<p>Hi, currently with my school, I use collegeboard.com to find colleges that are best for me and I have a list of 10 or so right now. Many of them have a percentage area for first year students that are 99% In-state students; 1% Out-state students. But by looking at the GPA and SAT requirements, I should be able to get into these colleges no problem, but I am out of state. What are the chances of getting accepted to one of these colleges, and why is the ratio like that?</p>
<p>It’s okay for the ratio to be 1%, that just means that if you do go to an out-of-state school like that, you might feel a little out of place for a lil’ while.</p>
<p>Usually state schools have more in-state vs. out-of-state school, hence the term state school. The only colleges that usually have a high percentage of out-of-state students are the big colleges, such at the Ivies.</p>
<p>There are two reasons why the percentage is that skewed for state schools: (a) the percentages, in part, reflect that the number of state residents who apply greatly outnumber the number of non-residents; (b) vast majority of state schools are either required by state law or by university policy to favor residents over non-residents for admission. That usually means you need higher stats than those you find published for a college to get admitted as a non-resident.</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Usually, the more selective state universities have a higher percentage of out of state students. This is not always true because of the stiff requirements a state puts on the #/percentage of students the school /must/ accept from in-state, but is usually reflective of the fact that it attracts more than just area kids. </p>
<p>Your chances of getting into a state school out of state vary widely depending on the school and you as a student and person. If 99% of the students are in-state at a particular school, however, that is probably way above their quota, and an out-of-stater might actually be some welcome diversity! Usually, though, your stats need to be higher than those accepted in-state. Extreme cases would be in the more prestigous state schools, like UVA, UNCChapel Hill, and UCBerkeley. Getting into these schools in-state is tough enough, but if you are applying out of state, you might as well apply to Ivies as well! Fortunately, like I said, that’s the extreme. If you want to go to Ohio State, for instance, accepted out of state students probably have similiar stats to those accepted in state.</p>
<p>Alright guys, thanks for the info. The colleges I am looking at that have this are state colleges, and don’t seem like they would be a problem at all for me to get into. I was just wondering if the ratio is like that on purpose, like they only want in-state first year students.</p>