<p>from hardest to easiest, heres my rough estimation....please correct where you see fit (copy and paste then rearrange)</p>
<p>UNC
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois -Urbana-Champaign
UC San Diego
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
Texas
Washington
Florida
Penn State
Colorado- Boulder</p>
<p>Are you in-state for any?</p>
<p>I would say:</p>
<p>UNC
Michigan/UCSD/Texas
Illinois/UCSB
Wisconsin/Washington/Davis
Penn State/Florida
Colorado</p>
<p>Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn State, Colorado are more open to OOS students.
Texas and the UCs are less so.</p>
<p>Texas is only tough if you apply to the restricted majors.</p>
<p>I live in Virginia, so I'm already applying to UVA and William & Mary. Just wondering what the rest should be. The reason I've listed these schools is because they are good computer science schools and I hope to major in CS</p>
<p>^ If I were you, I wouldn't approach the application process with a shotgun.</p>
<p>Compare the costs for OOS at each. All the schools offer a different environment.</p>
<p>If computer science, why no Berkeley? ;)</p>
<p>UT is probably the hardest; Boulder is the easiest.</p>
<p>Berkeley isn't there for the same reason Stanford isn't, I wish but can't stand a chance</p>
<p>^ Here's an insider tip...IF you decide to apply to the UCs on your list, all you have to do is check the Berkeley box and pay sixty additional bucks. You never know...</p>
<p>Texas (Business & Engineering)
UNC
Michigan/UCSD/Texas
Illinois/UCSB/Florida
Wisconsin/Davis
Penn State/Washington/Colorado</p>
<p>Texas (Business, Engineering & Communication)</p>
<p>UVa and W&M are better than any of these other choices, (unless you are a big football/BBall fan). Esp at in state tuition, its not even close.</p>
<p>Texas and UNC are hard because they are required by law to reserve seats for instate students,</p>
<p>doesnt the size of texas make it a little easier tho</p>
<p>^ Not really. Only 4% OOS were admitted to Texas for Fall '08. 92% were in-state, and the leftover 4% for foreign/International students.</p>
<p>Don't apply to undergrad colleges solely because of the reputation of a major.</p>
<p>1) There's a good chance you will change your mind.
2) Undergrad programs are rarely ranked by their departments/majors, but rather by their overall undergrad reputation.
3) Where are you getting the rankings from? A good graduate CS program does not automatically mean a good undergrad CS program</p>
<p>All the schools that you listed are different, ranging from near big cities to in remote areas; all over the country. The only thing they have in common is being public and ridiculously large. You should pick based on fit overall, like location, student body, amenities, etc. Why are you concentrating just on public universities anyway?</p>
<p>I'm not foreign or international, but I got into UT's McCombs Business School and its Plan II Honors program as an out-of-state student (I'm from DC metropolitan area). However, I chose Rice over UT-Austin (and other schools). Someone told me how difficult it was to get into UT from OOS, and I was very surprised, simply because of its top 10% rule. It's probably as difficult to get into UT as an OOS student as it is to get into a top 20 school, and I wager harder than getting into UC schools as an OOS.</p>
<p>It actually cost more for me to attend UT than for me to go to Rice...keep the OOS tuition in mind. I really didn't feel like paying a private school price for a UT education--I would definitely suggest focusing on YOUR in-state schools first before targeting other public schools.</p>