<p>yes, the title indicates that i am putting weather over my education. so im looking for somewhere to go for either business or engineering. I have been looking in CA mostly since there seem to be many good schools there. my criteria is: not too expensive since ill be getting raped by out of state fees probably. Would also like an area with nice weather and a relatively low cost of living. Now I will try to tell u all what kind of student i am. I am 4th in my class of 300, got a 4 on my AP Euro test, 31 on the ACT, no SAT, and my GPA is like 3.9 w/o AP. please help, thanks.</p>
<p>Any of the various University of California or California State Universities should be just fine. I like Berkeley but they're just about all great.</p>
<p>UCSD should rank one of best weather schools.
La jolla (hoya) is simply gorgeous</p>
<p>For the UCs, UC Riverside probably has the worse weather. It's inland where it is very hot. As for weather, you should decide whether you like Norcal or Socal more.</p>
<p>SoCal
UCSD and UCSB are right next to the ocean.
UCLA and UCI are very very close to beaches.
UC Riverside is far from the ocean (very hot)</p>
<p>NorCal
UC Berkeley in the Bay Area
UC Davis is in farm land
UCSC - not sure
UC Merced - not sure</p>
<p>Clemson, Georgia Tech, UT Austin, and/or Rice?</p>
<p>The UCs are $40K/yr out of state and there are no low cost of living places in CA. Try Arizona.</p>
<p>i was looking at Cal Poly SLO and tuition and board is about 10-12k. looks nice too. that could offset the cost of living.</p>
<p>That's the in state price.</p>
<p><i>At Cal Poly Pomona, a quality education costs less than at comparable universities. If you are a California resident attending full time, yearly fees are approximately $3,012 and books and supplies average $1,242 per year. Graduate and credential students pay about $3,594 per year. Out-of-state students pay an additional $226 per unit. If you choose to live in the campus residence halls, yearly costs for room and board average about $7,500.</i></p>
<p>looks like $3300 + 7,500 a year plus 226 per unit, w/e ever that is.</p>
<p>5.0 Mustang:</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach (out of state, Engineering)
UCSD: Slight Reach (out of state, Engineering)
UCI/UCD/UCSB: Safe Match (out of state)
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safety (out of state)</p>
<p>consider the beautiful state of colorado! we have many, many California relo people living here because of our gorgeous, sunny weather and lower cost of living.</p>
<p>take a look at University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Denver and Colorado College.</p>
<p>Winters here are mild with occasional snow, bright and sunny days all year round, low humidity and lots of outdoorsy stuff to do -- skiing, hiking, biking, etc.</p>
<p>cant get a better setting and weather than UCSB. unfortunately its one of the most expensive places to live in the whole state.</p>
<p>I actually was looking at CO a few weeks ago. Can you give me more info on the weather throughout the year? thanks</p>
<p>Average Daily Maximum °F 43 47 54 61 71 82 88 86 77 66 52 44</p>
<p>this is for Denver, from wiki. im looking for someplace a little warmer in the winter.</p>
<p>I'll second Clemson U... good engineering, nice weather, pretty campus/location, cost-of-living is low, and with your stats you would probably get a waiver of out-of-state tuition (my son did).
Also, don't feel bad about making weather a major factor in narrowing down your college choices. We all have our priorities!</p>
<p>I'll second Clemson U</p>
<p>If you like living on former slave plantations, of course. :)</p>
<p>^ Cheap shot.</p>
<p>Those folks are long dead.</p>
<p>5.0 Mustang -- the stats are deceiving for Colorado. We moved to colorado springs (where colorado college is) last summer and I expected snow and cold in the winter. i was pleasantly surprised.</p>
<p>My understanding is that we typically have a cold snap for a few weeks each winter where it really is cold -- around 30-40 degrees with really cold temps near zero at night. but that is just for a few weeks (lasted about 8 days last december). The rest of the time, the weather is really pretty nice. In the winter, the sun still shines every day and warms things up -- so it starts off cold (around 30-45 degrees) in the morning and warms up during the day. alot of the kids who go to colorado college wear shorts all winter and they rarely wear coats. It gets cold when the sun goes down and you need a coat then -- but we don't have much wind, so it really isn't bad. Boulder has similiar weather. I think Denver gets more snow because of its position north of the palmer divide.</p>
<p>Mustang:</p>
<p>Depends on what you think "good weather" is. If you want it warm/hot and sunny all the time, the California, parts of Arizona, parts of New Mexico, southern Texas, and Florida are about the only places available. If you want it dry, stick to the West. If you don't like humidity, the Southeast is simply unbearable.</p>
<p>Those who mentioned Colorado have a point. There is precious little humidity, so temperature swings during the day can easily approach 40 degrees. A day that begins at 20F can easily become 60 with a warm sun by mid day.</p>
<p>The other thing about dry air, be it in Colorado or Flagstaff, AZ, is that it has a low specific heat relative to wetter air. 40F and sunny in CO is actually quite comfortable for most people. 40F and humid with cloud cover (as in the Midwest) can be bone chilling.</p>
<p>You can get weather stats for any city in the US, and many other sorts of population and economic stats as well, at this site:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.city-data.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.city-data.com/</a></p>