<p>I am currently a senior in High School, and time for applications to colleges is coming up quite fast. I am totally lost in the sea of possibilities, and just looking at the tuition rates and etc. is horribly depressing. </p>
<p>Here are the details:</p>
<p>4.7 GPA Weighted; 3.9 GPA UnWeighted
1850 SAT Score, retaking ACT next Saturday to try and get a better score.
5 AP Classes this year, 2 AP classes last year.
Started a club in school, participated in after school classes, and tutored students for volunteer hours. </p>
<p>I don't know what else to add, please ask if there is anymore.</p>
<p>I would like to get a Liberal Arts/Studies degree. I currently live in CA, and would like to attend a college here. Can somebody please recommend me colleges that I can apply to and get accepted, but that can also get me scholarships based on MERIT? I would like to live on campus, but cutting down the costs of tuition is most important to me and I don't know what exactly to do and what colleges to check out.</p>
<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.</p>
<p>I would try Pepperdine and/or Loyola Marymount but you might need to raise you SAT.</p>
<p>With current SATs, mid tier UCs will be your best priced schools.</p>
<p>how much are your parents willing to pay?</p>
<p>^ How much you can afford is key. U Redlands is a pretty good school. Lewis and Clark in Portland. Whitman College in Washington.</p>
<p>I’d go for the UC’s if you’re parents are willing to pay like Siglio said
Think
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UCSD</p>
<p>And what majors are you interested in?
USC has a pretty great business program</p>
<p>If you’re limited to Cali think about
the Claremont Colleges (Clarement McKenna, Pitzer, Pomona)</p>
<p>Oh and of course Stanford 
early action there if you think you can pull it together</p>
<p>You have potential for a Regent’s Scholar at one of the mid-tier UCs if you raise your SAT score by some 300 points. Depending on your financial situation, this can be a big scholarship.</p>
<p>I’ve been thinking of going to CSU SFSU and getting a degree in Liberal Arts. Is this a good idea?</p>
<p>Its not a bad idea. In case you haven’t heard, its largely a myth a better college will land you a better job. Do what you like and that will make you feel comfortable.</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at the UC’s, such as UCLA and UCSD, and I can’t seem to find the major Liberal Arts/Studies anywhere. Do they not have it?!</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s such literal thing. Even liberal arts colleges offer specific majors.</p>
<p>When someone says they have a liberal arts degree they usually mean that they have a degree in the humanities. Since most of them are not going to be working in the field they majored in their degree is as good as just about if it were anything else. We usually call these career unoriented majors “liberal arts” majors.</p>
<p>Examples:
english
communications
history
etc.</p>
<p>This is the College Board description for this major: </p>
<p>Major: Liberal Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>The liberal arts and sciences major is not just another term for “undecided.” On the contrary, declaring this major takes a lot of initiative and determination. If you are truly passionate about learning and want to spend your college years exploring new ideas rather than preparing for a specific career, you might consider majoring in liberal arts and sciences.</p>
<p>Most liberal arts courses include a great deal of reading, writing, and discussion, and classes tend to be small. You’ll gain the ability to reason critically, communicate effectively, and understand relationships across broad fields of knowledge.</p>
<p>Ye, while a few schools offer liberal arts as a major, it’s hard to take seriously. Liberal arts mean a well rounded education as opposed to studying a trade.</p>
<p>As for the claim that it’s a myth that a better college will get yup a better job, I would strongly disagree. Unless you have a good reason to do otherwise, go to the best college you can get into. Good jobs will be hard for most to get for at least a decade.</p>