<p>Probably not. Most CA kids I know are more than content with going to the local Cal State. And if they're a REAL overachiever, UC Berkeley is their dream school. It's depressing that so many people I know are either UCLA/Berkeley bound. But then again, I'm glad because I don't want to see them again. Haha.</p>
<p>I think most CA kids know that the Cal States just aren't prestigious. While they're just as good as any other school locally, no one--NO ONE--knows Cal State Chico outside of CA.</p>
<p>If you include the Bay Area in NorCal, then I'd bet there's a large group of applicants from around there. But it doesn't matter, no matter where you are in CA, you're from one of the most over-represented states. It can't help you. :C</p>
<p>I'm from northeast L.A., the Mt. Washington area. Most of my life happens in the Pasadena whereabouts, but that's mostly because my school draws students from the SG Valley rather than the SF Valley (what everyone outside of the SG Valley calls The Valley). And while I love my city, I need to get out. The sprawl is eating me!</p>
<p>Same here! Man, Mount Washington, that's better than here! I live way down in Carson. I fell in love with bicycling, and I ride everywhere. It sucks living in such a car-oriented city, because riding in the suburbs is so boring! I need to see crowded storefronts and culturally diverse people! Haha. Most of my life, that I actually enjoy at least, occurs in Los Angeles. The Metro is my life support. I'd bet a lot of people are applying, but a majority of them are pretty well off I have a feeling. </p>
<p>Oh, also have you ever visited Brown?</p>
<p>I'm not from CA, but I hear you guys about needing to get out. I'm from the illustrious Charlotte, North Carolina. We don't grow skyscrapers we grow suburbs, and lots of them. The diversity ratio for my school is probably 200:1, and that's probably being generous. My brother escaped out to LA. He didn't go to one of the Cal's, he went to USC. I have to say, that I prefer NorCal to SoCal. I did a summer program at UC Berkeley, but I don't think any of the kids I met there are applying to Brown if that makes you guys feel any better. Hopefully NC won't have too many applicants.
Are guys worried about shell shock as far as weather goes? Because winter in the South/California is no where near like RI.</p>
<p>Also, I should make it clear that I won't be applying until next year. I'm still a lowly Junior :(. I hate it so much. </p>
<p>Yeah, that's how it is down here. Los Angeles is basically a suburb within a suburb of itself. It didn't used to be that way; there are lots of remnants of the urban lifestyle that dominated in the 20s and before in a majority of the central city, Hollywood, Pasadena, etc. But down here is constant suburbia. </p>
<p>Lets hope not!</p>
<p>I'm not too worried. I personally feel we're pretty spoiled weather-wise. It's kind of ridiculous. I want to see snow and feel really cold!</p>
<p>Yeah the 09 class at my school is significantly higher than most other classes have been (like anyone in the top 10 of rank would have been valedictorian in any other year) and pretty much everyone wants to go to UC Berkeley. Obviously not me, and this other kid who got a 2400 (<_<) wants to go to Harvard, but everyone else is just obsessed with Berkeley haha. My dad works with the Alumi representative who is in charge of our geographic region that goes all the way up to the oregon border, and he said theres usually 6 or 7 people who apply early decision in that region. Though I really don't know whether or not that includes the Bay Area (I live about an hour north of San Francisco). </p>
<p>And yes, I am definitely eager to get out of California, though I don't really dislike Norcal (not sure I could stand SoCal though). As for weather, yeah I am a bit concerned about that haha. It will definitely be different haha, but hopefully I can just wear enough really warm jackets to stay alive haha.</p>
<p>Yeah, SoCal is terrible. NorCal is awesome, or at least the San Francisco and Berkeley area. It's the only part of California that doesn't absolutely suck! Hahaha.</p>
<p>It's funny how you Cal people want to get out of there. I'm from MA and I would LOVE to go to school in Cali. I was actually thinking about Berkeley too. Maybe if Brown doesn't happen, I'll apply there. Haha, but when I visited this past summer, I loved it. I love the area and well the weather is just amazing. All you people who are saying you want to experience cold and snow have no idea what it's like until you get here. Hahah, good luck.</p>
<p>Hey hey socal isn't bad at all! I mean, sure I want to escape to the east for a while, but I like it here :)
I'm in Chatsworth, the unofficial porn capital of the world. There are lots of horses here too. Those last two sentences were discrete and not related :X</p>
<p>Hahahaha. Whoa. </p>
<p>Yeah, I mean probably if you're in the snow and rain all the time it gets tiring, but being in the sun all the time gets tiring too, what with the heat. San Francisco has it right; mid-50s low to mid-70s high all year long!</p>
<p>I'm going to be one of those kids who gets super excited the first couple times it snows, when all of the northerners are going to not care at all. I'm sure I'll get jaded to the snow after a while. We haven't gotten a good snowstorm where I live in...6 years wow. Didn't realize that much time had passed.</p>
<p>Socal is awesome, but it's impossible to appreciate any of it when you have to drive everywhere. I have a car on which I've already laid 2000 miles, and I've only owned it for a year and a quarter! I agree with Obstinate that the Metro OWNS ALL (when it goes to where you want to go, and fortunately I live a 30-minute walk to a station), but I too am a cyclist with nowhere to cylce. LA is a disgusting place to try to bike. I transer my rage into my aggressive--I mean assertive--driving! :D</p>
<p>I can't wait to be disillusioned by awful weather, and to not breathe wildfire smoke 3 months of the year, and to not drive 25 minutes both ways to get to school, AND to buy cute winter coats without feeling frivolous.</p>
<p>Hahah, man screw that. Bike paths are for recreational riders! With headphones on, it makes me laugh to **** off the 5% of drivers who have the nerve enough to honk at me to go faster, even though they're obviously above the speed limit. </p>
<p>For me, most of the parts of LA worth visiting are within a half-mile of a Metro station, and I'd rather set fire to a giant pile of money to drive, so it works for me! :)</p>
<p>sak09, i totally hear you. i'm from MA too and i was thinking about applying to one of the UCs/stanford/pomona, but it would have been so expensive flying there and back, you know? i mean, it just seems like an added expense that i could do without. plus, i've never actually visited any of those schools, even though i have family in california. </p>
<p>so what about all you CA residents? would you just not go home a lot, or would you be able to afford lots of flights across the country? (lucky!)</p>
<p>I'd probably not visit home too much (sadly). Hmm I didn't think about this part enough, but I'm sure I can set my sister's computer up with video chat and 'visit' home every other weekend :D</p>
<p>Have you guys seen this?</p>
<p>2013</a> applicants first to submit Common App - Campus News</p>
<p>Haha that is awesome. </p>
<p>...is it weird that I'm really jealous of those who got mentioned? Hahaha.</p>
<p>Not at all. They mentioned the "superficial" thread that actually turned out to be a chance thread.. hahaha</p>
<p>4 weeks!!!!</p>
<p>/ 28 days!!</p>
<p>hahaha yeah, i remember reading that post about staying home from school the next day if he didn't get in.</p>