<p>I'm having a hard time finding any information about this. I've heard that UC schools by law must accept a huge percentage of students from California. What is this percentage? Do you need Ivy League stats (for UCLA & Berkeley)to stand a chance of admission from out of state?</p>
<p>Cal and LA have about 5% OOS. It is harder for OOS and you need great stats, but not ivy credentials. Note the average SATs are not very high at UCs, so a 2200 should look good at the top ones. Then I'd say top 5% of class and you have a shot.</p>
<p>For the top UC's (Cal & UCLA) you will need to pretty much have straight A's in your UC A-G courses. I think the average admitted applicant has about 8 -12 AP's/Honors and SAT's around 2000 and up. People do get admitted with less, but a quick look at the UC admitted student profiles will show you what you need to do to be in the top 5% of applicants (which you should aim for if you are out of state). When they list GPA's of admitted students, sometimes they are using HS GPA's and other times they are using UC GPA's. In state kids with over 4.0 and 2000 and up SAT's are routinely denied admission. Check the admitted threads for the individual colleges to see what the OOS students who got admitted had grade/test wise. Good Luck! California can be an awesome place to attend school from out of state!</p>
<p>Even ignoring the stats on getting in, why would you want to do it? In-state the UC system is a sweet deal, but OOS you'll pay $40K a year for a lot less than you can get elsewhere. I'm talking about smaller classes, personal attention, an advisor, etc.</p>
<p>The UCs' mission is to accept the top 10% of students in California. OOS is pretty difficult; Berkeley and UCLA are 7% OOS. Obviously, it can be very difficult to get in OOS (I've even heard of people getting into Stanford but not Berkeley OOS, though I don't think it's usually that bad).</p>
<p>"Note the average SATs are not very high at UCs, so a 2200 should look good at the top ones."</p>
<p>UCs don't superscore, so you have to account for that too. 2200+ would be good, though I know of in-staters who have over 2250, almost a 4.0 UW GPA, and great extracurriculars and who were rejected by Berkeley...</p>
<p>OOS admission rate for Cal is 20%, in contrast to the in-state rate of 25%. However, OOS apps are typically stronger. No, you do not need Ivy stats. Agree with mikemac -- Cal is $45k OOS -- many private schools might provide a better value.</p>
<p>I was at a Cal event last night where the rep stated that they admitted 10,213 students this cycle, 99% of whom are the top 10% in their class with an average GPA of 3.92.</p>