<p>Yea sorry, Pomona does not offer major in Zoology/Animal Science</p>
<p>[List</a> of Majors and Minors - Pomona College](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/overview.aspx]List”>http://www.pomona.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/overview.aspx)</p>
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<p>Understood… Best of luck…</p>
<p>I actually think Berkeley’s campus is really pretty. The view is unbelievable. There are trees all around and a creek runs right through campus. There are some older buildings, but there are some newer ones too. I think it just depends on one’s taste, but I think it is worth a look.</p>
<p>If you get those SAT scores and at least a 700 in math, your SATs won’t keep you out of Pomona (or any other school in the country). They’ll be a little below average, but not enough to worry about. Your grades and AP scores seem fine too. The main thing about your application is that you need to work on your EC’s. Find something that you like to do, and do a lot of it. There are different ways to demonstrate leadership. Right now, Pomona, Stanford, Berkeley, and CMC are reaches without a very strong EC. If you do a lot of tournaments or something that can demonstrate your ice skating, that’s a good place to start. Remember that everyone you’re competing against has good SATs and good grades, so you need to differentiate yourself. Pomona has great financial aid and guarantees zero debt after four years, so I would assume you would be able to afford it if you get in.</p>
<p>You’re correct that you don’t need to major in animal science or zoology to be a vet. Going to Pomona or Scripps won’t hurt your chances. Keep in mind a ton of people go into college wanting to be vets and come out not wanting to be vets. I wouldn’t make a specific major a criteria in your school choice. But yes, Pomona certainly has biology. </p>
<p>As for visiting- schedule on-campus interviews before you arrive in Claremont. Two schools a day seems manageable. I recommend you visit CMC and Pitzer. CMC is an excellent school with good fin aid, and Pitzer may work as a safety. There are CMC students that are political but I wouldn’t say they are more politically active than those at Pomona. Also, CMC’s science department is shared with Pitzer and is underrated.</p>
<p>Honestly. It doesn’t hurt to check out the schools in Cali. All the ones you have listed are great schools…except USC…jk</p>
<p>OOS might pose a problem, but truth be told I have a lot of friends that go to school from out of state (I go to UCLA), and scholarships are available for everyone. Don’t let money be an issue, and like someone else said earlier, really play up the whole figure skating thing. Leadership isn’t as important as commitment to some people. But best of luck and really try to get a feel for California Schools. The weather is great out here (Minus the rain the past couple of days) but it’s honestly a great place to be.</p>
<p>This might be a stretch for your budget, but all of my friends who are now veterinarians completed their undergraduate degrees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Its a great school in an incredible location.</p>
<p>If you’re from Washington, you’re eligible for reduced out-of-state tuition at several California public universities, through the [Western</a> Undergraduate Exchange](<a href=“http://wiche.edu/wue]Western”>Save On Tuition | Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)).</p>
<p>You’d pay 150% of in-state tuition - which is way, way less than full OOS.</p>
<p>Scholarships are not “available to everyone” at UCs…and they’re especially not available much to OOS students. OOS students at UCs are largely full payers.</p>
<p>Unless this student has spectacular stats, she’d not going to get a dime from a UC.</p>
<p>I agree, scholarships are definitely NOT ‘available’ for ‘everyone’, especially not out-of-staters…have you SEEN the mess that is the California budget? </p>
<p>heck, I don’t even think scholarships are available for us in-state students.</p>
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<p>Looks like the trade deficit the other states have with California and Washington, mainly due to large disparities wrt population is lessening, at least wrt %s. (I guess though, a deficit, more inflow than outflow would be the better thing in this instance.)</p>
<p>CA in 2005 had around 6-7% outflow/inflow, in 2009 it was ~ 17%. It looks like something the OP should look into. 150% of UCLA in-state tuition would be ~ $16-17K.</p>
<p>The WUE site says that UCs don’t participate in the program. :(</p>
<p>… going, but…</p>
<p>No CU Boulder, U-Dub, No UCs. In CA only a handful of CSUs. It’d be too costly a recriprocity agreement if bigger named schools were involved.</p>
<p>And it exists to help lesser-named schools build a name and help enrollments.</p>
<p>However, if UC, U-Dub, CU were to cap enrollments through this agreement…</p>
<p>Also, if you are interested in animal science what about checking out the Cal Poly schools? SLO is rated higher than Pomona but both are in what the op would consider Southern California warmth and both have excellent animal science programs. I’m pretty sure they would also be part of WUE and very reasonable cost wise.</p>
<p>Neither SLO or Pomona participate in WUE. This .pdf lists the participating schools by state.</p>
<p><a href=“http://wiche.edu/info/publications/wueHandout2011-12.pdf[/url]”>http://wiche.edu/info/publications/wueHandout2011-12.pdf</a></p>
<p>I think from this list both Chico and Humboldt have animal science programs, but they are hardly in sunny SoCal.</p>
<p>I’m assuming that you mean that you’re from Washington State? Have you looked at the Western Undergraduate Exchange Program? This is a program where many western states agree to offer in-state tuition to qualified students from other states. Unfortunately, the California schools that participate are all California State Universities, not UCs, but the University of Oregon is one of the institutions. Don’t know if that appeals to you? Here’s the info- [WICHE</a> - Student Exchange Programs](<a href=“http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all]WICHE”>http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all)</p>
<p>Oh my, I see I type too slowly. Brilliant minds think alike.</p>
<p>Sadly, that exchange program only appleis to CSU schools… which I’m not particularly interested in, to tell the truth.
Hoewever, I hadn’t thought to look into the Cal Poly schools before, but now I’m considering it-- they’re so much less expensive than other private schools! Can anyone tell me about them? What the students are like in general, what the campuses are like, etc? I’m only interested in ones in southern california.</p>
<p>Cal Poly is a CSU, not a private school.</p>
<p>The Cal Polys are the two best CSUs. Admissions standards for SLO are roughly equivalent to that of the midtier UCs. Pomona is in SoCal.</p>
<p>I’d like to add that SLO and Pomona are generally better regarded than the rest of the CSUs as well as the lower tier UCs (Riverside and Merced).</p>