Analysis · UC Irvine · Fall 2025
The Irvine Shutout
A campus can turn down a school's applicants one at a time. It can also turn down every one of them. These 52 California high schools each sent UC Irvine at least twenty applications of their own and got nothing back — while the rest of UC admitted 2,161 of their students. Click any school for its full record.
Jordan High sent Irvine 72 applications. Irvine admitted fewer than three of them. UC as a whole admitted 72 of its 91 applicants.These schools are in 14 different counties — Los Angeles and San Diego, but also Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Sacramento. It is not one region, and it is not only the schools you would expect: Archie Williams High in San Anselmo has 73 students clearing the top bar on both state tests, and sent Irvine 58 applications.
What they sent
1,538
applications to Irvine from these 52 schools, and 2,161 admits from the rest of UC.
What suppression can hide
104
UC masks counts under three, so at most two per school — against about 349 Irvine would have admitted at its own statewide rate.
Were the applicants weaker?
3.2×
Yes, somewhat — and it barely matters. Matching every school to the admit rate of schools with a similar share of top scorers moves the gap from 3.4× to 3.2× what suppression could hide.
| Visiting school | Applied to Irvine | At its own rate | IRVINE said yes | Other UCs said yes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan High Long Beach · Los Angeles County | 72 | 16 expected | 0 | 72 |
Rise Kohyang High Los Angeles · Los Angeles County | 62 | 14 expected | 0 | 57 |
Archie Williams High San Anselmo · Marin County | 58 | 13 expected | 0 | 97 |
Cathedral High School Los Angeles County | 45 | 10 expected | 0 | 50 |
Pinole Valley High Pinole · Contra Costa County | 40 | 9 expected | 0 | 63 |
AIMS College Prep High Oakland · Alameda County | 38 | 9 expected | 0 | 48 |
El Cajon Valley High El Cajon · San Diego County | 38 | 9 expected | 0 | 40 |
Urban School Of San Francisco San Francisco County | 38 | 9 expected | 0 | 43 |
Capuchino High San Bruno · San Mateo County | 35 | 8 expected | 0 | 41 |
School for the Visual Arts and Humanities Los Angeles · Los Angeles County | 34 | 8 expected | 0 | 39 |
Brentwood School East Los Angeles County | 34 | 8 expected | 0 | 43 |
Marin Catholic High School Marin County | 34 | 8 expected | 0 | 51 |
San Rafael High San Rafael · Marin County | 33 | 7 expected | 0 | 65 |
John Muir High Pasadena · Los Angeles County | 32 | 7 expected | 0 | 49 |
Jefferson High Daly City · San Mateo County | 32 | 7 expected | 0 | 46 |
Vacaville High Vacaville · Solano County | 31 | 7 expected | 0 | 61 |
Louisville High School Los Angeles County | 31 | 7 expected | 0 | 43 |
Saint Augustine High School San Diego County | 31 | 7 expected | 0 | 42 |
Central City Value Los Angeles · Los Angeles County | 30 | 7 expected | 0 | 38 |
Monte Vista High Spring Valley · San Diego County | 30 | 7 expected | 0 | 37 |
Chico High Chico · Butte County | 29 | 7 expected | 0 | 57 |
TEACH Tech Charter High Los Angeles · Los Angeles County | 29 | 7 expected | 0 | 33 |
Inglewood High Inglewood · Los Angeles County | 28 | 6 expected | 0 | 29 |
Santana High Santee · San Diego County | 28 | 6 expected | 0 | 42 |
Gateway High San Francisco · San Francisco County | 28 | 6 expected | 0 | 50 |
Live Oak High Morgan Hill · Santa Clara County | 28 | 6 expected | 0 | 48 |
Da Vinci Design Hawthorne · Los Angeles County | 27 | 6 expected | 0 | 19 |
Terra Nova High Pacifica · San Mateo County | 27 | 6 expected | 0 | 36 |
Immaculate Heart High School Los Angeles County | 26 | 6 expected | 0 | 40 |
Saint Anthony High School Los Angeles County | 26 | 6 expected | 0 | 24 |
De Anza High Richmond · Contra Costa County | 25 | 6 expected | 0 | 41 |
Deer Valley High Antioch · Contra Costa County | 24 | 5 expected | 0 | 32 |
Vintage High Napa · Napa County | 24 | 5 expected | 0 | 55 |
Will C. Wood High Vacaville · Solano County | 24 | 5 expected | 0 | 43 |
Rancho Cotate High Rohnert Park · Sonoma County | 24 | 5 expected | 0 | 34 |
Pleasant Valley High Chico · Butte County | 23 | 5 expected | 0 | 35 |
Verbum Dei High School Los Angeles County | 23 | 5 expected | 0 | 44 |
Blair High Pasadena · Los Angeles County | 22 | 5 expected | 0 | 33 |
Westlake Charter Sacramento County | 22 | 5 expected | 0 | 40 |
Gunderson High San Jose · Santa Clara County | 22 | 5 expected | 0 | 31 |
Branson School Marin County | 22 | 5 expected | 0 | 35 |
Cristo Rey San Diego High School San Diego County | 22 | 5 expected | 0 | 30 |
Mary Star Of The Sea High School Los Angeles County | 22 | 5 expected | 0 | 17 |
Cordova High Rancho Cordova · Sacramento County | 21 | 5 expected | 0 | 39 |
Natomas High Sacramento · Sacramento County | 21 | 5 expected | 0 | 28 |
Montgomery High Santa Rosa · Sonoma County | 21 | 5 expected | 0 | 37 |
Drew School San Francisco County | 21 | 5 expected | 0 | 35 |
Marymount High School Los Angeles County | 21 | 5 expected | 0 | 29 |
South Tahoe High South Lake Tahoe · El Dorado County | 20 | 5 expected | 0 | 33 |
Rancho Dominguez Preparatory Long Beach · Los Angeles County | 20 | 5 expected | 0 | 21 |
Armijo High Fairfield · Solano County | 20 | 5 expected | 0 | 35 |
Jesse M. Bethel High Vallejo · Solano County | 20 | 5 expected | 0 | 31 |
