Looking for the right California CC

College Search & Selection Community Colleges
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<p>Long story short, I'd like attend UCB (hopefully Haas + integrative bio). I intend to move to California this summer to begin work and start community college. Initially I figured that SFO or Berkeley would be the place to be, but a bit of research has put me off of CCSF. After a bit more digging, it appears that which CC I attend has little bearing on my chance of acceptance as long as my grades are top notch. With that in mind, I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a city and a college with the following factors in mind:</p>

<p>Musts:
-Most classes are available, or as little of a wait list as possible (I read that this is a nightmare at CCSF and some of the CCs in LA)
-Offers necessary courses for IB and Haas
-Night and online classes (I'm hoping to continue working 40hrs/week as an electrician, so daytime classes aren't practical)
-No further north than SFO</p>

<p>Would very much appreciate:
-A lower cost of living than SFO/LA (I wouldn't mind a smaller city or town) or at least cheap student housing (would a 3-5 bedroom spot for $600 be difficult to find out in Cali?)
-Within a 2 hour drive of the coast</p>

<p>Would be pretty cool:
-Friendly people
-Traffic isn't awful</p>

<p>I appreciate the help and any input. </p>

<p>As far as colleges that I've found go, I'm looking in to Cabrillo, Reedley, Chaffey, Monterey Peninsula and College of the Canyons. I'm also examining Fresno City, Merced, West Hills, Glendale, Barstow, Bakersfield, and Palo Verde. If anyone has any input on these, I'd greatly appreciate it as well.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>From what I’ve heard (anecdotally anyway), Irvine Valley College and Saddleback College in southern Orange County are both very strong and send around 20-40 students to Cal every year. Orange Community College is another strong one. All have good honors programs, only problem is OC is expensive to live in. Just my two cents though.</p>

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<p>You are hoping to rent a 3-5 BR place for $600? You do realize you are talking about California, right? If you shared a 2 BR, you would be lucky if your share alone was $600 (at least in southern CA).</p>

<p>By the way, are you age 24 or older? If not, and if your plan is to move to California and attend one of the community colleges as a resident, I would do some serious searching on the community college websites as I feel like the resident vs. non-resident topic has been discussed before.</p>

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<p>Look into Skyline College. They have an Honors Transfer Program where I believe you get priority class enrollment. They also have a very great Phi Theta Kappa (international honors society for two-year colleges) chapter. I was a part of both of those programs along with my friends. We all got into the programs/schools we wanted to (I ended up going to Cornell). I have some speakers lined up, you should sign up and listen to our speaker who transferred to UCB HAAS. Happy to help with any other questions about Skyline or other general cc questions!</p>

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