How hard is it for an out of stater?

<p>Well my school choices are(not real order): Ucla, Usc, UC Berkley,Nyu, georgetown, University of Arizona, Asu, and some considerations to some florida schools.</p>

<p>I still prefer to go to go to California or New York City(cost of living is murder). I like the fact that it’s hard to get into the schools but at the same time I want to raise my odds even higher. Also I can be a ‘underrepresented minority’ with a high gpa and still not get in. Proposition 209 will keep those schools(mainly Ucla and Berkley) from having a truly diverse campus like 16 years ago. I’m just another applicant to them and to me I look at it as I’ll be another reject statistic. I just want to maximize my odds and try to avoid being a negative statistic.</p>