<p>I love in Florida and my plan is to go to Sierra for 2 years, majoring in psychology, then transfer to a state university for the last 2 or 3 years. Humboldt has a program where I can get my bachelor's and master's simultaneously by adding a fifth year when I'm a junior. I want to do that because they have behavioral science, which is my goal. I want to be a forensic psychologist for the FBI.</p>
<p>I keep reading that Humboldt is mostly for science and art majors.</p>
<p>I want to go there because it's got 5 stars on the pride index and even has lgbt there housing and that's important to me too.</p>
<p>But there are other schools that are lgbt friendly that I haven't really looked at and maybe other schools that are better for psychology. I was thinking of Puget sound maybe and a few others, but Humboldt is also inexpensive which is great because I don't have much money for College. What school would you recommend? It has to be in California, great for psychology, not too expensive and hopefully lgbt friendly.</p>
<p>Please help. I'm a senior in high school and I'm doing this all on my own.</p>
<p>Humboldt is certainly good for psychology and lgbt friendly. You need to be comfortable with rural environments, trees, and people smoking lots of weed. </p>
<p>(I’m sure you know that Puget Sound does not meet your criteria of being in California.) </p>
<p>Santa Cruz is also good in psychology and very lgbt friendly.</p>
<p>Haha, I was misled and I thought Puget Sound was also in California. Silly me!</p>
<p>Did you go to Humboldt?</p>
<p>I’d love to know more about Santa Cruz, I’ve never even heard of it. I went on the campus pride index and got my short list from their ratings, but they might be old stats.</p>
<p>Hey, I am transferring to Humboldt for Fall 2014.I am a current Psychology major. From my understanding (visiting, living in California, friends that go there) its a pretty awesome school in terms of nice people, location, cost. Its definitely one of the cheaper CSU’s however most try to stay in the same price range. The cost of living is definitely much cheaper than most of California. It’s Psych program is pretty good, so I have heard. However, if you have the grades to get into a UC or CSU Long Beach, you may want to check those out. As far as lgbt friendly it is very liberal. From my visits most of the students are open, relaxed, and social. It has a strong sense of “be who you want” I guess you could say. Lastly if that is one of your main concerns, you should check out San Francisco State, it has a very good Psych program and there are parts of San Francisco that are predominantly lgbt (castro, parts of the mission, haight ashbury). I hope that helps.</p>
<p>If money is an issue, you might want to stick with the Humboldt plan. It is the least expensive and fits with your other criteria. A very liberal and hippie vibe, very nonjudgmental. Very rural.</p>
<p>Long Beach was mentioned: it’s more commuter and urban. I don’t know about the lgbt scene there. </p>
<p>Santa Cruz is awesome. But as a UC, much more expensive. I truly think you will find what you are looking for at Humboldt.</p>
<p>Humboldt is an extremely LGBT friendly school although it’s in the middle of nowhere meaning that if you want to date outside of college it may be harder to find a potential spouse. One issue I have heard from a classmate who transferred to UCSD is that many of the students tend to be somewhat unmotivated. That is, they matriculated at HSU in part because it’s both outstanding for almost all outdoors activities and notoriously stoner friendly (HSU is located in one of the largest marijuana growing regions in the US) and when they actually had to perform academically, they couldn’t cut it. This is reflected in part by its very low graduation rate. Of the students who started as freshmen at HSU, only 40% manage to graduate in 6 years. FWIW, that’s one of the lowest figures of any residential Cal State.</p>
<p>I don’t really smoke weed anymore. I used to sometimes, but I don’t have any need for it nor time for it. Do you think I would succeed at Humboldt? Do you think the low graduation rates are just because people smoke a lot and it kills motivation and ambition?</p>