<p>I'm from Oregon, with these credentials:</p>
<p>3.55 Unweighted GPA</p>
<p>1800 SAT
Lit SAT II - 690
Biology SAT II - 420</p>
<p>AP Comp. - 3
AP Human Geo. - 4
AP Env. Sci. - 4</p>
<p>Won state competition in snowboarding with team in 2008
Member of Interact for two years
Have logged 100 community service hours
Currently hold a job of two years
Highly-ranked high school
Prospective Geography/English major</p>
<p>Chances at:
UCLA
UCSB
UCB
UCI
UCSD</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Calculate your UC GPA first. Your SAT’s are below the average of all of the UC’s that you’re applying. But UC’s tend to admit more OOS kids than californians in recent years. Good luck!</p>
<p>My UC GPA is just above 3.6.</p>
<p>Like the above posters said, UCs are going to be accepting more out of staters in the upcoming years as budget crisis deepens.</p>
<p>With that said, assuming you are accepted, are you and your family ready to foot more than a $200,000 bill for your education? Currently it costs out of state about $45,000-$50,000 a year all costs included. In the upcoming years, that number is only going to go up. </p>
<p>UCSB was my dream school for out of state. I have family in the city, so I’ve been going there every year since I was a kid. Probably my favorite city in the world. When it came time to apply to colleges UCSB was first on my list. I applied, got in, but eventually came to my sense that it made almost no sense in paying double what it costs to go to an equally respected (if not more) school here in the Midwest.</p>
<p>That’s something to very seriously think about. Some people will say that’s good debt since you’re able to accomplish your dream. Some people, like myself, will say that good debt or not, that’s just too much debt.</p>
<p>Maybe in at SB. Your GPA and SAT scores are low for most of the UCs and although UCs are accepting more out of state, they still give first priority to in-state kids for the most part.</p>
<p>Actually the above post is not entirely correct. When an in-state and an OOS student have similar borderline stats, the admission counselor would more likely to accept the OOS student. It’s just that UCSB doesn’t have too many OOS applicants.</p>
<p>Ryan, I hope that can be used to my advantage, as the OOS population at UCSB is only 4%.</p>
<p>UCSB is increasing its OOS students admission for the first time next year. So good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>