[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=9773.msg88633#msg88633 date=1398717385]

http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/...Prof13.htm

In 2013, the UCLA admit rate for California students was 17.87%, the out-of-state admit rate was 33.68%.  So out of staters were nearly twice as likely to be admitted.  The international rate was 20.8%.

I suppose it's possible that the out-of-state applicant pool as a whole is stronger academically than the in-state applicant pool.

It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of marginally qualified in-state UC applicants figure they probably will end up at one of the less selective UC campuses, but they might as well take a chance on sending the application to UCLA as well.
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First, I doubt that the out-of-state applicant pool is stronger than in-state, from two perspectives.  First, the California pool is exceedingly strong.  If you just look at the National Merit Semifinalist program, every state has a qualifying minimum individual PSAT score for a student to be considered for the NMS.  The District of Columbia and New Jersey have the highest minimum PSAT scores at 224 (out of 240).  California and Massachusetts are next at 223.  Virginia is 221, Washington state is 220.  No other state is over 219 (Texas, Maryland and New York).  West Virginia and Wyoming are lowest at 203.

Here's the full state table:
http://www.studypoint.com/ed/national-merit-scores/

224,000 California students took the SAT in 2013. 35,152 sent their scores to UCLA (the highest number), 16,826 sent them to Stanford, 26,847 sent them to Berk, 24,701 to USpoilChil,

Some interesting data on California students/national students scoring over 700 on the three core tests.  Nationwide, there were 1,660,047 SAT tests taken, and Californians took 14.1% of them, or 234,767.  They took a higher percentage of each of the three tests at 700 or higher, as follows (California/nation):

Critical Reading:    11,712 /  79,049    14..8%
Math:                    17,158 / 120,501    14.2%
Writing:                12,397 /  70,675    17.5%

California has a very high percentage of its students take the standardized tests, and a high number (in overall terms) score very, very well on them (defined as 700 or higher).  Therefore, it is obvious that there are a higher number of Californians at UCB or UCLA, and at Stanford.  But there are more Californians at Princeton than any other state, as well.  And 7,364 Californians sent their scores to NYU...

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=9773.msg88633#msg88633 date=1398717385]

http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/...Prof13.htm

In 2013, the UCLA admit rate for California students was 17.87%, the out-of-state admit rate was 33.68%.  So out of staters were nearly twice as likely to be admitted.  The international rate was 20.8%.

I suppose it's possible that the out-of-state applicant pool as a whole is stronger academically than the in-state applicant pool.

It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of marginally qualified in-state UC applicants figure they probably will end up at one of the less selective UC campuses, but they might as well take a chance on sending the application to UCLA as well.
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First, I doubt that the out-of-state applicant pool is stronger than in-state, from two perspectives.  First, the California pool is exceedingly strong.  If you just look at the National Merit Semifinalist program, every state has a qualifying minimum individual PSAT score for a student to be considered for the NMS.  The District of Columbia and New Jersey have the highest minimum PSAT scores at 224 (out of 240).  California and Massachusetts are next at 223.  Virginia is 221, Washington state is 220.  No other state is over 219 (Texas, Maryland and New York).  West Virginia and Wyoming are lowest at 203.

Here's the full state table:
http://www.studypoint.com/ed/national-merit-scores/

224,000 California students took the SAT in 2013. 35,152 sent their scores to UCLA (the highest number), 16,826 sent them to Stanford, 26,847 sent them to Berk, 24,701 to USpoilChil,

Some interesting data on California students/national students scoring over 700 on the three core tests.  Nationwide, there were 1,660,047 SAT tests taken, and Californians took 14.1% of them, or 234,767.  They took a higher percentage of each of the three tests at 700 or higher, as follows (California/nation):

Critical Reading:    11,712 /  79,049    14..8%
Math:                    17,158 / 120,501    14.2%
Writing:                12,397 /  70,675    17.5%

California has a very high percentage of its students take the standardized tests, and a high number (in overall terms) score very, very well on them (defined as 700 or higher).  Therefore, it is obvious that there are a higher number of Californians at UCB or UCLA, and at Stanford.  But there are more Californians at Princeton than any other state, as well.  And 7,364 Californians sent their scores to NYU...