<p>^ There are plenty of students from each state that want to go to a different state for college and actually do.</p>
<p>To the OP, CSUs cater to the students in their service/area. They then give the rest of the spots to those in other cities of California. Unfortunately, OOS students are given last priority. CSULB had the second highest number of applicants for this current fall semester. They came second to UCLA in terms of total applicants. To put things in perspective, CSULB had 47,000 freshmen applicants for about freshmen 7,000 spots. About 1% or 70 students were OOS. The only thing you can do is apply and hope for the best! Good luck! :]</p>