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<p>You may be feeling your father’s frustration but this is in no way accurate of the California public school system (I assume you’re talking about public schools, I don’t think Stanford and the Claremont colleges are “raping the public”) but you have to check your facts first. CSUs, in the fall of 2011, had a total of 426,534 enrolled students (all CSUs total). Out of those students, only 15,542 of them were out of state/country. Sorry, but I don’t see how that is “catering to out of country and state applicants”. ([CSU</a> | AS | CSU Origin of Fall Term Enrollment - 2011](<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2011-2012/for02.htm]CSU”>http://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2011-2012/for02.htm))</p>
<p>Yes, UCLA has upped its out of state admission this year to 12.3% ([UC</a> sees uptick in admissions of foreign, out-of-state students - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/18/local/la-me-uc-admissions-20120418]UC”>UC admits more foreign, out-of-state students)) but have you ever thought that that is due to students like you who refuse to attend school in state? They still need students and maybe they knew they’d have less in state applicants (which might be due to the financial situation CA is in, but that is not out of state applicants or even UCs’ fault). </p>
<p>And while KU may be less expensive, the caliber of the school is a lot lower. Cal and UCLA are expensive, yes, but they are of the highest caliber public university you will find anywhere in the state. You are still paying less for Cal/UCLA than you would at many private universities of equal caliber (or any private university, really, when paying sticker price). </p>
<p>Your assumptions are based on frustrations, which is fine, and inaccuracies, which, quite frankly, is not, and you have to learn to do some research before you openly accuse CA of rape. You say you mean no disrespect but you’re just like anyone who says something followed by “no offense” and expect that to take away any hurt feelings. </p>
<p>Yes, I am a CA resident, but no, I do not attend a public CA school. I chose to attend an out of state university for a variety of reasons, none of which I’d like to express on this thread. But thrust me, they were a lot better than the inaccurate assumptions you are using.</p>