Just make sure you are aware of the $45k-$60k per year cost for OOS students at these schools.
@clo513 The California universities are funded by California taxpayers. A lot of money goes to the schools to pay for those buildings and educators. The intent of those universities is to provide for the public education of California students.
Of course California residents get an advantage and will continue to do so based on the sentiments of California residents! Are you aware of how much Californians pay in state and local taxes? Why would the children of Californians have an unfair advantage in getting into their own public schools? These public schools were built for them. Just because our public California universities happen to be exceptional, does not mean that OOS students should reap the same public tax benefits as our instate students.
@“aunt bea” Sorry I was completely unaware of this. I only looked at it from a completely academically objective point of view, had the admissions office not known the residency of the applicants, would as many residents have gotten in? I guess you just answered my question about Californians having a so-called ‘easier time’ for applying to their own schools because they payed for their rights beforehand right?
I’m not against OP applying there, I’m just advising him that if he gets rejected he shouldn’t feel so bad about himself because the UC’s were not built for students such as himself in the first place, since he isn’t a child of Californians.
@NothingToSeeHere , I personally only used my chemistry credit because I don’t like chemistry. I took regular first year physics and math; it ended up doing my a favour because although we do have credits for these courses, they are actually MUCh more in depth… Several of my physics classmates (we were all 6/7s) agree that the course at Purdue is much more difficult than physics HL (obviously :P), but ultimately it is up to you. I’ve seen people who used all their credits and ended up no problem.
As to the drop-out issue, since I think that the acceptance cut off is lower than it should be, some people aren’t able to keep up with first year engineering. Others get kicked out through non-academic means: since we’re a dry campus, the school is really strict on alcohol policies.