9%—3.93—
UC Merced0——94%———
UC Riverside9667%87%—3.753.86
UC San Diego18422%28%—3.94—
UC Santa Barbara28518%38%—3.884.30
UC Santa Cruz261558%72%—3.783.96

“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 campus62% (24/39)56% (15/27)71% (22/31)68% (21/31)66% (25/38)
UC Berkeley— (—/16)17% (3/18)25% (5/20)33% (8/24)11% (3/27)
UC Davis63% (10/16)— (—/11)58% (7/12)57% (8/14)35% (7/20)
UC Irvine20% (3/15)— (—/9)— (—/11)25% (3/12)19% (3/16)
UC Los Angeles19% (5/27)— (—/22)19% (5/26)17% (5/29)15% (4/27)
UC Merced—————
UC Riverside50% (4/8)———67% (6/9)
UC San Diego23% (6/26)— (—/13)20% (4/20)37% (7/19)22% (4/18)
UC Santa Barbara27% (7/26)21% (3/14)25% (5/20)36% (9/25)18% (5/28)
UC Santa Cruz57% (12/21)50% (5/10)69% (11/16)63% (12/19)58% (15/26)

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.