How to maximize chances as an out-of-stater?

Transfer Students
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<p>I decided at the beginning of my junior year that thanks to slacking off in freshman and sophomore year...I wasn't going to get into a 4-year university straight out of high school.</p>

<p>Ever since then, looking into colleges outside a 10 mile radius of my home, Berkeley and UCLA have become my dream schools.</p>

<p>I finished up junior and senior year with 7 APs total, passed the exams on all of them (with only one 3). While my GPA in freshman and sophomore year were in like the 2.x range, junior year was a 3.6 and senior was a 3.9. SAT score was 2240 as well, which was great. Still, all those nasty Cs and Ds on my transcript from earlier years discouraged me from even applying.</p>

<p>I'm in community college now, just doing general ed, but decently ahead of the average kid because of all those APs. I want to get into my dream schools, and realize the fact that I don't live in California is a huge obstacle. How can I best raise my chances of getting accepted?</p>

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<p>i think that telling them about your upwards trend will be very helpful.. if they just look at your record, it might be bad, but if you either have a reason or like i said tell them about how you got serious afterwards and got a 3.6 and 3.9 that would be great i think..</p>

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<p>Ugh I JUST noticed that UC Transfers have their own board...disregard this topic.</p>