<p>Hi, I don't know what college to go to and which will accept me. I'm a Junior in high school in MD (I hate MD, I like Cali) and I have and 2.99 Weighted GPA 2.8 unweighted (not including Junior year GPA) I have a 3.62 weighted GPA for last semester and i think i can go up to a 3.75 GPA this semester, and next year probely over a 4.0 weigthed next year. I am really good at Chemistry and I think i can get a 5 on the ap test this year i've token a bunch of honers classes this year I have 2 AP Classes (AP Chem and AP US History) i think ill get a 4 on the ap-ush test I plan on taking physics (H), AP Bio, AP Calc, and Eng 11 (H) and I am going to take 3 or 4 Community College Courses (chemistry, and organic chem) next year I am trying extremely hard this year. I haven't done my SAT or ACT yet though i think ill do better on the ACT, because it is more of a logical test I heard. I want to be a Orthodontist, or something in the medical field. I'm middle eastern, and I want to get to UCLA preferably, but i heard you need a 3.9 GPA unweighted, to get in. Im also in the key club and plan to volunteer, and i've had a part time job since 9th grade.</p>
<p>Also I plan to live off-campus in an apartment with my brother and he plans to go to UTI in Los Anglos, so I need it to be near Los Anglos. and we need to find an appartment between our two schools.</p>
<p>Colleges will be doing the majority of their assessments based on work through junior year. Assuming you finish junior year with a 3.68 W GPA your overall GPA will be around 3.22 W. Even adding a 4.0W first semester senior year will only bring it up to about 3.33W/3.0 UW. That GPA along with the increased interest in Oxy due to the Obama effect, (there has been a jump in apps since people learned he went there), will make it a reach. I think UCLA is highly unlikely.</p>
<p>I would suggest looking at:</p>
<p>Chapman University - Match/Reach
Whittier - Match/Safety
Pepperdine - Reach
Loyola Marymount - Match/Reach
University of The Redlands - Match/Reach</p>
<p>Most schools will require you to live on-campus as a freshman."</p>
<p>I forgot to mention I’m going to take a phlebotomy course at a community college, and Ill use that money to live in an apartment and pay tuition. Also I am going to apply for residency in California, so I don’t have to pay high tuition (Yeah I know the first year I have to pay high tuition)</p>
<p>“Most schools will require you to live on-campus as a freshman.”
I guess ill check first</p>
<p>"I would suggest looking at:</p>
<p>Chapman University - Match/Reach
Whittier - Match/Safety
Pepperdine - Reach
Loyola Marymount - Match/Reach
University of The Redlands - Match/Reach"</p>
<p>thanks but I checked them and most of them were Christian colleges, I’m not Christian which of them aren’t Christian, and what are the Match, Safety and Reach For</p>
<p>“Are you an international? or green card resident?”</p>
<p>No im a us citizen born in maryland i meant my ethnicity is Middle Eastern</p>
<p>Also i’m thinking if I go to a private school, and do really good the first year, could I switch to another college like UCLA after one year, I heard people switch colleges after 2 years but i’m not sure about 1 year.</p>
<p>It is very hard to get residency in a state for tuition purposes. Simply moving there and paying high tuition for a year won’t give you residency.</p>
<p>Last year, UCLA accepted only 1.8% of the applicants who had a weighted GPA of 3.00 or below. You can calculate your “UC GPA” on their website. It’s important to know that the weighted GPA used by the UCs in considering your application is based on a specific set of courses, which you can find more information about on the UC admissions website.</p>
<p>“It is very hard to get residency in a state for tuition purposes. Simply moving there and paying high tuition for a year won’t give you residency.”</p>
<p>I read all the requirements</p>
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<li>Also I found out that UCLA doesn’t look at your Freshman GPA and (my freshman Gpa is like a 2.6 My sophomore is a 3.35) so that means if i get a 3.7 for this semester and a 4.0+ on my first semester of senior year then it should be like a 3.667 W
-Also wont the fact that I’m taking several community college courses help my chance at getting accepted</li>
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<p>so I’m thinking of going to CSU Long Beach. I looked at some reviews and most of them were positive, I don’t wanna go to a private school, because I heard their social life sucks, so I’m looking at some other public 4 year schools, but most of them have bad reputations or too difficult to get in like UCLA (I’ll still apply their on the small chance they will accept me). So can anyone please help me find some public 4 year schools around Los Angeles that doesn’t have a bad reputation.</p>
