<p>Living in California will not help you with CMC, especially with its acceptance rate down to 12%. It is driven to be a national or beyond school and wants out-of-state and out-of-country students. Even as of about 2 or 3 years ago its applications had doubled (and it’s more than that now). It said when we visited that given the demand for UC’s and the budget mess of California public universities, the privates colleges in California are very in demand, and most have had applications double. Being Asian won’t help either. You have a chance, but I think you have far more of a chance at the other universities, especially Bucknell, Grinnell and U of Rochester, as they are all looking for our of state students, too.</p>