<p>can someone tell me about the private colleges in california?
i'm a california resident and i was wondering which privates accept students with low gpas and high sat scores. I know that privates don't have cutt offs for gpas or sat scores but they have averages. </p>
<p>so anyways...plz tell me whatever you know about the privates in california....</p>
<p>santa clara,
san fran
san diego
etc.</p>
<p>Well-known California private colleges:</p>
<p>Santa Clara University--average 3.6 UW GPA with SATs 592CR/613M and estimated SAT Writing of 630. (Total 1205/1600 and 1835/2400)</p>
<p>University of San Francisco--average 3.45 UW GPA and estimated SATs of 565/560/600 (1125/1600 and 1725/2400)</p>
<p>University of San Diego--average 3.66 UW GPA and SATs 570CR/595M and estimated SAT Writing of 605 (1165/1600 and 1770/2400)</p>
<p>Stanford University--average UW GPA 3.45 and SATs 631CR/615M and Estimated Writing of 655 (1246/1600 and 1901/2400). It should be noted that Stanford's average are unreasonably low since they admit a lot of "specialized students" good in one single discipline--and a lot of "disadvantaged students" who hadn't been given any chances in life. The "real" averages are around 3.83 UW GPA with SATs in the high 600s/low 700s.</p>
<p>USC--average 4.0 (Weighted) GPA and UW GPA around 3.75 with SAT of 665CR/685M and SAT Writing 675 (1350/1600 and 2025/2400)</p>
<p>Loyola Marymount--average 3.6 UW with SATs 573CR/583M and estimated SAT Writing of 605 (1156/1600 and 1761/2400)</p>
<p>Mills College (all female school)--average UW GPA 3.52 with SATs of 602CR/549M and estimated SAT Writing of 635 (1151/1600 and 1786/2400)</p>
<p>University of Redlands--average 3.54 UW GPA and SATs 584CR/580M with estimated SAT Writing 625 (1164/1600 and 1789/2400)</p>
<p>Pepperdine University--average 3.61 UW GPA and SATs 612CR/628M with estimated SAT Writing 635 (1240/1600 and 1875/2400)</p>
<p>Chapman University--average 3.6 GPA and SATs 595CR/598M with estimated SAT Writing of 630 (1192/1600 and 1822/2400)</p>
<p>Pitzer College--average 3.58 UW GPA and estimated SATs 630CR/610M/650W (1240/1600 and 1890/2400)</p>
<p>University of the Pacific--average UW GPA 3.47 and SATs 574CR/600M and estimated SAT Writing 610 (1174/1600 and 1784/2400)</p>
<p>Pomona College--average SAT UW 3.9 with SATs of 730CR/730M and estimated SAT Writing of 715 (1440/1600 and 2155/2400)</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd--average SAT UW 3.8 with SATs of 700CR/750M with estimated SAT Writing of 670 (1450/1600 and 2120/2400)</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna College--average SAT 3.78 UW with SATs of 690CR/700M and estimated SAT Writing of 695 (1390/1600 and 2085/2400)</p>
<p>Scripps College--average GPA 4.05 Weighted with SATs of 681CR/653M and estimated SAT Writing of 685 (1334/1600 and 2019/2400)</p>
<p>California Institute of Technology (also known as Caltech)--average UW GPA of 3.9 with SATs of 740CR/775M and estimated SAT Writing of 720 (1515/1600 and 2235/2400). Caltech is noted for (a few years ago) having an entire admitted class with an SAT II Math IIC score of 800.</p>
<p>Other California private colleges for which I have only SAT ranges (25% to 75% out of 1600) are:
Art Center College of Design (Pasadena)--1094 (combined)
Azusa Pacific (Azusa)--1000-1210
Biola University (La Mirada)--1010-1250
California Baptist University (Riverside0--952-1058
California College of the Arts (SF)--930-1210
California Lutheran University(Thousand Oaks)--980-1190
Concordia University (Irvine)--900-1130
Dominican Univesity of California (San Rafael)--890-1130
Fresno Pacific University (Fresno)--870-1140
Holy Names University (Oakland)--870-1080
Hope International University (Fullerton)--850-1130
La Sierra Univeristy (Riverside)--880-1110
Masters College and Seminary--1020-1270
Menlo College (Atherton)--915-1010
Mount St. Mary's College (LA)--920-1090
Notre Dame de Namur (Belmont)--880-1100
Occidental College (LA)--1170-1360
Otis College of Art and Design (LA)--960-1130
Pacific Union College (Angwin)--930-1250
Patton University (Oakland) 960-1200
Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego)--1050-1250
St. Mary's College of California (Moriaga)--990-1190
San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SF)--18-27 (ACT scores)
Simpson University (Redding)--880-1150
Thomas Aquinas (Santa Clara)--1180-1420
University of La Verne (La Verne)--910-1102
Vanguard University of Southern California (Costa Mesa)--880-1130
Westmont College (Santa Barbara)--1100-1330
Whittier College (Whittier)--960-1180
Woodbury University (Burbank)--860-1050</p>
<p>California private colleges for which I have no info:
Alliant International University (San Diego)</p>
<p>"Stanford University--average UW GPA 3.45 and SATs 631CR/615M and Estimated Writing of 655 (1246/1600 and 1901/2400). It should be noted that Stanford's average are unreasonably low since they admit a lot of "specialized students" good in one single discipline--and a lot of "disadvantaged students" who hadn't been given any chances in life. The "real" averages are around 3.83 UW GPA with SATs in the high 600s/low 700s."</p>
<p>I have never heard this before. Could you explain a little what "specialized students" are?</p>
<p>Other California private colleges for which I have no info:
Bethany College (Scotts Valley)
California Institute of the Arts (Valencia)
Christian Heritage College (El Cajon)
Cogswell Polytechnic College (Sunnyvale)
Golden Gate University (San Francisco)
Humphreys College (Stockton)
Laguna College of Art and Design (Laguna Beach)
National Hispanic University (San Jose)
National University (La Jolla--and branches statewide)
New College of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco)
Southern California Institute of Architecture (Los Angeles)
University of Judaism (Bel Air)</p>
<p>ramses88, it is my understanding that Stanford admits students who have a special talent in a single category--for example a musical protege, or an expert in microbiology research--or an expert athlete. Notice that athletes like Tiger Woods and Mike Mussina and John McEnroe all went to Stanford. In addition they have many students who are admitted because they are sons or daughters of alumni who have made lavish donations to the university--for example to build an entire building or wing of a building--or to fund a research grant in an area that Stanford is extremely interested in pursuing. Lastly, they admit about 20% of their students as URMs. The test scores of these students have to be included in Stanford's numbers, which bring the overall average down. Without these unusual students, the GPA averages and test averages would be much, much higher than what they post. P.S. These average GPA and SAT numbers come directly from Princeton Review--and you can look them up for yourself.</p>
<p>I have found that for public universities, the way they weigh the personal statement is healvily based on points ( ex. 250 pts for first generation student). </p>
<p>how is the personal statement like for private universities? and what do they tend to want to hear?</p>
<p>You shouldn't really trust Princeton Review. I have a feeling Stanford is a lot more competitive than 2000 SATs and 3.8 unweighted. According to Yahoo Education, 3.90 is the average unweighted. It is true that Stanford accepts a lot of "geniuses". One girl at my school was low average at academics, but she was a good piano player ( not sure how good she was ). She was very dumb in my opinion and struggled to get Bs and an 1800 SAT. According to a friend, she was very good, but not extremely talented.
I'm pretty sure Santa Clara University accepts anyone with the money and that meets the minimum GPA requirement.</p>