UCI Scholarship Application for OOS student

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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Hi,

I’m an OOS student applying to UCI among other UC’s. UCI is probably among my top 5 schools but is definitely out of my price range.

Right now I am debating if it is worth it to finish my UCI scholarship application. From what I’ve heard it’s very difficult for OOS students to get good merit based aid at the UC’s.
I definitely have stats that would warrant merit aid (35 ACT, 4.0 unweighted GPA), but if I am unlikely to get good aid directly from UCI then perhaps my time would be better spent working on external scholarships.

The 12 supps seem a little unreasonable, especially if getting aid would be a shot in the dark because I’m OOS. Any info about my chances and how much I could get would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Your stats make you a competitive applicant for the scholarships offered and also Regents which is an automatic scholarship given to top UC applicants.

I am not familiar with all the scholarships UCI offers, so are there any specifics that you need to be in-state to receive them?

Regents at UCI is $5000/year so a drop in the bucket compared to OOS costs but something especially if you can stack it with another scholarship.

It is up to you, but I would apply if you have the time. Every little bit helps.