Is it Worth Applying to the UC System - If Out of State?

[noimagination]

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Like I said if you’re rich 50k per year does not even matter. Price matters mostly to poor students. If you like Berkeley and you can afford it easily; I don’t see any reason for suppressing yourself of not going there. If you’re looking for a sports car because you need one and you like Porsche and you can afford it, then go buy one. Don’t buy Porsche if you like Ferrari instead. It does not make sense.

Despite widening income disparities, a middle and upper-middle class still exists. Being able to spend $50k a year is not the same as being able to spend $50k without feeling any burden from the opportunity cost of that decision. And even if you are very wealthy, I don’t understand why a financially prudent ROI calculation isn’t worth doing.

Again, if you think Berkeley is not worth for OOS, then almost all universities in America (save for HYPSM, Caltech, Dartmouth and Wharton) are NOT worth for OOS as well. Unless they’ll give a scholarship stick with your State’s best public university.

I might modify your list of elite schools slightly, but overall I agree. Those of us who live in states without excellent public universities have a slightly more difficult position, but there are still merit scholarships available OOS at some fine schools.</p>