<p>This thread has been a little quiet! Has anyone heard back from CSULB?</p>
<p>still waiting on a reply…Hopefully they get back to me soon.</p>
<p>I Haven’t heard anything yet. At least some of the UCs are going to start release their decisions soon.</p>
<p>yeah ucla and ucsd have already made their decisions… got rejected to both haha, and i had higher stats than a lot of people who got in… on top of that i chose a non impacted major…</p>
<p>iamtheironman, You probably didn’t get into the UCs because you’re not a resident. It really sucks and like you said, you would be paying a lot more $ for tuition. No wonder California is in the budget crisis that it is in. Even if they accepted 1/3 of the non residents in each of the colleges, there you go, budget crisis solved. Besides they would have students with higher credentials! CRAZY!!!</p>
<p>I KNOW RIGHT! THIS IS MADNESS! The whole UC and CSU systems are just terrible, and are in serious need of change… and like you said 1/3 non residents will provided them with a lot of cash immediately as well as higher credentials! I’ll probably just end up going east coast and transfer to a UC! :(</p>
<p>I don’t want to be mean but the “University of California” and the “California State University” ARE for the California residents. Those are public universities. There is a lot of people out there who can’t afford to go to privates or go out-of-state like you guys. I know its hard to take but this is the reality. Thats why, if you really want to go to California, there’s always private schools (University of San Francisco, Santa Clara, Standford, USD, USC…).
If you guys didn’t know, people, here in California disagreed with the fact that UCs are taking more out-of-staters instead of Californians… which, i hope you understand.</p>
<p>I don’t want to be mean, but i’m just saying that you guys should’ve applied to privates (if you didnt). Public schools are so hard to get into nowadays…</p>
<p>You are exactly correct, naixn92. Thank you for stating what has been obvious to us California folks. I hope that CA does NOT try to do what U of Mich and other good publics have been doing, which is accepting out of state folks over locals for the $. We California families who have been paying taxes for years deserve the spots for the locals. It has gotten much more difficult to be accepted to the state U’s the past few years. This year is worse than last, let’s keep CSU’s and UC’s mostly for California students.</p>
<p>And iamtheironman, if “The whole UC and CSU systems are just terrible, and are in serious need of change” why do you want to attend???</p>
<p>@Nick10- California is one of the most populated places in the U.S. Where do you expect 1/3 of the student population to go if not a CSU or UC? The UCs are taking more OOS students, as well as the CSUs but to a lesser extent. The CSUs were meant to cater to students in the area. That is why there are so many of them. It’s not fair that Californians be denied of a university education just because of the recession we are in.</p>
<p>@naixn92 and sopranomom92- You guys completely right.</p>
<p>well it makes some sense to why csu and uc do what they do. stupid arnold should quit cutting down the education and cut down the amount of ppl that go into prisons, that way we can have more ppl go to college instead. haha
and by the way, i havent heard anything from csulb yet. :(</p>
<p>@sopranomom92</p>
<p>I want to attend a UC or CSU because;
- I am a californian resident
- I was born and raised in california
- California is my home</p>
<p>and fyi, because i was NOT “educated in california” for my last 3 years of high school, i’m looked at as an out-of-state applicant… even though my parents and grand parents have been paying CA tax for my past 80 some years…</p>
<p>Reason i think that the UC’s and CSU’s are terrible/ should offer more positions to out of state students is because:
- THEY ARE BANKRUPT
- Out-of-state = MORE $… MORE $ = MORE SPOTS… MORE SPOTS = MORE RESIDENTS CAN BE OFFERED ADMISSION (and out-of-state kids) …
- A lot of UC’s and CSU’s are cutting down on a lot of sports teams, and some had get rid of some of the majors, cut staff/research departments etc…and as i’ve mentioned, they’re limiting spaces for both in and out of state kids… if, for one year they offered more admission to people who’d pay higher prices, they would have more money immediately = more financial stability, hence recovery time would be much faster… this way the next year, their budget would be much higher, and hence will be able to accept more kids, regardless whether their in-state or not…
- More spots = More students = More Jobs at the university.
- They have the opportunity to solve their financial problems at a faster rate. </p>
<p>As well, if you think about it, if more out of state students are accepted, their also wouldn’t be a need to increase local student fees, since like 1 out-of-state kid would compensate for like 6 local students.</p>
<p>Increasing number of out-of-state kids, would provide both advantages and disadvantages… i don’t know why you have to be so close minded about it.
P.S Private schools are like $15,000 - $20,000 more than the tuition fees at a public school for an out of state student… A UC would cost like $25-35,000 whereas a private school (i.e Stanford, USC etc…) would cost like $50,000+</p>
<p>Well said iamtheironman and dawntdude(?)!!</p>
<p>In additon, CSULB would cost me about 28K a year for tuition and room & board, as an out of stater and my number one college, USF, a private school, is about 56K. Just about a 30K difference. That is why CSULB is my very close second choice school. It comes down to the money.</p>
<p>if i’m not mistaken, to be a resident you have to have proof of residency in California for 2 years. It doesn’t matter where you went to high school as long as you kept your address and drivers license and all that necessary paperwork as a California resident.</p>
<p>I am a resident, and have been a resident since birth…I’ve called practically all universities in california i’ve applied to, they all said the same thing, since moved out of the states and was not educated in california for my last 3 years of high school, I will be “reviewed” as an out-of-state/international applicant… even though I claim californian residency… apparently to be reviewed as a resident applicant I would have to be in a californian high school for my last 3 years, and graduate there…</p>
<p>So yes, I am a resident, but i’m not evaluated at as a resident… We’ve kept our address and my parents still pay california tax <— thats proof of residency.</p>
<p>For the UCs and CSUs to accept residency a person has to attend a California high school for three years, and graduate.</p>
<p>That really sucks for you, iamtheironman! That just isn’t fair. Are you a dependent of your parent’s? That’s unbelievable. In so many words, you are screwed out of every state residency, you can not get instate tuition anywhere. That is terrible. Plus the standards are higher for you. </p>
<p>Keep us posted. I find this quite interesting about your case. Gee, talk about not being fair.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>Those are all true points, BUT WHERE DO YOU EXPECT ALL THE CALIFORNIA STUDENTS GO?! OOS as well! HAHA! If most people are struggling to pay for a UC nevertheless a CSU education, there is absolutely no way they will be able pay OOS tuition!!!</p>
<p>Still haven’t heard from csulb but did get into ucsc so one more down! lol good luck to everyone else</p>
<p>iamtheironman, it sure sounds like you should be classified as a California resident, if your parents have been here for more than one year, you are under age 19, and your parents support you (you’re on their taxes as a dependent). </p>
<p>From CSU website: Applicants younger than 19 years of age by the residence determination date (Sept 20th for fall) must report parental information, as well as their own information, to verify California residence. If you are an incoming student and you believe your residence status has been incorrectly determined, contact the Residence Specialist at (562) 985-7333 or <a href=“mailto:es-residency@csulb.edu”>es-residency@csulb.edu</a>.
more info here:
[CSULB</a> Enrollment Services](<a href=“Residency for Tuition Purposes”>Residency for Tuition Purposes)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>A transfer student in another thread already got their acceptance letter in february… so if any more transfers get an admission decision letter let us know!</p>