Hello, I am a junior in HS this year and I have started to think about what colleges interest me, and where I could picture myself for 4 years (although I still have another whole year to think about it). I was curious as to whether it is worth applying to some of the higher tier UC schools (LA, SD, Berkeley) if I am an out of state student from Arizona. Money is not too big of an issue. How many people in these schools are not from California?
Another question semi-related to this - I wanted to calculate my UC GPA using that Rogerhub website, but it says I have to enter the number of semesters in each box next to the letter grade. My school uses a trimester system, so should I just count each trimester as a semester?
There around 9800 OOS students enrolled in the 9 UC campuses. Approximately 3200 at UCB/ 2700 at UCLA and 1100 at UCSD. You need to look at the Freshman profiles for each campus to determine if you will be a competitive applicant.
If you and your family have $220,000 to spend for 4 years to attend one of these UC’s, then apply.
For the Roger Hub calculator, if you input your grades by trimester, you still cannot get an accurate # of honors points since it is capped at 8. I would enter in your 2 grades/class/year and see what you get. Also as an OOS applicant, only AP/IB and DE courses qualify for the extra honors points.