How hard is it to get into UC Berkeley if you're out of state?

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<p>This really goes for any UC school... but I live in Maryland and I've heard that they like to take most of their students from in-state. Is that true?</p>

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<p>From what I know of UC Berkeley, a good chunk of the admitted students come from California, as it is a state school. I think the number is at least 30%, but don't let that discourage you.</p>

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<p>According to the UCB Common Data Set for 06-07 (<a href="http://cds.berkeley.edu/pdfs/PDF%20wBOOKMARKS%2006-07.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cds.berkeley.edu/pdfs/PDF%20wBOOKMARKS%2006-07.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>7% of incoming (enrolled) freshmen are OOS and 10% of the total undergrad pop is OOS.
I'm not 100% sure about how this translates to the % of OOS that were accepted, but it gives you an idea. There aren't a whole lot of OOS students there, and the UC's most definitely give priority to the California tax payers.</p>

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<p>It is definitely harder than getting in from in state, but at the same time not impossible.</p>

<p>It depends on what kind of applicant you are.</p>

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<p>if u arent in top 10% u have NO shot at berkely, 99% of students are in top 10% of high school, more than any other school (yes harvard and yale included)</p>

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<p>Yes, it's very, very competitive OOS. Think about it: California is a huge state -- does Cal need to cast its net out for more students? No. That's in part why there are so few OOSers (not to mention there are regulations on how many they can accept). I'd say that the OOS pool is pretty self-selective: people know it's very competitive in-state (much less out-of-state), that if they did get in, it would be about the cost of a private school, and that they probably wouldn't get much aid since they're OOS. Despite the self-selectivity, the acceptance rate is still lower than the in-state rate: ~20%. Knowing that, consider what their stats are like.</p>

<p>Better yet, look at the stats profiles and search the 'actual results' thread. There are many cases in which people with 2300+ SAT, 4.0 UW GPA, many AP classes, excellent ECs, etc. are rejected (many of those same people get into extremely selective schools -- such as Dartmouth, Yale, Chicago, etc.). Then again, there are a few who get in who aren't quite as amazing, though they often have special cases (URM, much adversity, etc.).</p>