<p>They don't seem to take too many out of staters.</p>
<p>My son, OOS, has 2300 SAT</p>
<p>800 CR
800 writing
700 math</p>
<p>34 ACT</p>
<p>unweighted gpa 3.6 or 3.7</p>
<p>Class rank (5%---barely, by two people)</p>
<p>AP courses:</p>
<p>four 5's
two 4's
two 3's (physics and calculus)</p>
<p>not much in the way of ECs, except for debate, and the publishing of a few stories/poems</p>
<p>Intended major? The amount of OOSers has gone up of late. Go to the link below, click on “Custom Tables”, answer a few questions, and enter up to 3 “mean characteristics” at a time (GPA, overall test score, etc.) to see what the admit rate percentages are for someone that matches his profile:</p>
<p>[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/)</p>
<p>You’ll need your son’s UC GPA for a fair comparison. That’s 10th and 11th grade, counting only the so-called a-g courses, and adding weighting for up to 8 semesters of AP coursework taken during those two years. Do not weight any honors courses, as you are out of state.</p>
<p>Before you do that, make sure you are OK with the price, and with the likelihood of it getting higher. If you are looking for merit or need-based aid, UC is not going to be workable.</p>
<p>my D. got in 3 years ago OOS w/a 1950 SAT and 3.5-3.6 UW GPA. Co- Captain of soccer team that went to the state finals (4 years varsity. track as well) Did not apply as athlete and did not want to play in college. Licensed sailor as well. Studied abroad in France following her junior year. So i guess my point is they are looking for interesting people as much as high scorers. They probably get thousands of applications w/2200-2400 SAT scores. BTW, she ended up going to University of Michigan. GO BLUE!</p>
<p>^thousands of applications w/ 2200-2400 SAT scores? That’s quite a huge range, and 2300 is a pretty impressive threshold that only a few thousand students can get, much less apply to Berkeley with. </p>
<p>I would say that OP’s son has a good chance. I go to one of the top schools in WA state and many extremely average (mediocre HS record and SAT’s) got in, including one with a sub-2000 SAT. Perhaps going to a well-known HS helped, as 12 from my school are attending just from last year, but the general sentiment is that they seem to be lowering standards to attract more full-pay OOS students (at the expense of their reputation, possibly).</p>
<p>I think he has a good shot. The 2300 is way above their average, so if his UC GPA is 4.0 plus he stands a good chance. They want lots of OOS kids this year.</p>
<p>But Floridadad, take a hard look at how the CA budget crisis is impacting these schools. You can easily end up paying that $50K plus/yr for 5 years with regular double digit fee hikes. I’m not sure I wouldn’t choose a sold private over these right now.</p>
<p>nope he sucks(stat wise) especially for a oos</p>