<p>Where is UTI located? Los Angeles is an enormous metropolitan area. I see there’s a Universal Technical Institute in Rancho Cucamonga, an area east of Los Angeles. If that’s where your brother will be living, you’d have a very long commute to get to most of the schools you’ve mentioned. Public transportation may or may not work for you, depending on where you live and where you go to school. You’ll need to budget for parking, insurance, car repairs and the like. </p>
<p>An alternative plan: move to CA, room with your brother, get a job, save money like crazy. See if you like the area. Research schools a little more. Save some more money. Take college classes at the local CC. Earn top grades. Talk to the transfer counselors so that you stay on track to get to a CSU or UC. Then transfer.</p>
<p>"Where is UTI located? Los Angeles is an enormous metropolitan area. I see there’s a Universal Technical Institute in Rancho Cucamonga, an area east of Los Angeles. If that’s where your brother will be living, you’d have a very long commute to get to most of the schools you’ve mentioned. Public transportation may or may not work for you, depending on where you live and where you go to school. You’ll need to budget for parking, insurance, car repairs and the like.</p>
<p>An alternative plan: move to CA, room with your brother, get a job, save money like crazy. See if you like the area. Research schools a little more. Save some more money. Take college classes at the local CC. Earn top grades. Talk to the transfer counselors so that you stay on track to get to a CSU or UC. Then transfer."</p>
<p>Yeah Its about 30 minutes away from LA And 55 Minutes away from CSU Long Beach we plan on living arond mid point so my school should be around 25-35 Minutes away From CSU. But I heard If you go to a CC then t looks bad when I go to a Grad School. Also I plan as working as a phlebotomist Making about $14 per hour as a part time job, also my parents are supporting me sort of and I’m going to put some of it on Student Loans. But what I want to know now is If CSU Long Beach is a good school.</p>
<p>I would do a bit more research on this subject. Most of the CSUs are commuter schools with minimal social lives. You’ll find much livelier social lives at most of the private schools in the area.</p>
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<p>I’d also read those again. CA is in a budget crisis and has really clamped down on letting anyone from OOS become a resident for tuition purposes. To even began to try, you would need to work full time and support yourself without going to school for a year and make sure your parents have not claimed you as a dependent on their taxes for 2 years. Even then it’s extremely difficult. CA public schools, however, are anxiously looking for full pay OOS students, so you may get into some where your stats are a bit below average this year.</p>
<h2>“An alternative plan: move to CA, room with your brother, get a job, save money like crazy. See if you like the area. Research schools a little more. Save some more money. Take college classes at the local CC. Earn top grades. Talk to the transfer counselors so that you stay on track to get to a CSU or UC. Then transfer.”</h2>
<p>I second that. “Residency for Tuition Purposes” is really, really tough. I do believe you should ask your parents to not claim you on next year’s taxes, then again the following year when you are in CA for your first year and WORKING. Then after that Gap Year, you will have saved $$, and might qualify as a Resident for Tuition Purposes. You will have to show you are completely 100% self sufficient for 24 months I believe… not sure of the details, so that might mean you will have to take 2 years off and perhaps take community college classes during that time. When you can pay Resident tuition at a community college, finish out the two years, then transfer to UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, etc.</p>
<p>I looked at community colleges and their tuition was not that far for out of state Community college around $8500 and CSU Long Beach about $13000. Also about the residency if I put on loans does that make me look not Financially stable?</p>
<p>" Driving into LA is awful during commute time.</p>
<p>H and I did that for many, many years. You’re literally throwing away hours and hours a week stuck in traffic each week."</p>
<p>If I go to CSU Long Beach I dont have to go through LA Traffic right.</p>
<p>“Maybe the best decision. Rancho Cucamonga is 35 minutes away from Los Angeles on a Sunday morning, not during regular commute time.”</p>
<p>What are some good colleges their? I looked at some but they got really bad reviews or were private colleges.</p>