<p>I absolutely agree with you LasMa. I am originally from CA and went to UCSC and SFSU. I am now OOS but figured my son might go to a CA school since all my family lives there. I can’t say that I would feel happy though to pay OOS tuition so he could be waitlisted for needed classes enrolled or in ones that have 400-800 kids. </p>
<p>The money situation also filters down to the comm colleges in CA. I believe SJSU isn’t allowing spring admissions and you can only enter as either a freshman or Jr transfer in the fall semester. No soph transfers due to budget cuts. As a result, my niece is at a comm college and can’t get her classes because the kids who would move out to go to UCs or CSUs cannot so they are stuck at the community colleges. </p>
<p>I don’t think people really have checked how few OOS students in the past were taken in at CA schools. Everyone should check the common data sets for the schools of interest. In the past, Cal Poly Pomona took 1% OOS. SLO took maybe 8%. Many of the UCS only took 4%. Even if those numbers were doubled, it is still way below other state flagship schools. Univ of Colorado Boulder takes 40%. Even Univ of Wash, which is thought to be tough for OOS admission took 18%.</p>
<p>But back to the original observation. OOS bring diversity to a school which is a good thing so paying attention to the OOS number is worth noting.</p>