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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Univ. of Cal system (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) is indeed in financial trouble.  They are actively soliticing OOS who will pay full freight.  You have a significanlty better chance of getting in to any of the U.C. schools applying from OSS.  The Univ. of Cal also takes a much great no. of OSS than VA schools do and that no. was recently increased even further by the legislature.

So for a B/B+ Maryland student, what's the lowest ranked U of Cal system school would you have your kid attend (so worth the cost, travel, decent reputation, but not Berkeley or UCLA)?  [/quote]
Anyone have recent experience or suggestion for VA resident looking for U of Cal system school at about a VT--JMU level by way of comparison, if that makes sense?  [/quote]

Poster at 05/30/2013 08:59 here.  I think rankings wise, UC Santa Cruz would be the closest equivalent to VT/JMU.  It's strengths are a beautiful campus, strong physical and mathematical science programs, and heavy recruiting from silicon valley.  A family member of mine went there and liked it, but ultimately transferred to a more liberal arts focused school.  UC Riverside and UC Merced are ranked lower, although some students will just go there for 2 years and then apply to a higher tier UC.  Also, some community colleges have a guaranteed transfer to UC program provided the student meets a certain criterion - [url]http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/guarantee/[/url].
Thanks for the info. Do you agree that it would be easier to get into these colleges out of state? (Which seems fair since my kids may not get into VT, maybe not even JMU, because of our in state status.)

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