<p>I was just wondering because I really want to go to California for school, but if I get rejected from UCLA and Berkeley I was just wondering if it was possible schools like UC Irvine or UCSD would offer a full ride to an out of state student?</p>
<p>My stats are 3.93 unweighted, and a 2180 SAT. Would this put me in a good position to get a significant merit scholarship (dare I say full ride) even as an out of state student?</p>
<p>Bookmarked (I don’t know).</p>
<p>[UCSD</a> Scholarships for Entering Freshmen](<a href=“http://students.ucsd.edu/finances/financial-aid/types/scholarships/freshmen/index.html]UCSD”>Scholarships for Entering First-Year Students)</p>
<p>Google.</p>
<p>So… no? Considering I dont see anything about significant scholarships for an out of stater? 2.5k is like 7% of what I’ll be paying…</p>
<p>I dont see anything that says in-state only. I did see must be citizen or green card. Remember, CA is incredibly cash-strapped and the state U’s are scrambling to manage their resources. Yes, these seem paltry.</p>
<p>Unless you are a recruited athlete, the UC’s don’t offer full rides, period.</p>
<p>All applicants are eligible for Regent’s scholarships which will cover tuition and fees at the lower tier campuses.</p>
<p>^^ Wait didnt you just contradict yourself?</p>
<p>No, a full ride is 100% coverage of full cost of attendance. A Regents may cover tuition fees but will still include loans AND you have to pay for housing, books, food, which at the UCs is mighty expensive.</p>
<p>Oh okay, but that would constitute as significant for me as an OOS because that would be around 30k? So would I have a decent shot at Regents for UCSD or UCI?</p>
<p>USC will be more generous with merit aid.</p>
<p>This is why you have to google.<br>
[University</a> of California - Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/scholarships/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/scholarships/index.html)</p>
<p>Seems each campus can determine how it uses the Regents $.
Some may base their actual award on financial need. </p>
<p>Looks like total cost is $52,300 for oos, incl RB.
True, the privates may offer more. Because they can.</p>
<p>True, but there are only around 300 half-ride to full ride scholarships to something like USC. I dont think I’m qualified enough for merit scholarships to top tier privates.</p>
<p>And the only reason I would be looking into merit scholarships to UC’s is because I want to go there, any other I’d probably just stay instate.</p>
<p>A 2180 will not be competitive for a Regents at SD and probably not at UCI. (California has a lot of test-happy applicants.)</p>
<p>Concur with bluebayou that the OP’s stats are not competitive for a Regents. Concur with UCBChemEGrad that the chances for significant merit money at USC are far better than at a UC. </p>
<p>If you want to search for merit money at other California schools, you’d do best to look at privates.</p>
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But you think the UCs are going to throw aid at you? Guess again…</p>
<p>Does anybody know of an OOS student who got a regents that provided full OOS fees or a full ride? If so, which school?</p>
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<p>There are limited exceptions, such as the [Drake</a> Scholarship for mechanical engineering students are Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.me.berkeley.edu/StudentAffairs/ProspectiveStudents/Undergraduate/Drake.html]Drake”>http://www.me.berkeley.edu/StudentAffairs/ProspectiveStudents/Undergraduate/Drake.html).</p>
<p>My son was offered the Presidential scholarship from UC Santa Cruz which is 20K over the course of 4 years (split 4k,4k,6,6k). Otherwise there is just the Regent and not sure what the criteria is for earning it (we don’t qualify for need based, so it may be that you need to be both merit worthy and need is factored in (?). But Regent is only 6K per year so not going to make a dent in that 50K</p>
<p>S was also offered honors college at UC Santa Barbara but no merit aid offered. Son’s stats were close to yours, but higher SAT and NMF. Still worth a shot to at least try for the Presidential at UCSC, but doubt Davis would offer any. </p>
<p>If you really are wanting to go to school in CA then look at schools known for more merit aid -a private with a large percentage of non-need based awards each year, and that has a lower average accepted student range then your stats. There are threads on this in the “schools with good merit aidl” threads. USC is known for good merit aid, so that would be a start, but the stats are about where yours are too, so not likely to get anything close to a full ride. Good luck!</p>