College suggestions please

College Search & Selection
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<p>I need some suggestions on schools to apply to. I am planning to transfer to an out of state college. I will have 60 units by the end of this semester. My GPA is 3.88. My major is Computer Science. I want to transfer preferably in California, but not limiting myself to that. It would be nice to be accepted to a school that would give me a lot of merit aid as a transfer (I know this is rare, s o please don't mention it.), or a college that just gives a lot of aid in general. Thanks!</p>

<p>(p.s. USC is not an option for me.)</p>

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<p>What is your state of residence? What is considered OOS? Why OOS? </p>

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<p>^Hawaii. </p>

<p>OOS as in, a college out of my state, preferably in California.</p>

<p>Simply because I want to. </p>

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<p>I think you should look into UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz. In California, there’s also the Claremont colleges which is a group of smaller schools in Claremont,CA (not too far from Los Angeles). There’s also Chapman in Orange County. Other nearby states have CU Boulder, U of A, Oregon, U of Washington Seattle. In Texas, you could look into SMU and UT-Austin and maybe TCU. U of Michigan, Indiana University, and U of Wisconsin are some good options in the midwest. Tulane and Emory (reach!) in the South. U of Miami in Florida is also a fun school. Syracuse University and NYU are some great picks in NY. Boston University in Massachusetts. There’s also UMass Amherst. U of Maryland-College Park, American University and George Washington University in DC. </p>

<p>If you want any other suggestions I’d be happy to help. You didn’t really give any parameters so I just listed some schools that I might like. Make sure you consider size, location (weather, distance from home, etc), and cost when making your list. Also, make sure you have 1-2 safety schools, a 3-5 matches, and 1-2 low reaches and 1-2 crazy reaches (reaches aren’t crucial but why not?! I don’t think more than 4 is worthwhile though). If you can’t narrow your list down that much then I would say apply to some more matches or low reaches. </p>

<p>Best of luck</p>

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<p>you might check out this link:</p>

<p><a href=“Merit Scholarships for Transfer Students - Transfer Students - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/983014-merit-scholarships-for-transfer-students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Be aware you will be paying OOS rates at all UCs.</p>

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<p>^ Duh…</p>

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<p>Essentially, USC is out and UC’s do not give any financial aid.
Hawai is part of WUE so here’s the list of California schools you could attend with aid:
<a href=“http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all”>http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all&lt;/a&gt;
Look into Occidental and Pitzer. Not sure whether CalTech or HarveyMudd admit transfers.</p>

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<p>What kind of price limit are you looking at?</p>

<p>Some approximate list prices (don’t expect good financial aid at out-of-state public universities):</p>

<p>$52,000 to $56,000 Berkeley
$36,000 to $37,000 San Jose State (no WUE discount) (past admission results [here](<a href=“http://info.sjsu.edu/static/admission/impaction.html]here[/url]”>http://info.sjsu.edu/static/admission/impaction.html)</a>)
$36,000 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo (no WUE discount)
$34,000 Stony Brook
$31,000 Minnesota - Twin Cities
$25,000 to $26,000 CSU East Bay (with WUE discount)
$25,000 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (OOS price lower than WUE price)
$22,000 to $25,000 Hawaii - Manoa (in-state, living on your own)
$22,000 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (with WUE discount)
$16,000 Hawaii - Manoa (in-state, living with parent)</p>

<p>A super-reach, but Stanford admits a small number of transfer students (including from community colleges) and gives good financial aid.</p>