US Top 50 · San Diego, California · High Reach

University of California, San Diego加州大学圣地亚哥分校

US News 2026 #29 (US News 2026 National Universities)

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At a glance

University of California, San Diego is a High Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in San Diego, California (US Top 50, US News 2026 #29 per US News 2026 National Universities), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Where past admits landed

Past admits (whole school, anonymized)GPA and test scores are rounded for anonymity; ACT cases converted to the SAT axis via official concordance

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Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.87P25-P75: 3.30 – 4.03

Median SAT1510P25-P75: 700 – 1600

Median AP count5P25-P75: 1 – 11

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture.

Anonymized admit cases

1. Data Science, B.S. 2. Mathematics -Probability andStatistics, B.S.AP

GPA 3.9+ · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 7+ 门

1.Political Science - Public Policy, 2.Public Health withB.A. Concentration in CommunityHealth Sciences,AP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 7+ 门

Statitstics, Applied MathematicsAP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 7+ 门

biological scienceAP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 7+ 门

Mechanical Engineering; UndeclaredAP

GPA 3.9+ · SAT 1520-1540 · TOEFL 114+ · AP 7+ 门

Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.