International student college acceptance help

Colleges & Universities University of California - GENERAL
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  1. Are you parents divorced or just living separately?

  2. You derive your residency based on where your parents live. If divorced, you need to move to CA before your 18th birthday to get in-state residency.

  3. Pre-Med is not a major. You can pursue any major but you still need to take the Medical course requirements to apply to Medical school.

  4. OOS students have an advantage in acceptance rates for the UC’s, but if you have CA residency you will not be at a disadvantage since the UC’s accept the majority of their students from California. Which Cost of attendance would your family rather pay $32K/year as an in-state or $65K/year as an out of state applicant?

  5. UC’s are need blind meaning the ability to pay is not considered in their admission decisions.

Below is a link from UCSD regarding residency:

https://students.ucsd.edu/finances/fees/residence/minors-guardians.html

The UC application opens in August 2019 for the following Fall 2020. You have until November 2019 to submit.

You look like a competitive applicant and you will not be penalized for not taking AP’s based on your HS’s policy.