If you look at the UCs website you will find that the minimum requirements for OOS students are higher than the minimum requirements for CA residents. Granted those minimum standards are very low (3.0 in state, 3.4 OOS), and maybe some highly qualified OOS students are admitted over other highly qualified in state students for the money and geographical diversity. So what? Happens at other schools all the time. OOS kids shouldn’t feel badly because the CA government won’t properly fund their universities. The OP question was which school would be a better fit. I know both schools quite well and have friends at both. Whether someone doesn’t like OOS students attending the UCs sounds more like a personal grousing than helpful information.