OOS. Should I even apply?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Since it's a little harder for us OOSers to get it in, would I still have a decent chance?
Any thoughts would be appreciated =)</p>

<p>Asian female, born in New York, schooled in Texas</p>

<p>SAT: 2230 780M/750C/700W
SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 Biology E, 720 Literature</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 5.7826 out of 6.0
Unweighted GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0
Rank: 4 out of 567</p>

<p>Public High School
--Member of its Medical Sciences Academy
--Most Rigorous Curriculum</p>

<p>Awards:
--1st Place National Champion, Health Occupations Students of America (11)
--2nd place National Runner Up, Health Occupations Students of America (10)
--National Merit Semifinalist
--Houston Youth Symphony
--1st Place HMTA Jazz Pop Festival
--99% Texas Music Theory Exam
--1st place District Finalist, Computer Science
--Hugh O'Brian Youth Region Leadership Conference
--Highest Average in grade level in: Computer Science I, French IV, Algebra II, World Geography
--2nd place Korean Scientists and Engineers Contest</p>

<p>Internships:
--General Medicine Internship at MD Anderson Cancer Center
--General Medicine Internship at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
--Neurosurgery/Neurology Internship at Southwest Memorial Hermann Hospital</p>

<p>Volunteer:
--PASSPORTS (taught 5th graders from 2 different schools how to speak French) 30 hours?
--Southwest Memorial Hermann Hospital (Human Resources) 200 hours?
--Colony Baptist Church 25 hours?</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
--Health Occupations Students of America- 10,11,12 Vice Pres (12) Parliamentarian (10), 2 varsity letters
--French Honor Society- 11,12 Vice Pres, Public Relations Officer
--Varsity Orchestra- 9,10,11 Concertmaster
--Piano- Headliner 6 consecutive years
--Solo band- composes and records demos, plays houseshows
--Instruments- Piano, Violin, Viola, Voice, Guitar, Bass</p>

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<li>more ECs that I don't feel like typing</li>
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<p>Have you considered trying for the IVY league? If not, I think you would be much better off at USC because they're very generous when it comes to financial aid.</p>

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<p>I am trying for some Ivy Leagues, but I heard out of state UC was possibly less of a financial burden than some of the Ivies.</p>

<p>I'm just not sure if I should apply to UCLA or UCB since I'm out of state.</p>

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<p>why not apply to both? its the same application</p>

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<p>no i mean i'm not sure if i should apply to both of them.
not either/or.
lol.</p>

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<p>how are UCs less of a burden financially for OOS? its like 45k. same as iives.</p>

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<p>Really? My friend told me when she got accepted last year that they were at least 5,000 cheaper.
Doesn't matter anyway.
What I was trying to say was that the pricing was similar to Ivies.</p>

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<p>you should apply everywhere you feel you would want to attend because you appear to have a good chance at just about any school.</p>

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<p>ohh miss zanna:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>Yeah..you have a great chance to get in here..good luck!</p>

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<p>You're a match, assuming you do engineering too. Hmm applied to Rice too ?</p>

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<p>No, if you live near Rice like I do, you either love it or hate it.
Unfortunately, I'm close to hating it.
Not trying to offend any Rice fans, of course.</p>

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<p>Yeah...I wanted to move away for college..:D</p>