<p>I guess this question can also be relevant for out-of-state high school applicants, but I'm just curious as to when applying out-of-state, does the fact you'll be paying a significantly higher tuition make you more "appealing," and ultimately give you an edge?</p>
<p>For private universities and need-blind publics, the answer is no - there’s no difference in the COA between IS and OOS students for private universities, and need-blind publics are, well, need-blind. And even for need-aware publics, you’re not likely to get much of an edge because priority is given to in-state students.</p>
<p>Edit: In other words, it’s very unlikely that any university would choose an OOS student over an IS student with comparable grades, ECs, etc. simply because he’ll be paying a higher tuition. (And, to put this is perspective, relative to the amount of money most of these schools possess, the additional money you’ll be paying in tuition is not really that much.)</p>
<p>yes out of staters do have a bit of a leverage when applying to schools that don’t give in staters preference!</p>
<p>Many publics are accepting more full pay OOS students. I know this is true in my state, in CA and other states. There have been recent threads about this on the Parents and Admissions forums.</p>
<p>I stand corrected. ([thread=13667641]Click here[/thread] to see one of the threads entomom was likely talking about.) Sorry for jumping the gun. </p>
<p>That’s really messed up, though - and I say that as a prospective OOS transfer myself. I always thought public universities were mandated to give priority to IS students - they are, after all, funded by their state’s tax payers. Oh well, money talks.</p>
<p>So, I guess now I should ask… Can you pay full tuition? If so, seems like you may have the money to buy all the leverage you want/need.</p>
<p>Entomom - Besides CA, could you specify any other states where this is occurring, and if possible, provide a link (either to a CC thread or an outside source) to confirm.</p>
<p>This probably isn’t true at UTexas-Austin or UNC-CH. Very hard for OOS’ers to get into them</p>
<p>What about U Mich. Ann Arbor?</p>