<p>I'm pretty confident with my grades/SAT for admission, but I'm from Washington.. are the chances for out of state admission really low? On collegeboard it says 1%.. is it really that hard? :</p>
<p>Apparently it is. <a href=“http://campus-sas.csulb.edu/IRpdfreports/cds09.pdf[/url]”>http://campus-sas.csulb.edu/IRpdfreports/cds09.pdf</a> State of Residence is rated as very important in the admissions process (Section C). Section F shows only 1% of freshman are OOS.</p>
<p>Many an East Coaster has made the same jaw-dropping realization you have. Trying to get into CSU/UC OOS is really freaking hard. And with the budget cuts these schools are facing? Good luck. I’d suggest contacting an admissions officer and finding out the median GPA/SAT score for those OOS</p>
<p>not that its hard to get into, its because nobody want to leave their state to go to a subpar school where you would have to pay oos tuition</p>
<p>^ There are plenty of students from each state that want to go to a different state for college and actually do.</p>
<p>To the OP, CSUs cater to the students in their service/area. They then give the rest of the spots to those in other cities of California. Unfortunately, OOS students are given last priority. CSULB had the second highest number of applicants for this current fall semester. They came second to UCLA in terms of total applicants. To put things in perspective, CSULB had 47,000 freshmen applicants for about freshmen 7,000 spots. About 1% or 70 students were OOS. The only thing you can do is apply and hope for the best! Good luck! :]</p>
<p>It’s not fair to compare it to UCLA standards. I believe CSULB’s low acceptance rate has more to do the high number of unqualified students applying to it. For example, the average SAT for incoming freshmen is 1025, lower than Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, and SDSU and all of UCs. According to the CSU, only 47 percent of CSULB’s incoming freshmen are proficient in both English and math. That’s also lower than the aforementioned campuses plus Sonoma. Fifty three percent have to take both remedial math and English their freshman year. Looking at the low acceptance rates is misleading. An average student with a 3.4 GPA, and a 1,000 on the SAT should be able to make it into most majors. I think the acceptance rate is more a reflection of number and the quality of it’s feeder high schools. Don’t be intimidated. Just apply here and a few other UCs and CSUs.</p>
<p>[CSU</a> | Analytic Studies | Campus and Systemwide Combination - 2009](<a href=“http://www.asd.calstate.edu/performance/combo/2009/index.shtml]CSU”>http://www.asd.calstate.edu/performance/combo/2009/index.shtml)</p>
<p><a href=“http://campus-sas.csulb.edu/IRpdfreports/satwebcomb.pdf[/url]”>http://campus-sas.csulb.edu/IRpdfreports/satwebcomb.pdf</a></p>
<p>I was merely stating actual numbers. I wasn’t comparing any standards to UCLA. Obviously comparing CSULB to UCLA is like comparing a burger to a piece of steak, and the applicant pool differs between the two.</p>
<p>thank you, everyone gave such helpful answers! I’ll try my best! thanks again :)</p>
<p>For Fall 2010, CSULB did receive slightly over 47000 applicants from freshman applicants. They admitted about 16400, and ended up enrolling about 4000. The out of state average admitted student had about a 3.6 GPA and 1100 SAT (CR & Math only). The competition is tough, but not impossible.</p>
<p>Agreeably, it is tough to apply to CSU or UCs as an OOS student but without know how many of those 47,000 were OOS we don’t know the statistic that we really want to know. </p>
<p>What percent of OOS applicants whose GPA is above the 3.4 minimum actually get in?</p>