| What stays does a DS need to get into UCSD? 98% SAT and 4.0+ from public school. Is this within reach? |
| From what I can see from Naviance they like East Coast folks! I think your child has a good chance. Good luck. |
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Use UC GPA https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
https://ir.ucsd.edu/_files/stats-data/common-data-set/c.pdf https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-majors/san-diego/freshman-admit-data.html But, personally, don't see it being worth the out of state cost. |
| Neighbor's kid had less than that stats wise a year ago and got a spot. He applied EA and is full pay. But it is one of the less expensive so it was win win all round. |
UCs do not have EA. UCSD out of state cost of attendance is 62k/yr, a little less than some of the other UCs and privates. |
I believe all of the U.C.s have dropped percentage of OOS to only 10% due to complaints from resident Californians, so much more difficult now |
Not exactly: “In May, the UC regents adopted a compromise policy that will freeze undergraduate enrollment of non-Californians at the Berkeley, San Diego, Los Angeles and Irvine campuses, where the percentages of non-Californians range from 24.4 percent to 18.9 percent; those schools will not be allowed to increase beyond the levels of the 2017-18 school year. The other five campuses, where the share ranges from 14.7 percent at Davis to less than 1 percent at Merced, will be allowed to grow that enrollment to 18 percent.” Source: https://edsource.org/2017/uc-admits-more-students-from-outside-california-but-officials-expect-more-state-residents-will-enroll/584321 |
That article is from 2017. I may be wrong but a UC Regent told me that at least UCLA and Berkeley were being limited to 10% OOS, but I don't know if that applies to UCSD and/or when. |
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OP, just apply!
I'm not sure my in-state DD will get in, because the UCs need the OOS kids to bankroll their in-state kids, whose tuition is held artificially low. If your kid is interested in science or medicine, I think it's worth the OOS tuition. (and I don't know about the other strengths; just know about the sciences) |
It looks like they considered a 10% cap in 2019 but didn't ratify it. Nothing else comes up in a news scan on the topic. |
| OP here. Thanks for your answers. DS is interested in pre-med and is looking mainly at California. He just wants to leave the East Cpast I think! |
| Better to save that overpriced OOS UC tuition for med school. If a student is going to attend a public university, it might as well be at a public price. |