<p>I agree with Bluebayou - private colleges in CA are honestly more likely to give you need-based financial aid. Do you have any idea what your EFC will be?</p>
<p>Some places to look at:
Chapman
Pomona (reach)
Claremont McKenna
Pitzer
Scripps (if you’re female)
Santa Clara University</p>
<p>If you’re just looking to get out of the northeast, I’d also suggest looking at private schools in Oregon and Washington.</p>
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<p>Their financial aid estimators do show some financial aid for out of state, but it will not cover the additional out-of-state tuition (about $22,000 per year). I.e. they may offer in-state levels of financial aid, but that will be at least $22,000 per year short for an out-of-state student.</p>
<p>Regarding smoking, California generally frowns on smoking. Most people in California do not want to smoke involuntarily, so smoking (even outside) in many places (including college campuses and outdoor areas at hospitals, as well as near doorways or operable windows) is forbidden in many places in California. However, the social objection does not seem to be significantly greater if the substance in your cigarette is a commonly smoked but illegal substance that is less addictive than tobacco.</p>
<p>I do not think I will be applying to any of the UC schools. For the price, its just not worth it. If anyone has some advice on good private schools in California, feel free to post it here.</p>
<p>Any reason you want to go to California specifically? Some other states, mostly in the south, are much more smoking-friendly, as well as having schools with potentially lower cost and large scholarships. On the other hand, an aspiring doctor should know better about the health risks of smoking.</p>
<p>[List</a> of smoking bans in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_the_United_States]List”>List of smoking bans in the United States - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Apply anyways! My cousin got a full scholarship to berkeley because her family income was less than 60k.</p>
<p>I would also recommend looking into Chapman, Cal Poly SLO, and the Pomona Colleges. someone mentioned Univ of Washington - I think it would also be a good fit but would cost nearly the same as a UC.
Regardless you can always apply and hope you get aid. There are also UC calculators online to calculate an estimate of how much money you would get</p>
<p>Full scholarship to Berkeley is only going to apply to in-state. OP, I agree that it’s not worth your time (or money) to apply to UCs.</p>
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<p>There is one exception, the full ride Drake Scholarship, which covers out-of-state costs. However, it is extremely competitive and for mechanical engineering majors only.</p>
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Damn right! Berkeley is an awesome college town and has much more going on than Cow Town. </p>
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[The</a> Daily Meal: 10 College Towns With The Best Food](<a href=“10 College Towns With The Best Food | HuffPost Life”>10 College Towns With The Best Food | HuffPost Life)</p>
<p>I have one question that I need cleared up. Is it possible for an out of state student like myself to pay anything less than 53,000 to attend a UC? Their website gives the impression that there is NO financial aid opportunities for students from out of state. Or is it that there is no possibility to pay anything less than 22,000? And that would be considered a “full ride”, correct?</p>
<p>Also, I don’t mean to talk about it here, but to clear things up tobacco isn’t necessarily the inhalant of choice in this situation.</p>
<p>And about Oregon and Washington those are really good ideas. For people who ask “why California?” it is not necessarily California I want I suppose. Like bruno14 said, I really am just looking to get out of the Northeast.</p>
<p>A full in-state ride at UC would be about $22,000 per year short of out-of-state costs. An out-of-state student using need-based aid would only find it feasable if there were some source of money not considered in calculating the expected contribution and financial aid.</p>
<p>There may be a few full ride merit scholarships that include out-of-state additional tuition, but these are rare (e.g. the Drake Scholarship mentioned previously). The Regents’ Scholarships are given to out-of-state students, but the web sites are vague about how large they can be for out-of-state students.</p>
<p>Okay, I think it is safe to say that its not worth my time or money to apply to UC schools.</p>
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<p>UCSD is #1 in the Washington Monthly ranking, not in the Forbes ranking.</p>
<p>OP, it’s too bad to hear your financial situation won’t let you apply to UCs. Perhaps if you get a very high SAT score, you can apply to one or two top choices and hope for a scholarship.</p>
<p>It’s not so much the my financial situation won’t allow it, it’s just not logical to spend that much money. I may still apply to one and see if I get substantial aid. If I somehow did get a full ride, we could afford the 22,000</p>
<p>The only UC that might be worth $55,000 a year IMO is Berkeley and only for certain programs. UCSD is a great school, but the odds of you getting enough aid to make it worth other less expensive privates or other state flagships are quite frankly very slim (particularly because UCSD tends to function as a second choice for Berkeley and UCLA rejects who, even though they got rejected, are still FANTASTIC students).</p>
<p>Also the UC application is fairly lengthy, which means the time spent applying to one UC that won’t give you aid (only the lowest tiered UCs such as Riverside and Merced are likely to offer you the Regent’s merit scholarship) could be spend writing multiple essays for great privates and other, cheaper, but still excellent, flagships.</p>