How hard is it to get in out of state?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>How hard is it really? Are the OOS applicants ivy-caliber?</p>

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<p>Wow, interesting username. Very intimidating.</p>

<p>But yes, OOS applicants are relatively disadvantaged.</p>

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<p>Lol....thanks? =D </p>

<p>Relatively disadvantaged....by how much?!? That's what I want to know. </p>

<p>A OOS that can get in UCLA would likely get in where else?</p>

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<p>Georgetown or U Penn probably.</p>

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<p>well, Im actually out of state, from boston, ma
i made into ucla engineering (early likely letter)
but got rejected from all other schools including
mit caltech northwestern cornell blah blah blah</p>

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<p>CMU engineering/computer science (for the engineers :P).</p>

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<p>Generally, it's more difficult than in-state admissions. They don't publish separate data on what type of stats OOS students have compared to IS students. The last two years have shown a higher acceptance rate for OOS students than for IS. General stats from the CC's admissions threads for UCLA suggest that the typical OOS student has higher stats than the typical IS student and the rejected stamps on those students with pretty high stats suggest that it is more competitive. Of course, the threads aren't the best representation of the strength of the OOS pool.</p>

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<p>Hmm...from my acceptances it's...easier than Columbia and Berkeley, and harder than NYU/USC (Based on the early NYU letters/and position on rolling usc admissions, and of course my rejections from the first 2 =P)</p>

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<p>Well..but for some of the schools you guys listed (like CMU, Georgetown), they are just right around UCLA's ranking.</p>

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<p>CMU computer science/engineering's ranking is definitely ahead of UCLA's by far (since I'm specifically targeting the school of engineering)</p>

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<p><--- OOS, into UCLA, into some great schools, rejected from gtown and pomona.</p>

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<p>i got in ucla econ, but got rejected from chicago econ and penn huntsman and duke econ</p>

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<p>oh, and i am definitely OOS, a lil crappy place called baton rouge, louisiana</p>

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<p>Hard is an understatement for OOS admission to UCLA. Try impossible! You have a better shot getting into Harvard, Yale, or Princeton.</p>

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<p>^ Where did you get that idea? That's definitely not true. Even if the stats for OOS students were as high as HYP applicants, one would still have a better chance at UCLA. (Somewhere around 22-26% acceptance rate for OOS students every year.)</p>

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<p>OOS applicants are in the caliber of...um... Pomona/Bowdoin college.</p>

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<p>Ok this is odd to me, because this girl from my school (in Mass) is 18/290 in her class (kind of high, but not even in the top 6% of class) and her only ec was varsity soccer(not a captain) and work(not for family, but for car payments, etc.). And she took regular french sophomore year and reg chem junior year. I mean, she's not too shabby, but im getting the impression from you guys that accepted applicants are of a much higher caliber. I guess I'm just confused. She did have high SAT scores (2220) and good essays i presume, since English is her best subject, but I was thinking I had hope after she got in and from what this thread is saying I now feel like I wont even have a chance).</p>

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<p>greendayfan what school do you go to?
i go to lexington hs in MA</p>

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<p>it really isn't that much harder to get into UCLA OOS...</p>

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<p>It probably won't help that I'm Asian right?lol </p>

<p>But I am an athlete, though not good enough to get recruited by Pac10's.</p>