<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was wondering what disadvantages there are to applying to UCB out of state? I noticed that despite it being arguably the best state college in the nation, a mere 7% of undergrads hail from outside of California. </p>
<p>If I were to apply to UCB OOS, what kind of financial aid disadvantages would I have? Admittance?</p>
<p>I believe it's more difficult overall as well as higher tuition.</p>
<p>Of the total acceptances, OOSers made up about 10%; the admit rate was 20%, despite OOS being very self-selective. One disadvantage to applying out of state, then, is that it's very difficult to get into, on par with some of the Ivies. In-state is difficult enough, so you can imagine what OOS is like; for the majority of students, it's a reach. Beyond that, it costs as much as a private for OOSers. Lastly, you aren't likely to get a whole lot of aid, if any at all (which also probably explains why Berkeley's average need met is 92% and not 100%).</p>
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I noticed that despite it being arguably the best state college in the nation, a mere 7% of undergrads hail from outside of California.
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<p>I don't see how these two clauses are in opposition. For one, state universities, for the most part, are going to have an extremely high in-state population, as dictated by laws (not to mention logic). In addition, California is a huge state, both in geography and in population; as a result, Berkeley needs to give preference to in-staters, as there are 10x as many in-state applicants as OOS ones. And that it doesn't have a large OOS population doesn't seem to affect the quality at all. (Stanford, for example, draws very heavily on California and the West Coast, too.)</p>
<p>Well... you need to realize that by law i believe 90% of students at a UC must be from instate...</p>