<p>So I'm sort of in a sticky situation right now. I'm a highschool Jr living in texas:</p>
<p>3.8 UW GPA , 4.22 CSU/UC GPA</p>
<p>25 ACT (22E 31M 24R 24 S 8/12W. I know... I'm not the best test taker)</p>
<p>I would like to major in civil engineering.</p>
<p>I'm in 3 AP classes and 2 honors classes this year, and I'm going to take 5 APs next year including calc bc and physics c. I've won academic awards before, i have a few good ECs, and have over 100 CS hours. </p>
<p>Now here's the situation. The office where my dad works is opening up a new clinic in the Los Angeles area, but we won't be able to move out there for about 6-8 months. That means that I'll have to spend the second have of my sr year in a california school, so I wouldn't be able to get in state tuition until my soph year, but I wouldn't be able to recive a cal grant. I'm not going to stay here in texas since I have no other family here, and my original plan was to go to cal poly pomona or another csu my freshman year (not my dream, but it would suffice). Being an OOS applicant, I've heard that csu's don't give much financial aid, so my cost after the pell and a few scholarships would be around $30,000 for the first year... I have around $25000 saved up + taking out a loan- so I would BARLEY be able to get by. After that, it would be around $15,000 to $20,000 a year which I could most likely do. This would be my first option.</p>
<p>My second option would be to attend a ccc for my first two years, which would cost about $8,000 for the first year, and around $2,000 dollars for the second, which would save me close to $15,000 extra dollars that I could put towards my next two years. My dream has always been to go to UCLA , UCB, or UCSD. I know that there is no possible way that I would be able to go there right now with my test scores and financial situation. I feel like that I would have a pretty good chance to get in to one of those schools if I went to ccc (I feel like that I could pull off a 3.75+ gpa, considering that I have A's in most of my AP classes). </p>
<p>Though I'm still debating on what I should do though, and it kind of scares me to put off my original plan to go to a ccc (even though it could lead me to my dream college). </p>
<p>Any inputs or advice?</p>
<p>And could anybody tell me the best ccc's in the LA area that has a high transfer rate to UCLA and would be good for a engineering major? Thanks in advance!</p>