@iyaya62 Have you spoken with the coach? If you are interested in Bakersfield that person is your starting point. None of us know exactly how many scholarships the coach has, nor how those scholarships are apportioned or even if there is any scholarship money at all. Take a look at this page: http://www.csub.edu/finaid/types/agia/index.html. Typically, there are no full rides (total COA) in track and field and very, very few full tuition scholarships—those are generally reserved for elite recruits at schools with powerhouse teams. I advise you to cast a wide net if you want to run track in college. I encourage you to pay heed to the posters who know the climate and air quality in Bakersfield, as I expect these factors impact track and field athletes. Good luck.
@NCalRent have u been?
I have lived in the Sacramento Valley since coming to Sac State 30+ years ago. I currently live a few hundred miles North of Bakersfield. I am also a private pilot so, i pay a lot of attention to the local weather and that which I’ll encounter en-route. To be honest, I intentionally haven’t spent much time in Bakersfield. I drive by on 5 or 99 and occasionally fly over en-route to someplace else. The Sac area weather is hot in the summer but, typically several degrees cooler (100 degrees vs 104). Air quality is sometimes a concern here - but, our proximity to the Delta brings a fairly regular breeze which makes the AQI a lot better than down in the southern San Joaquin. In the winter months, that same breeze breaks up the fog here. Down there, a layer of low clouds/fog can set in for weeks at a time. It can be downright gloomy sometimes.
Not to be alarmist but, since you are talking about doing a lot of exercise outdoors, there’s a condition called San Joaquin Valley Fever you may want to look into. Cases in the area are on the rise and it is no joke, almost killed my father many years ago.
https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/coccidioidomycosis/statistics.html
I am not telling you not to go… just visit for a weekend before you commit. I would give you the same advise for SDSU. Put your eyes, ears and lungs there before making up your mind.
@“aunt bea” whats the gpa and test scores look like for In out of student? does athletics play a big part?
I don’t know about test scores. You can look that up yourself on the Common Data Set for Bakersfield.
Athletics does not play a big part. It’s Bakersfield. The weather QUALITY is poor. Training outdoors is not recommended. You NEED to visit. It’s flat dirt country (picture west Texas).
Out of State athletes won’t get a full ride. Paying $40K per year is really not a good idea to attend a commuter campus with lots of part-time students.
If you are so desperate to go there, then I imagine that your GPA and test scores must be really limited.
Recruited athletes typically don’t choose to go there.
OOS applicants need a 3.61 CSU GPA and an Eligibility index of 3502 (SAT) or 842 (ACT). Being a recruited athlete can help your chances if they are below the minimum but that is up to CSUB and the coach.
@“aunt bea” unless you play football its had to get a full scholarship anyway. @Gumbymom I saw what you said in my last question thank you it helped but im confused about the a-g courses
What are you confused about?
In California, students, who plan to attend a public university (like a UC or a CSU) are required to take 15 courses, at their high school, to be eligible for admission to one of those universities.
Those courses are in certain areas of study and are usually referred to as the “A through G” requirements.
The ”A” requirement is two years (two “combined” courses) of
1 year of US History
1 year of a SOCIAL Science. (Sociology, anthropology, political science)
The “E” requirement is two years of a foreign language
2 years of the same language.
It’s like a menu. Get it?
do you have to get that stuff done by end of junior year? @“aunt bea”
The minimum 15 a-g courses need to be completed by end of Senior year. You will report in-progress courses on the Cal State application.