<p>4.3 weighted gpa out of 4 (max being 5 if you took all honors/ap classes and got A's in all of them)
top 8% in class of 700
32 ACT
4.4 gpa soph/jun year
SAT subject- MAth 2-725, US history- 730
ec's- good not great
some pretty good awards
essays should be great
IS UCB OOS a match/slight reach/ reach/ or impossible for me?
thanks a lot</p>
<p>r u in-state?</p>
<p>It's a match, but at $40K/yr with almost no financial aid for OOS students, why choose it for undergrad? Great grad schools but for undergrad all you get is huge classes, cut throat competition and a bad chance of graduating in 4 years. That could make it more expensive than most privates, and if you can get in OOS you can get into some great privates.</p>
<p>You should be a match to Cal, though as bobby said the 40K a year probably isn't worth it. There are some top privates that might give you some good financial aid/scholarship money.</p>
<p>UCs are a great deal for Californians, not so much for everybody else.</p>
<p>thanks for the replies, but I have something that says OOS tutition is 19,000 and the fees are about 6 grand. No idea where the 40K a year is coming from. Would UVA and UNC be better options?</p>
<p>what would some good privates be, along w/ UVa and UNC?</p>
<p>You seem to have similar stats to me, and UCB as well as UNC (and formally UVa) are on my list. I'm crossing my fingers that they're matches/low reaches! </p>
<p>As far as OOS tuition+otras fees go, I have not seen anything less than 30 grand a year, that being William and Mary, a public. UVa is around 35 if I rememeber correctly, and privates are 40 grand +. I honestly have not seen a private for cheaper than that. UCB seems to be comparable in price to other state schools on its tier.</p>
<p>I tried to apply to some schools where I thought I might get some merit aid, like Syracuse. If you're into journalism and need money, places like that are great options.</p>
<p>The rest is room and board, rent in Berkeley being high.</p>
<p>It was previously mentioned above that opportunities for OOS students are limited, w/ bad chance to graduate in 4 years and huge classes. I know the school is big, but would it be a lot better to go to a public school out east like UVA and UNC- i live in the midwest.</p>
<p>padres13:</p>
<p>UCB: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>