Never mind!

[Kaelis]

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Sorry folks, got the right answer with some more Google-fu. Now trying to figure out how to delete a thread, haha.

 

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[mehc012]

Hello folks! I've been a long time lurker here on SDN, but largely kept to myself without an account. Now that my application cycle is more or less over, I wanted to ask a question that had been on my mind during this past year. I haven't found an answer after some Googling and searching so I hope I'm not being repetitive.

My question is pretty much what the title of this thread is. Reading various advice threads, there would be many comments that stated something to the following effect: "Apply to your state school (unless California)". So, I'm curious, why is it so rough to be in CA? As far as I can tell, CA state schools still tend to favor in-state over out-of-state. Thanks!

Because having a better chance of getting into a CA school than a non-CA student is not equivalent to having a better chance of getting into a CA school than you do getting into a private or OOS school.

Basically, while CA schools do still have some IS bias (a higher % of IS students are accepted than OOS students), there are enough CA applicants that this does not necessarily translate to 'CA residents have a high acceptance rate at CA schools'.

In most states, IS preference leads to high IS acceptance rate, but the two are not synonymous.

 

[WingedOx]

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