East Coast to West Coast

ucchris
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:44:47 +0000

99% of UC Berkeley and UCSD students are in the top 10% of their high school class. 97% of UCLA students are in the top 10% of their high school class. Over 90% of these students are in state applicants. This means you likely would have to be even higher than the top 10% of your high school class oos to get into these schools. Likely top 5%. OOS significantly hurts your odds to UC’s. being from a well regarded prep school really wont make up for this. However, for Claremont schools, oos does not hurt you at all. and being from a prestigious prep school will help you significantly more with admissions at claremonts than at UC’s. OOS applying to USC will also not hurt you, and they also will look kindly on the prestigious prep school. I would focus on the claremont schools and USC if i was you, as the top UC’s out of state are very difficult, and if you could get into them, the tuition is around the same as top privates which likely will give you more personal attention. That being said, top UC’s have excellent programs and prestige. But if you can get into them OOS, you likely could get into elite privates. Best of luck!