<p>the title says it all....do out of state students have a huge disadvantage of getting into a college? i live in florida but i am considered out of state. i want to go FSU.
what i dont understand is that...out of state students pay more? that means that colleges should in fact accept a large amount of out-of state students. please give me you guys opinion.
I rly hope i get in FSU or USF .......currently in high school i have no AP classes BUT i took Something similiar to AP when i lived in the caribbean. It is called CAPE or A-LEVELS based on the british education system. i took advanced chem,phys,env science and communication studies and passed all.
i mailed my scores from this advanced profiency exam and i really hope they take these advanced courses into consideration. ANYONE FROM THE CARIBBEAN PLEASE REPLY AS WELL</p>
<p>Actually, I think out-of-state students get a slight advantage.</p>
<p>I’m basing this off the idea that colleges want a lot of diversity (Based on US geography) in their schools. And I’m further assuming that more people would apply to a college in their own state, so out-of-state applicants would have a small extra step.</p>
<p>what i honestly think is the money! 
because everyone is like ohhhh if ur in state then your in for sure.
but in my opinion out of state gives more money and shouldnt have a disadvantage but treated the same.
waiting for other people’s opinion thx</p>
<p>“i live in florida but i am considered out of state.”
How is that possible?</p>
<p>The Florida public university system is required to maintain its ratio of in-state resident enrollment to no less than 90% of all whom enroll and thus Florida residents are given preference. That does not mean any particular Florida college must have at least 90% residents. It just means the system as a whole must maintain that level (for example, it would be OK for UFl to have more than 10% non-residents if other Florida universities enroll less than 10% and make up the difference). It sounds like OP is an international living in Florida and thus would not be considered a Florida resident for purpose of admission.</p>
<p>How restrictive that really makes it is probably less than you would believe. Florida colleges do not get overwhelming numbers of non-resident applicants and the total overall is usually under 10% for the universities and then UFl itself sometimes gets to 11%, but FSU is usually in 6-7% range.</p>
<p>Many states for their public universities have some form of preference laws/rules for in-state residents although often it is just stated generally as giving preference in admission to residents without any quotas. Giving preference to non-residents simply because they pay more is not a program that is easily tolerated by the voters of a state whose taxes support such schools. They want their kids to go to their state’s public universities not some other state’s kids and public officials can face being kicked out of office for actually favoring non-residents</p>
<p>If the OP is an international it is even harder than OOS. Internationals have their own pool in which to compete for a limited number of seats.</p>
<p>i am not international. I am a permanent resident, just out of state cause ok, my brother is a florida resident, and he is my guardian, I MAY be able to get it or may not</p>