<p>I am currently in NC but have always wanted to go to school California and was just wondering if anyone could give me some recommendations on any of the universities there...I would be a transfer student as I am currently in community college with a gpa of 3.6.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help</p>
<p>Some more information would be helpful to get better advice.</p>
<p>What is your major?</p>
<p>What size school would you prefer?</p>
<p>What area of the state?</p>
<p>How much can you afford to pay?</p>
<p>There are MANY schools in California. Help us help you by 1) figuring out what you want in terms of size, cost, major, 2) going to a college finder (here or college board) and getting a list of colleges that meet your specifications, and 3) asking about specific colleges on this forum. Good luck!</p>
<p>Pepperdine University seems pretty cool. It’s expensive, though.</p>
<p>I don’t know of any schools in CA that would be inexpensive for an OOS student.</p>
<p>California State Universities including the California Polytechnics are around $30,000 per year or slightly higher for out-of-state students. Whether that is “inexpensive” depends on the student’s budget, but it is significantly less than the full list price of the University of California schools for out-of-state students, Stanford University, and University of Southern California.</p>
<p>Stanford University has relatively generous need-based aid; University of Southern California has significant merit aid for top students.</p>
<p>off-topic…</p>
<p>UCB…do you what the deal is with USC’s merit? My friend’s D…Val of class, ACT 35, didn’t get one dime of merit from USC…did do the scholarship app. She’s now attending MIT. She’s a Calif resident, so is it possible USC uses its merit to get OOS kids?</p>
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<p>Back to topic ;)</p>
<p>TheMXT…we really need to know what your financial situation is. Even the CSUs won’t be affordable if you’re expecting financial aid to help pay for college. </p>
<p>And, since you’re a transfer student, your options for merit and FA are very limited.</p>
<p>The largest transfer scholarship at USC is 1/4 tuition ($10.5k).</p>
<p>“do you what the deal is with USC’s merit? My friend’s D…Val of class, ACT 35, didn’t get one dime of merit from USC…did do the scholarship app. She’s now attending MIT. She’s a Calif resident, so is it possible USC uses its merit to get OOS kids?”</p>
<p>NO. USC uses merit $$ money to attract kids they want AND who also have shown a strong interest in USC. USC awards its scholarships based on many factors, including, but certainly NOT limited to a students stats. Only 4% of the 29000 applicants this year were semifinalists for the 1/2 and full tuition scholarships., which makes them much more competitive than trying to get into HYPS. And students never find out why they were rejected by those schools. Applying by Dec 1 does not show strong interest. She may have not “shown THE LOVE” to USC in her essay. Or there were other more qualified applicants applying to the college she applied to. Or who knows?? The big merit scholarships are distributed by college.
She may have made the mistake of thinking that USC would be her safety and would want her more than she wanted to go there, and her app reflected it.
USC is no ones’ safety anymore.</p>
<p>Well I am hoping to either major in film studies or education and minor in Asian studies…I am also open to any suggestions for an in state school for me (I am located in NC)…</p>
<p>the only school I have found in NC that seems to have what I am looking for is UNC-Wilmington…though I have heard UNC Charlotte, UNC-G and UNC A&T both have decent education programs.</p>
<p>U Southern Calif does offer great FA for transfer students- they even offer some scholarships as well. . Go to their FA calculator, plug in numbers and see what it says. </p>
<p>[USC</a> Financial Aid - Planning for USC](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/applying_receiving/undergraduates2/netpricecalculator.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/applying_receiving/undergraduates2/netpricecalculator.html)</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Students - USC Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/transfer.html]Transfer”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/transfer.html)</p>
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<p>There are plenty of Ivy-bound kids who do not receive merit money from 'SC, unless they ace the psat. USC pays money for NM students. All others have to compete for the big money, and it is extremely competitive. A fried, who received a full ride to Caltech, and was admitted to every Ivy to which he applied (incl. Yale), and every 7/8 premed program (incl. 'SC), only received the NM discount from 'SC.</p>
<p>I would bet that UNC-CH would have a good education major. As to whether your record could get you in there… They will take your HS record into account, as well as your transfer essay. Your HS record will be considered at USC as well.</p>
<p>USC, Santa Clara University, Claremont McKenna & sister schools(pomona, etc.) UCs. Stanford, Chapman,</p>
<p>USC practices need blind admission. In addition to merit scholarships for those selected the university does have a large budget for financial aid. It was increased last year. Information used to determine USC financial aid are: FAFSA, CSS Profile, parent and student tax returns and other specific information depending upon each family’s unique situation. Over half the students at SC receive financial aid.</p>
<p>A National Merit Scholar does receive a generous merit scholarship only upon admittance.</p>
<p>USC this year for the class entering in August 2012 received around 27,000 applicants for merit consideration by the early deadline of December 1st. It is my understanding there were about 45,000 seniors who applied by the final deadline. Last year there were 1,449 high schools represented in the freshmen class. </p>
<p>I attended the fall USC admissions/information reception in Atlanta, across the country from Los Angeles. It was held in a large reception room at a major hotel. So many attended it was standing room only. The hotel representative needed to add three more rows of chairs to provide as much seating as possible.</p>
<p>SF State is known for its communications programs and has pretty good Asian Studies.</p>
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<p>This, of course, would be a false statement</p>
<p>why?</p>
<p>just ask</p>