<p>OK here's the deal im an out of state student, in June i received my transfer degree from a local community college. I am currently taking a gap year because im going through some personal things, such as gender transition. I want to take a year off so when I do go off to a University I will feel more comfortable and appear more as my true identity. I am currently 19.</p>
<p>I was originally gonna go to a school in my state but have always sort of wanted to go to school in Cali and am thinking why not apply to one or two. </p>
<p>My community college GPA is a 3.39, but my last 3 quarters there I stepped it up and got all A's each quarter. So I know this isn't great and don't want to waste my money and energy applying to a school I won't get into, so what Cali school do you think I'd have a chance of getting into? I've been trying to learn about the cali schools but there's so much info it overwhelms me. I am hoping to be in or around the Los Angeles area. And it has to be a public school due to costs. Thanks guys.</p>
<p>I forgot to add my major, I plan to major in psychology, but am also very interested in criminology, maybe as a minor.</p>
<p>With a 3.39 and psych major, it’s a little harder to suggest some schools since that major is tends to be more competittive because of its popularity, but I hope to point you into some right direction.</p>
<p>Use this page and the links on them to see how your OOS school completed any of the reqs for an upper-division transfer applicant . . . almost no CSUs and UCs accept lower-division transfers:
[CSUMentor</a> - Plan for College - Transfer Students - Transfer Applicant Overview and Definitions](<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU)
[University</a> of California - Admission requirements](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/transfer/requirements/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/transfer/requirements/index.html)</p>
<p>Typically OOS students end up having to call each specific school to determine which of their OOS courses might transfer to a CSU or UC.</p>
<p>These are the CSUs and UCs in the L.A. area in case you want to view their individual websites (in no particular order of importance):
CSU
CSU Channel Islands
CSU Northridge
CSULA
CSU Domingues Hills
CSU Long Beach
Cal Poly Pomona
CSU San Bernadino
CSU Fullerton</p>
<p>UC
Los Angeles
Irvine
Riverside
Santa Barabara is the next closest, but not exactly in the L.A. area</p>
<p>Currently, OOS is actually very appealing to UCs and CSUs because OOS pays a higher tuition rate than IS and this can help some schools that are hurting from state budget cuts. This explains why OOS students admissions were at an all-time high for the 2012-2013 school year (Freshman applicants, not transfers, but still . . .)</p>
<p>Are you going to be able to be full-pay (no FA)?</p>
<p>FA might give us some but probably not much</p>
<p>Can you comfortably pay (no Parent PLUS or outside loans) CA OOS tuition?</p>
<p>Yeah I get tuition from an outside agency they cover it all. My family just has to come up with the housing costs</p>
<p>CSU Fresno (Fresno State) has a good criminology program. I know a lot law enforcement people who have come out of there, including a few chiefs of police.</p>