In-state admissions preference

[BicycleGuy]

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It looks like there's a difference between being a state resident for tuition purposes (usually with established domicile) and living in a state and calling it your home. It makes sense that only the former can take advantage of the tuition benefit. I'm wondering if it's true that only this group gets the benefit of in-state preference for admissions, i.e. does the latter group (w/o legal residence for 12 month status) compete for in-state or out-of-state spots?

 

[foxygramp]

It looks like there's a difference between being a state resident for tuition purposes (usually with established domicile) and living in a state and calling it your home. It makes sense that only the former can take advantage of the tuition benefit. I'm wondering if it's true that only this group gets the benefit of in-state preference for admissions, i.e. does the latter group (w/o legal residence for 12 month status) compete for in-state or out-of-state spots?

Depends on the school. For example, IS vs. OOS doesn't matter much for UCSF and UCLA but it makes a huge difference for a school like U South Dakota or UNC.

 

[foxygramp]

It most certainly does as the UCLA website clearly states.
Residence
No preference is given to state of residence. However many applicants come from California. Acceptees from California are more likely to matriculate at UCLA. Out of 175 freshman, approximately 80 percent were from California.

Clearly does not. It just says that there are more Californians because more of them apply, but you get no admissions benefit if you’re IS vs OOS.