<p>Does anyone know of liberal arts colleges in southern CA or San Francisco?
I don't know a lot about CA schools and all I've really heard about are UC and Cal state U's, which are harder to get into out-of-state without a fabulous GPA.</p>
<p>So, any suggestions for liberal arts schools that aren't too competetive? GPA avg. of around 3.0ish? they may not exist...just thought i'd ask.</p>
<p>CSUs aren't that hard to get into out of state I don't think. Neither are the lower tier UCs(Irvine, Santa Cruz, Riverside)
Some colleges that should be within reach of a 3.0ish GPA are Pitzer, Scripps, USF, St Mary's, Santa Clara U, and Dominican.</p>
<p>Pitzer (and possibly the other Claremont colleges as reaches)
Mills (if you're female)
Occidental in LA</p>
<p>3.0 is much too low for Scripps, and maybe even for Pitzer. The other suggestions seem good and within reach, though.</p>
<p>^^^^
yea, I just realized that definitely for Scripps a 3.0 is a reach. But Pitzer is a bit more plausible.</p>
<p>Redlands, Univ of Pacific is lac-like.</p>
<p>ever thought of checking out the College of Creative Studies at UCSB?</p>
<p>how about whittier college</p>
<p>UCSB current admit stats:</p>
<p>3.99 average GPA<br>
1260 mean SAT I score<br>
5% of admitted students are non-residents</p>
<p>admission to CCS requires additional credentials</p>
<p>I got into CCS with a 3.4 (might have been less, I probably didn't calculate it correctly). I went and looked at it, and it didn't seem too intense--in any case, I'd suggest giving it a shot.</p>
<p>My sister goes to Saint Mary's College in Moraga. It is a really beautiful campus and close to Berkeley and San Francisco. They also have a really good study abroad program.</p>