i live in california if that makes a difference
Your local community college will take everyone, but I’m guessing that’s not quite what you mean. What are you looking for? Four year? Any major in particular? Does cost matter?
Some SoCal schools to look into:
-CSUSM, 85% acceptance rate
-CSU Stanislaus 72% acceptance rate
-CSU Channel Islands, 74% acceptance rate
-Whatever CSU you’re local to, with exceptions such as SDSU
-Biola University, 74% acceptance rate
-Azusa Pacific University, 81% acceptance rate
-Mount St Mary’s university, 68% acceptance rate
-Westmont College, 83% acceptance rate
-University of Redlands, 56% acceptance rate
This isn’t a complete list, there’s a lot of schools in SoCal but hopefully it’s a start.
i’m talking about four years & i want to major in business (i know thats vague but i’m haven’t decided between business management & business administration)
The non impacted CSUs in southern California are Bakersfield, Channel Islands, and Dominguez Hills. Business is not an impacted major at these three. So these should be the easiest CSUs to get into for business.
The non-impacted CSUs are the lowest bar for public colleges - you will need to have a C or better in all of the a-g courses and above a 2.4 and 1000 SAT to meet their requirements.
they admit by eligibility index which is a combination of your CSUGPA and SAT or ACT. the formula is GPA*800+SAT and the floor is 2900.
What are your stats, budget and other interests?
Whittier College accepts 61.9% of applicants
In addition, it is commonly easier to get into an impacted CSU if you are from the “local admission area”. For example, San Bernardino is an "impacted " CSU campus in southern California – but for locals, the eligibility index is still only 2900. So for locals, CSUSB admissions are just as easy as at non-impacted campuses like Bakersfield, Channel Islands, and Dominguez Hills.
The OP is from California, so he presumably has an admissions advantage at some local CSU. But without more info, we don’t know which one. Some CSUs are hard to get into, even if you are local.
OP has a 2.5 GPA as stated on several of their other threads. No test scores listed and has been asked which CSU is in their local service area but also not answered. OP was asking specifically about SFSU in their other thread.
OP states they are retaking Math, English and a History class due to poor performance. I think a CC would be the best option to make sure they can succeed in a college environment but i agree the non-impacted campuses should be targeted if they are looking for 4 year universities. Also costs are not mentioned, so not sure if private schools are an option.
https://www.calstate.edu/sas/documents/impactedprogramsmatrix.pdf
i actually live in san bernardino county and csusb is about 20mins away from me. as of right now my gpa is about 2.5 (i will be starting my senior year this august) and im going to be taking my sat again. i plan to study all summer to improve my score. and i do not know what i got on it the first time because i couldn’t find it.
If CSUSB is your local CSU, then it would make a good safety since Business is not impacted.
Agree that CSUSB could be a good safety – but you need to confirm that CSUSB is in fact your local CSU.
Living in San Bernardino County does not automatically make you “local” for CSUSB. Some parts of the county are within the “territory” of other CSUs, even though they are relatively close to the CSUSB campus. For example, Chino is considered “local” to Fullerton State, and Upland is considered “local” to Cal Poly Pomona. Both of those campuses are impacted, so they would not make good safeties.
So you should check to make sure that your high school is actually listed as a CSUSB “local” school.
You can do this at: https://www.csusb.edu/admissions/contact-us/faq
Click on the link marked “What does CSUSB consider to be its local area?”