<p>I know UCB has the Drake Mechanical Engineering scholarship, but that's all I know. Particularly, I'm interested in UCB, UCSB, UCSD, and UCLA.</p>
<p>They do give Regents’ Scholarships to out of state students, but it is not stated how generous the award amounts are. The award amounts do vary based on need, presumably replacing loans and work-study with grants, but it is not stated whether they would cover any of the additional non-resident tuition (regular non-loan financial aid at UCs does not).</p>
<p>You probably do not want to get your hopes up too high, but you can always ask them directly if you want to know.</p>
<p>No not at all. They are known for taking in OOS students on full fees to offset state subsidy students. There are very few and extremely difficult to acquire scholarships such as Regents (usually but not always full tuition off) and Drake like you mentioned, but other than that (you won’t be able to get these unless you’re Ivy competitive) you are looking at attending at the standard price of a private college. Not really the best deal unless you are extremely smart and get merit aid or you didn’t get admitted to comparable private schools. UCLA and Cal don’t really throw money out for merit because they don’t need to. They can fill their quota of out of state kids pretty easily so besides the prestigious top merit scholarships, you are looking at pretty much 0 other merit opportunities.</p>
<p>The other thing you should recognize is that you will need Ivy-level numbers to be competitive for a Regents at the top UCs.</p>
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<p>Sounds like a raw deal for OOS. Pay full tuition to make up for CA’s budget mess!</p>
<p>^That’s the way lots of public U’s operate. Why should Calif taxpayers support non Calif students? Our state taxes help pay for Calif public colleges, not colleges in other states.</p>
<p>Once upon a time, UC cost of attendance was low enough even for out of state students that UC served to attract students to California, with some of them staying after graduation to become net contributors to the California economy.</p>
<p>Presumably, that is what states like Alabama are trying to do now with big scholarships for out of state students.</p>
<p>Are the Regents scholarships’ requirements the same across the UCs? Or, does UCSB have different standards than UCLA, for example?</p>
<p>each campus has its own Regent’s committee. And yes, the ‘requirements’ are much, much higher for the top UCs than the are for the ‘lower’ UCs. Earning a Regents at Cal or UCLA, for example, requires Ivy-level numbers.</p>
<p>Look at it another way: Cal has more top testers than Harvard! (On a raw numbers basis, obviously.)</p>
<p>Cal and UCLA don’t allow OOS students to compete for Regent’s.</p>
<p>UCSD allows OOS students to compete. The monetary award is $2,000 per year. There are other perks such as priority registration, guaranteed housing, better library privileges, etc.</p>
<p>UC Davis will award Regent’s to OOS students. Their monetary award is need based, and ranges from $7,500 per year up to full in-state COA.</p>
<p>UC Irvine allows Regent’s for OOS students.</p>
<p>UC Santa Cruz offers $5,000 per year to its Regent’s scholars and allows OOS students to compete. They also offer a Dean’s Scholarship of $5,000 per year to help defray the OOS fee.</p>
<p>UCSB offers Regent’s to the top two percent of all applicants. The monetary award is $6,000 per year.</p>
<p>UC Riverside allows all freshmen to compete.</p>
<p>UC Merced considers all applicants for Regent’s. Monetary award is need based and ranges from $7,500 per year up to full in-state COA.</p>
<p>Of course, these rules and monetary awards can change from year to year. Check the websites yourself before you apply.</p>
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<p>Is this a recent change? In prior years, I have seen OOS’ers win some merit money at both.</p>
<p>This has been the case for at least two years. I looked at the rules when my HS class of 2010 son was applying.</p>
<p>There might be merit scholarships other than Regent’s that OOSers can apply for, but I don’t think the monetary awards are enough to put a dent in the $54,000ish OOS COA.</p>
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<p>The one exception that I know of is the Drake scholarship at Berkeley (full ride, including OOS), but it is available only to mechanical engineering majors and is highly selective.</p>