<p>hi
i came to the united states in my junior year and my english is not that much good to get a high score on SAT reading , please chance me for all UCs and UMD</p>
<p>GPA : 3.87
Junior year GPA: 4.0
UC GPA: 3.85
SAT1:
reading: 450
math : 690
Writing: 590
Toefl: paper based : 590</p>
<p>senior year classes:
AP calc
AP Bio
AP psychology
English 10 and 11
US gov
Piano lab 2</p>
<p>sat math2: 780
physics: 690</p>
<p>I have good ec's </p>
<p>i wanted to know if uc's connsider my reading score since i have been here in the us just for a year </p>
<p>i have mentioned in my essay that i've been here for just a year. but the problem is i'm OOS so i don't know if in this budget crisis this is a good thig or not???</p>
<p>You have a shot at Davis and Irvine, possibly UCSD. SB, CAl and UCLA are a big reach.</p>
<p>Why would you want to spend $50,000 to attend a UC? You’re much better off at a private school. If you want to be in California, with your stats you may have a shot at USC because of your recent immigration to the US - they love international students.</p>
<p>During this budget crisis I would strongly consider whether the value is there for all but a few UC programs at almost $50K/yr and major increases coming.</p>
<p>Even if they give you a break on CR, you’re probably not looking at UCB or LA. $50K for Irvine/Davis/SB/SC/R/M is not my idea of a good value proposition.</p>
<p>Among many other requirements, to establish residency for UCs you must live in California for a full year before the residence determination date. In other words, no, you cannot typically establish residency while attending school.
<p>I warn you, DON’T APPLY TO UC SCHOOLS OUT OF STATE!!!</p>
<p>I did last year and got into UC Berkeley. They offered me next to no financial aid, with huge loans, and it would have come to $55,000 each year. My family had been saving for me to go to school since before I was born and we still couldn’t even hope to pay that.</p>
<p>It’s really hard to become a CA resident, too. Don’t even try. They know how to make it as hard as possible.</p>
<p>The budget crisis hit CA hard and they’ve slashed the UC system’s budget everywhere. I don’t know about Berkeley or UCLA with your critical reading and writing, even though you just moved here from overseas. They are hard to get into out of state, period.</p>
<p>UCSB, UC Davis, and UC Irvine could work potentially, but at the huge price tag, I’m not sure it would be worth it. You have to go though tons of bureaucracy for out-of-state at UC schools and they aren’t very helpful for out-of-staters. They tried to deny me because they didn’t realize that a summer program at Cambridge wasn’t actually college classes, so when they got a report that told them it was a summer program and didn’t look like a transcript, they accused me of fabricating and got really nasty. I had to argue my way through this mean official there on the phone for about an hour to get them to see that I wasn’t lying or cheating and that they had made a mistake. </p>
<p>What state do you live in? What are your EC’s? Give us more information so we can chance you more accurately.</p>
<p>Sorry about UC. I would have loved to go there, but they cost so much after the budget cuts and really did not make me feel like they wanted me there at all. Maybe your experience will be different. I hope so.</p>
<p>Best of luck. I hope this helps. Can you chance me? The link is included below. Thanks. Peace.</p>
<p>i think your case is really especial. i currently live in washington dc.
so if me and my family start to live there for even more than a year AFTER I GOT TO UC then i will not become resident???
My EC’s are really good but most of them as you know are from IRAN, my own country.
for example i got the 2nd place in state varsity math olympiad which was by the way really hard. plus, i have a lot of other ec’s which are all good</p>
<p>the thing is i wanted to say in my application that me and my family want to move to california and live there. is this a good thing to mention or not?</p>
<p>i’m also applying to UMD and UVA. any ideas???
thank you all. I’ll chance back.</p>
You are correct. You and your family would have to move to California a full year BEFORE you start at a UC to establish residency for tuition purposes. In most cases the residency that is established when you enter a UC does NOT change while you are a student. In other words:</p>
<p>**If you enter paying oos fees, you will most likely pay the oos fees for your entire four years (or five years, as classes are hard to get with budget cuts). **The UC system has always been VERY difficult to establish residency, and they will become even more strict now that they are so strapped for cash. </p>
<p>As you will likely pay the entire oos cost of the UCs ($200,000+ over four years) regardless of if your family moves here or not, mentioning that on the application would probably not make a difference.</p>
<p>Your best option if you are set on a UC would be to move with your family to California and take a “gap” year before applying for the following year. After a full year of California residency (BEFORE attending any California College) you may be able to enter as a California resident and pay in-state fees.</p>
<p>“You have a shot at Davis and Irvine, possibly UCSD. SB, CAl and UCLA are a big reach.”</p>
<p>I agree that u have a shot at Davis and Irvine and SD if lucky
but there is no way santa barbara is in the same category as UCB and UCLA
UCSB is around the same as davis and irvine
u def have a shot at SB</p>
<p>I think that residency would be established one year after the parents move to CA whether he’s a student already or not. I would however, check this with one of the schools.</p>
<p>And isn’t there also a rule where DC residents can be considered in state anywhere if accepted by the college?</p>
<p>I would work on the CR score. Right now I think you’d get into UCR and UCM. Maybe UCSC. With a higher CR score there would be a possibility of UCD, SB and I. The top 3 are unlikely.</p>
<p>Hey well 50K on tuition and stuff can be payed off with a bunch of scholarships assuming you spend all week writing applications for 10 - 15 scholarships a week. Um… thats what I’m planning on anyways… and I’m an international student too. Well UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCD, UCLA, and UC Berkeley are definately not a high match or even a match for you. Well for berkeley, my asian cousin had 2150 on the SAT, and a 4.5 GpA (never had an a-) and still got rejected… Ive seen people with 4.0 Weighted GPA get rejected by UCLA and UCI and UCSD. So basically, if your school offers honors courses, at least a 4.0 weighted GPA is needed for those schools to even be considered. UCR and UC Merced will definately accept you. Actually, since your OOS… oh well I’m pretty sure youll get into UCR and Merced. Chance me please people?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810722-please-chance-me-these-colleges.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/810722-please-chance-me-these-colleges.html</a></p>
<p>You’re stats are good…if you were in state your chances would be much higher. However, I received an email from CAL telling me that they are going to increase the number of OOS students…this could be very beneficial to you. I don’t think they’ll value your CR SAT score that much given that you just came to this country. Cal is known for looking through the numbers at the potential of the student given your academics, ec, volunteer work, etc.</p>