<p>I lived in New York for the first 17 years of my life as well did my family, ive lived in california for the past 6 months and finished high school here. im probably going back to new york but I can technically put either as my state of residence when applying because of how it is going to work. Coming from which state would give me a better chance of being accepted out of state to a public university such as University of Michigan etc.</p>
<p>Why go OOS when you have some of the best public universities in the world in CA and NY?</p>
<p>because the UC system has a special UC gpa which screws me over, and im not a yuppie. and the only school in NY that has the strength of program for the areas im looking is SUNY Stony Brook which im probably going to apply to but i dont want to go to..its not a fun place to be.</p>
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<p>The UC GPA is made to help you by giving extra weight to higher-level courses. It caps the weighting to make GPAs more comparable.</p>
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<p>lol what?</p>
<p>no i dont think you understand how it works, they count only 10th and 11th grade and only count a-g courses. you dont get to pick which affect your gpa like is a common misconception over there. and look it up on urbandictionary.</p>
<p>I’m so confused by this thread and I’ve lived in California for my whole life. And I’m applying to the UCs. Where did kyledavid80 say that one can pick which courses go into your GPA. And how does the UC GPA screw you over? Can you provide some more detail, as I can’t think of a case where the UC GPA would be very disadvantageous (at least, not when the adcoms will be able to see the rest of your profile, including class lists, etc).</p>
<p>And you haven’t answered perhaps the most important question…what does not being yuppie have to do with anything? Is that in reference to the UC system or SUNY?</p>
<p>its disadvantageous when the one year you did bad was in 10th grade due to extenuating circumstances which is the reason my gpa is only a 3.2 instead of like a 3.5. the uc gpa makes it like a 2.7 because it only counts 10th and 11th. its a reference to UC, UC’s (specifically Berkeley and Santa Cruz) are a little too .. yea</p>
<p>Well you can’T apply to the UC’s as a cali resident. To be a cali resident you have had to live in California for 3 years. Basically if you apply to UCB (better that UM) they will charge you OOS tuition of $20,000.</p>
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<p>I understand it perfectly (considering I’ve gone through the process myself and have chanced more students on CC for UCs than probably anyone else); you don’t seem to understand the impact of this method.</p>
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<p>What do you mean by “which”?</p>
<p>My point is that the UC’s method of calculating GPA doesn’t, or shouldn’t, screw you over. Freshman year is not counted because it generally does not help them gauge whether you will be successful at a UC. A multitude of other schools hold this philosophy. If excluding freshman year from your GPA means your UC GPA is lower, then that means you have a downward trend.</p>
<p>a-g courses are a very broad set of courses that UC has determined are good requirements for preparing students for UC. I don’t know how that screws students over, either, unless they don’t meet one of the requirements. If that’s the case, then we should also take seriously all the whining of the students who forgot to take required tests for admission to other universities.</p>
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<p>I’m well aware of what a yuppie is, thanks, but I have no idea what it has to do with the topic at hand.</p>
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<p>And UC takes this into consideration as well. If you don’t meet the scholarship requirement for admission (as in your case), you may apply for admission by exception.</p>
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<p>“Yea”? And why specifically Berkeley and Santa Cruz? That requirement is set so that the students who matriculate are able to handle the university’s requirements. Perhaps you simply aren’t the best fit for UC with a sub-3.0 GPA; or at least, this is what adcoms would be thinking, and so you may show them that you are capable of handling a UC education by first attending a community college and doing better there, then trying to transfer.</p>
<p>dude you and i both know the california high school education system is possibly the worst one in the united states, with exit exams that are literally proclaimed to be designed for an eighth grader. Berkeley and Santa Cruz are completely filled with yuppies. Santa Barbara, UCLA are a a little bit better.
also viromonkey, you have to live in california for 1 year, not 3. and ive already said im not interested in the UC’s.</p>
<p>I believe your state of residence is New York. To put CA as state of residence you had to have lived there for two years at least of your high school years. Because NY was three years, that is your state. Or so I thought…</p>
<p>Hmmmm…does Kyledavid understand the UC system ?..</p>
<p>Telling kyledavid80 he doesn’t understand the UC system.. Classic.</p>
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<p>…er, what exactly is your definition of “yuppie”? Because I think it’s very different from my (and others’) definition.</p>
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<p>I guess not–I’m getting schooled by a highschool student not interested in the UCs. ;)</p>
<p>Hahahahahaha!</p>
<p>Florida. and bears.</p>
<p>I thought the yuppie remark was referring to NY at first. If anything, UCLA is way more yuppie-ish than Cal.</p>
<p>The 3 year residency thing is if you graduated from a CA high school after attending it for 3 years. But 17 years + 6 months < 18 years = you’re still a minor so your residency is determined by the residency of the parents you live with. If you go back to New York, you can’t put CA as your state of residence if you haven’t lived here for a year straight.</p>
<p>Maybe he got “hippie” and “yuppie” mixed up???</p>
<p>^^ that’s what I was thinking–Berkeley and UCSC are known for being full of “hippies,” though that’s just a stereotype and there really are few hippies around.</p>
<p>IM NOT ASKING WHETHER OR NOT I CAN PUT IT. Just trust me. I’m currently living with a parent in california, im applying on September 1. I’m returning to new york soon, but its during a transitional phase that i am applying so JUST TrUST ME i cant put either. i didnt ask you to argue that, because im pretty sure i understand whats going on in my life better than you guys. and ive actually done the research, talked to people from my school. NOW. BACK TO THE TOPIC.</p>
<p>Applying out of state to schools like UMaryland and UIUC, what state would be more beneficial to be out of state from, New York or California.</p>
<p>PS. I meant yuppie.</p>