Which UC schools do OOD students have the best chance of getting into?
What do you want to study? Where do you want be be? What can you afford to pay? What is your profile?
I want to study computer science
I want to be in a big city
Budget around 40,000
White middle-class female
Unweighted gpa: 4.0
ACT: 33
Im pretty sure all UC schools cost around 55k or more and does not provide any kind of financial aid to OOS students.
They cost $58,000+ OOS without any aid or merit.
There will be no FA offered outside of federal loans.
Yea i figured that much but money is not to big an issue
Money is not an issue? So your parents explicitly told you they don’t mind paying a quarter million dollars for an OOS public school??
No they did not explicitly say they don’t mind paying a quarter million dollars for an OOS public school but they understand that I don’t want to go to one of my state schools and want me to go wherever I will be able to succeed and I would like to pursue computer science which they agree would be easier to do in California due to the career opportunities there.
Oh, so you are saying that they indeed have an extra quarter million and are willing to pay that amount??
Getting back to the OP’s question: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI and UCD. My two students applied and were admitted to all. And yes, one of my OOS students even got a Regents and Chancellor’s scholarship to attend one of the top two.
Any chance that anyone can answer the OP’s question without judging? I, for one, would be curious to hear the answer. Our family may be willing to pay full freight for the right school even if it’s a OOS public - CA or otherwise. We have family in CA so sending our kids to a fabulous state school there might be a comfort compared to other states where the kids wouldn’t have any family near by.
No one is “judging” her… but she claims that her family can afford $160,000 over 4 years, which is $80,000 too short. She needs to be realistic about costs and not just cavalierly assume that her family will be able to come up with that kind of shortfall.
As for Regents and Chancellors awards, this candidate doesn’t have the stats to be in the running.
Now, money not a factor, then ANY of the UCs would be great for CS… with Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego at the top… but Santa Cruz, Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara all excellent options as well.
UCB/UCLA/UCSD/UCI/UCSB should fit your criteria. UCD is near Sacramento but probably the quintessential small town campus so probably not what you are looking for in a school. If your parents are willing to pay the price tag, the California residents welcome your money.
I would also look at Santa Clara in San Jose and USC where merit aid could make your costs lower than the UC’s.
OP would you qualify for financial aid at non UC schools? If so how much more would UC cost?
Big cities in California include LA, SD, SF, SAn Jose, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland.
USD, Pt. Loma Nazarene, Chapman, Loyola Marymount, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, Pomona College, Santa Clara, and the rest of the privates.
In your other thread, you mentioned $40,000 per year budget. This falls significantly short of the out-of-state cost of UCs, unless you get a rare high level merit scholarship (e.g. Regents scholarship at some campuses, Stamps scholarship at some campuses, etc.).
$40,000 per year should cover out-of-state cost at CSUs including Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and San Jose State.
As to the question of which UCs are easiest to get into, they would be in reverse order of selectivity:
UCM, UCR, UCSC, UCI/UCD/UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, UCB
Isn’t it easier for OOS applicants to get into the top UCs than it is for equally qualified in-state applicants? I’ve read that here and there, and I thought I saw some proof to back it up. The idea being, that OOS students pay more, so the UC system makes more, and the California resident students get shuffled off the Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced (which receive much fewer OOS applicants in the first place).
It bears repeating: Cal Poly SLO and San Jose State meet your criteria (location, program strength, reputation) and your budget.