<p>I am an international student... so I wouldnt be considered a state resident or anything. But I have this great mother that is willing to move to CA if it would get me into Berkeley or UCLA (gpa=3.7, sat I =1970) ... so if I have any chance there, would moving there help at all???
Thanks... and I am living in NYC right now. oh and I graduated from high school already so I wont be changing schools or anything.</p>
<p>You need to calculate your UC GPA (weighted) and take the SAT-II tests if you haven’t already. Berkeley and UCLA are the most difficult public colleges in California to get into. If anything, if you’re full-pay international, that might give you a slight edge as the UCs are looking to increase the number of OOS students next year. </p>
<p>In the past couple of years there were about 16000 students who applied who had a 4.0+ GPA and 2000+ SAT scores; half were denied acceptance.</p>
<p>Don’t move to California on the expectation that it will help you get into Berkeley or UCLA.</p>
<p>[UC</a> Berkeley Common Data Set](<a href=“http://cds.berkeley.edu/]UC”>http://cds.berkeley.edu/)</p>
<p>That sentence above should read:</p>
<p>In the past couple of years there were about 16000 students each year who applied to Berkeley who had a 4.0+ GPA and 2000+ SAT scores; half were denied acceptance.</p>
<p>thank you for answering 
i guess i ll be trying from here then, hoping i would get in. i will be trying UC San Diego too, if that makes any difference.</p>