<p>Both in comparison to the difficulty of acceptance in state and compared to the difficulty of acceptance at other schools.</p>
<p>I don't know the exact information to give you, but I do know that it is so difficult. I applied out of state as an acting major, so less emphasis is placed on location (since it is such a small major). BUT my friend who is wealthy, top 10 people, with HUGE SAT scores and an amazing resume, who was being helped by a hired college counselor for the whole process... She was told to not even try to apply: that it would be a waste of application dollars because "no one gets in from out of state." So, hard enough that professional college people discourage out of state appliers. That being said, yeah it is difficult... but I got in, and so did a small amount of others. It is a very small percent chance, but it is possible. Hope that helped at all.</p>
<p>I saw somewhere its still a 25% acceptance rate, just a much smaller out of state pool. I didn't do anything real special in high school, I played a varsity sport but never excelled, took hard classes but only 4 APs and remedial english my entire career, had extracurriculurs but never really rose up to anything besides state competitions and a random officer position, had good test scores but had a 640 in writing and a 690 for one of my SAT IIs. I had no "hook", and didn't get into Cornell, USC, or Stanford. All in all, I'm trying to say its not impossible.</p>
<p>Both in comparison to the difficulty of acceptance in state</p>
<p>40,506 California residents applied for admission to UCLA; 10,464 were admitted.
4,547 OOSers applied for admission to UCLA; 1,230 were admitted. </p>
<p>CA Residents: 25.83% admitted
OOS: 27.05% admitted </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I can't find any data about the average stats of OOS admitted applicants to in-state admits to give you any idea about what those numbers mean. Just the facts... :rolleyes: </p>
<p>Anyway, if you really want to attend UCLA, just apply. I wasn't expecting to get in because I had a relatively mediocre SAT score (1970). My GPA (3.9 uw non-UC) was strong and I had a lot of things (ECs + awards) to make up for my bad score. So stuff like that happens... ya never know.</p>
<p>Don't listen to the people who say you can't get in! I was told by everyone that I wouldn't get in so I didn't even take the application seriously. I applied the night it was due just as a whim but lo and behold I got in! Apply anyway, you might be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.</p>
<p>you can apply to all of the UC schools for around 50 bucks each, with one application.</p>
<p>I suggest you increase your chances of going to an out of state school (if that is indeed your goal) and take advantage of it.</p>
<p>heck from what i've seen of OOSers who get in, there's really no difference.</p>
<p>The UCs are a sweet deal for CA residents, but for the price you'll pay as an non-CA student (over 40K/year) you could go to any school in the country, so you could find one where you'll have small classes, advising, personal attention, and so on. At a UC school you're on your own. No assigned advisor, you'll never see a counselor unless you make an appointment, etc. They put the info out there, its up to you go read thru it all and ask questions if there's something you don't understand. Same holds for career counseling, activities, and so on.</p>
<p>I think UCB and UCLA are becoming more lenient in their out-of-state admissions practices.
They even admitted me, for instance! :rolleyes:</p>