State colleges with low in-state admission rates

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You should be able to find most of the information on college websites as they vary a lot. Some states (NC as noted) are statutorily required to have high in-state populations, which makes sense given they are tax funded, while others are soliciting out-of-state for full tuition (MI, CA) or to improve their image (Alabama). It is worth noting that although the statistics favor out-of-state students, getting into Berkeley or UCLA remains extremely competitive for all.

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Anonymous wrote:You should be able to find most of the information on college websites as they vary a lot. Some states (NC as noted) are statutorily required to have high in-state populations, which makes sense given they are tax funded, while others are soliciting out-of-state for full tuition (MI, CA) or to improve their image (Alabama). It is worth noting that although the statistics favor out-of-state students, getting into Berkeley or UCLA remains extremely competitive for all.

At many selective schools (UVA, Michigan, CA) the statistics don't favor OOS students. There are far more applicants, with higher stats, for fewer spots. The admit rate at many is lower for OOS than IS. The mitigating factor is that the yield is typically lower for OOS students so schools have to admit more OOS applicants per spot, but it still results in a lower admission rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgia Tech is very hard for instate residents to get into (overall it is hard, but in some programs almost impossible - aerospace engineering for example)

This is exactly where my son wants to go.
So is it impossible for local kids and difficult for out of state?
I would hardly believe that it is impossible for local kids.
I was from GA (Tech graduate for both BS and MS). My cousin worked as student assistant in admission. She told me that they were actually fishing for local kids among applications every single day and were giving them priority. (Yes that was some time ago, but I strongly doubt that anything changed.)
Given that Tech is public, I believe there is a quota for out of state students and it would be harder for them. Admission is obligated to fill most seats with local studnets by the state, or they will loose financial support.
I also would not believe that there are very few local students in Aerospace Engineering. That would be impossible.

On the other hand as math major 20 years ago, I can confirm that most students in advanced Math classes for Math majors were foreigners (including me, who was permanent resident.)
However, that was not due to accepting policies. There were very few local student who were interested and could survive these classes. Believe me that was survival of the fittest.
Tech was always top school for Industrial Eng (1st), Architecture (top 5), and Aerospace Eng (top 5).

Hi OP. My DS did get into Ga Tech via OOS @ this time last year. I just want to post the stats that EA class had to give you an idea of the competition. Lots of international students, especially from India and China as I learned after hours on College Confidential: http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2016/01/09/early-admits-to-georgia-tech-more-applicants-more-diverse-and-more-women/.