Californian here

NamelesStatistic
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 21:38:04 +0000

Well being from California gives you both a financial and competitive advantage over out of stat students when applying to many California universities (eg. the UCs). This cuts both ways if you want to apply to an out of state university, where you will have to score higher marks than instate students to get a spot. However it is all relative, for example it is still harder for a Californian to get into Berkley than to get into a like the University of Wyoming.

However if you don’t like any of the Californian schools, and you have the money to afford living out of state, you shouldn’t give up because it is a bit harder. There are plenty of people who get into out of state schools.