UC System: unwelcoming?

kyledavid80
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:21:41 +0000

As was said, they’re state schools. They are funded by the taxpayers of California, so that’s why you pay extra if you’re OOS. Other state schools have more OOSers, like Michigan, which is 1/3 OOS. California is a huge state, and thus there are plenty of well-qualified students in-state – so why bother with OOSers? Californians are their priority. On top of that, the reason the percentage of OOSers is so low is that 1) people know it’s really difficult to get in OOS, so many are discouraged from applying, 2) they know that it’s going to be very expensive (about the price of a private), and 3) they know they won’t get much financial aid.

As an added note, it’s difficult to call many UCs “matches” if you’re OOS; even many of the “lower” UCs reject OOSers simply because they have enough students.