<p>If you want to go to Berkeley or UCLA, you either need to be really good at basketball (mostly for the latter) or get your SATs up by a lot. You area also about 400 points short of the median SAT range for USC. However, you seem to have the right scores for UCSB and UCSD. </p>
<p>Your academic rigor looks a bit weak too. Is it too late to take harder classes?</p>
<p>You might fit in at Humboldt State. It is a Cal State University in Arcata which is a lovely Victorian town nestled in the coastal redwood forest. Lots of marijuana grown there…legally, High Times magazine placed HSU in the number eight slot for 2008.</p>
<p>[Humboldt</a> State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_State_University]Humboldt”>California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[cannabisnews.com:</a> Pot in Humboldt County: Both Sides of The Story](<a href=“http://cannabisnews.com/news/14/thread14509.shtml]cannabisnews.com:”>cannabisnews.com: Pot in Humboldt County: Both Sides of The Story)</p>
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The problem is the OP is OOS and is not UC-eligible for any of the 9 UC campuses with a 3.3-equivalent GPA, including UCSB and UCSD. Higher SAT scores would only help if they were high enough to qualify the OP under “Eligibility by Examination.” [UC</a> Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html]UC”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html)</p>
<p>And I agree with UCLA Band Mom that the OP is well qualified for and should look at the CSU system if they are interested in California Public universities.</p>
<p>this Homboldt college a good college?
Also what should I work to get my SAT up to
also what SAT subject tests are the easiest?
Does out of state work against me?</p>
<p>in state schools, being out of state always works against you.</p>
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<p>Oh, I forgot that the UC system had some sort of GPA qualifier.</p>
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<p>Don’t know.</p>
<p>Look at here: [UC</a> Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html]UC”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html)</p>
<p>I heard English was pretty easy.</p>
<p>Yes, definitely.</p>
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<p>Zack, Here’s what Wikipedia says:</p>
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<p>Best Western Colleges. Chosen because it stands out in its region, HSU is one of the 123 colleges named a Best Western College by The Princeton Review. Other CSU campuses chosen for the list were Cal State Long Beach, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Sonoma State.</p>
<p>Colleges With a Conscience. HSU is one of the colleges profiled in The Princeton Review’s book, Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community InvolvementThe school was selected because of its record of having excellent service-learning programs and its blending of academics with community work.</p>
<p>Universities-Master’s (West): Top Schools. US News and World Report chose HSU as a 2008 Top Master’s Level University in the Western United States.</p>
<p>Humboldt State is affiliated with the NCAA on the Division II level and is a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association. Humboldt State currently sponsors 12 intercollegiate sports programs — men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball, football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s track and field, softball and women’s rowing. </p>
<p>Recently the men’s basketball achieved its first-ever West Region title and advancement to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II.</p>
<p>Here is their official website: [Humboldt</a> State University](<a href=“http://www.humboldt.edu/]Humboldt”>http://www.humboldt.edu/)</p>
<p>You can calculate your admissions eligibility index by multiplying your grade point average by 800 and adding your total score (verbal/critical reading + mathematics) on the SAT. Or, if you took the ACT, multiply your grade point average by 200 and and add ten times the ACT composite score. If you are a California high school graduate (or a resident of California for tuition purposes), you need a minimum eligibility index of 2900 using the SAT or 694 using the ACT.</p>
<p>Zack, the real question is: why do you want to go to California so badly that you are willing to go to a “not-so-good” state school?</p>
<p>^From “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2008” pg 87
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<p>In addition to the 23 CSU campuses, California has many private universities where Zack would be well-qualified. Explore them here and see if there are any of interest: [CaliforniaColleges.edu</a> - Home](<a href=“http://www.californiacolleges.edu/]CaliforniaColleges.edu”>http://www.californiacolleges.edu/)</p>
<p>Hmmm, not too relevant to the OP here, but I never noticed before that not one of the schools on the list of 40 in “Colleges That Change Lives” is in California. </p>
<p>I agree with alamemom - a private school or a CSU sounds good, and much more likely than a UC, if the OP is determined to be California bound.</p>
<p>REALITY CHECK: ALL UC’s are a reach at this point. UC Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced MIGHT be slight possibilities. Based on your “interests” a Cal State school would work if you want to be in CA. I would check them out and pick 5, you would likely get into a good number although Long Beach State, San Diego State, Cal Poly SLO might still be reaches.</p>