Good schools in california

College Search & Selection
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<p>I need help.... I want to move to a warm place that is fun and full of different people... I am from Jersey and I love it here but I been here all my life. I am tired of the same people same environment and really tired of the cold. I would go to Florida but I know some people from there and is the same thing -_-... I just want to grow in life and i think Cali would be the perfect place. My parents don't really want me to leave but they'll understand eventually. I want to major in nursing and i eventually want to become a midwife =)... I have never left New Jersey (except when I go to NY but that doesn't count) I've also been to Florida a few times but it doesn't count either lol... I just want some advice on what I should do and some recommendations on some school in California that would somewhat fit what I expect...</p>

<p>which is:
Good education
Fun
Different people (diverse)
In a Urban but not soo urban area (decent place)
Safe area</p>

<p>Perfect Setting
(Calm, Fun, Warm, City life) =D</p>

<p>I hope some one can help</p>

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<p>There is a California colleges sub forum.b</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-colleges/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-colleges/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Are you a junior or senior? other questions; majors you want available, cost considerations, stats if you want merit or if you might be Stanford esque.</p>

<p>I like Loyola Marymount.</p>

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<p>actually I’m a freshman in college I go to Bergen Community College in New Jersey… and I’m
new to this so I don’t know what is “merit or Stanford esque.”… my major is Nursing</p>

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<p>It is VERY hard to get into a nursing program in Calif.</p>

<p>It’s also very difficult, if not impossible to transfer into Calif publics, without junior standing…and I think the deadlines have passed.</p>

<p>What is your budget? How much will your family pay? Transfer students rarely get great aid packages.</p>

<p>If you want to transfer to a warmer climate and go into nursing, you may have to consider other states.</p>

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<p>I don’t know about all the nursing programs out here, but i know that UCLA’s is pretty competitive. They had 100 applicants and only accepted like 9 or something for 2011/12.</p>

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<p>Nursing (basic) is impacted to all CSUs that offer it, except for Monterey Bay:
<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/documents/impactedprogramsmatrix.pdf[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/documents/impactedprogramsmatrix.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>More about impacted CSU campuses and programs here:
[CSU</a> Campus Impaction Information | Student Academic Support | CSU](<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impaction-campus-info.shtml]CSU”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/impaction-campus-info.shtml)</p>

<p>More CSU admission information is at [CSU</a> Mentor](<a href=“http://www.csumentor.edu%5DCSU”>http://www.csumentor.edu).</p>

<p>UCLA and UC Irvine are the only UCs that offer a nursing major. The major is heavily impacted there.</p>

<p>You can check the requirements for transfer students at [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) , though for an out of state community college, you have to look up your school’s course catalog to try to match up the needed prerequisites.</p>

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<p>OP, can you afford going to school in CA?</p>