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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NO DO NOT GO

This is true of any large state school, but it's easy to get in and impossible to be accepted into desirable majors. I'm from WA and had lots of friends transfer because they weren't able to get into CS, biology, business, you name it.[/quote]

One thing is that for a lot of the large state schools, you need to apply to certain majors, either before you matriculate or once you get to the school.  Either way, it's going to be more competitive than to the school at large.  For example, the UC schools, I think have different admissions statistics for the Engineering School vs. the remainder of the school (e.g., Cal has acceptance rates of 17-18% for all students but for the College of Engineering, it's like 12-13%).  Within the College of Engineering, admissions rates for specific majors may also be higher/lower (popular majors like computer engineering/electrical engineering will have lower rates of acceptance).

If you're out-of-state, it adds another layer of complexity and probably further lowers acceptance rates.

When I was at Cal way back when, I remember noticing that the average out-of-state / international student was much more accomplished/capable than the average in-state student (I myself was an in-state student :P).[/quote]

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