My College list

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I have decided which colleges I want to apply to and I would like some feedback.</p>

<p>'Reach' Colleges:</p>

<p>Stanford</p>

<p>Claremont McKenna College</p>

<p>Middle:</p>

<p>Berkeley</p>

<p>UCLA</p>

<p>Safety:</p>

<p>CSUN</p>

<p>Pepperdine</p>

<p>UC San Diego</p>

<p>UC Santa Barbra</p>

<p>I want to be a business major. I must stay in state because my father refuses to pay more simply because we live out of state (I actually agree with him). What do you think? Am I being too ambitious? Should I have more safety colleges?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>I don’t know what states you have that UCSD and UCSB are safety schools…</p>

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<p>Yeah with a 3.5 GPA and 1900 SAT (as you have previously posted) UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, and UCSB are all high high reaches.</p>

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<p>Not sure about the others!</p>

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<p>UCSD and UCSB have basically already accepted me. I was interviewed by an admissions officer for UCSB and he said that if I maintain a 3.5 gpa they would accept me. My dad is an Alumni of UCSD so I am a shoe in there as well.</p>

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<p>No one is a “shoe in” for UCSD. And I have a hard time interpreting a casual UC interview as leading to a promise for admissions. In any case your senior grades do not figure into the UC admissions decision. What matters are your sophomore and junior year grades.</p>

<p>Read: <a href=“Nothing Wrong With Feeding the Legacy Tree – The UCSD Guardian”>http://ucsdguardian.org/2010/11/08/nothing-wrong-with-feeding-the-legacy-tree/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Your college list is overly optimistic to the point of being unrealistic. I’m unclear as to the reason for your bluster. Assuming that you are a California resident your likely safeties are some CSUs. Possible matches may include UC riverside but that would depend on your rank within your school. I encourage you to take 5 steps back and schedule a frank conversation with a knowledgeable college counselor.</p>

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<p>@Elinker‌ Not to be rude, but I doubt that. That doesn’t make you a shoe in for UCSD, and it’s unlikely that the UCSB admissions officer said that…</p>

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<p>Berkeley, Irvine, and Riverside are the only UCs that have true business majors, although Los Angeles has a business economics major.</p>

<p>In or out of state generally does not make a difference in cost for private schools. Have you run net price calculators?</p>

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<p>Guys, the UCSB admissions officer did say that. After winning a prestigious award I was interviewed by numerous universities. I just realized that many colleges on my list do not have a business program :frowning: </p>

<p>I might just go to a CCC and excel there and then transfer to a UC.</p>

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<p>You may want to check if the schools without true business majors have relevant course work that you can do within other majors (e.g. UCLA business economics, CMC economics).</p>