<p>Your best bets for the most financial aid from California schools may be the privates. Unless you are a recruited athlete, you will not get a full ride. Some schools mentioned like Stanford and USC are good choices. You might want to consider LMU (Loyola Marymount) and University of San Diego (USD) which give more merit aid. UC’s are really not a good choice for OOS since you will be expected to come up with the OOS tuition fee of $23K which is not covered by FA. Check out the threads under Financial Aid and Scholarships for Full Ride/Scholarships. </p>