<p>Hello, I am a junior in high school looking to find the right college for myself. I am from the East Coast and will be going out to California to tour colleges within the next few months.</p>
<p>I am looking to find which colleges I can get into that meet my needs, so if you could help me that would be GREAT.</p>
<p>Here is my Information:
Highschool- Private Catholic High school
Cumulative GPA- 3.0-3.3 (I HOPE TO HAVE MY GPA IN BETWEEN THIS BY THE END OF JUNIOR YEAR)(Did poorly freshman year, did decent sophomore year, doing GREAT junior year)
Junior Year GPA- 3.2-3.7 <strong><em>NOT CUMULATIVE</em></strong> (Will end the year in between those two)
SAT Scores- 1800
Extra Curricular- Cross Country, Track, Prom Committee, Asian American Club.
Summer Jobs throughout high school- Snack-bar, Lifeguard, Snowball stand.
Over 40 hours of community Service in Junior Year</p>
<p>My main problem was freshman and sophomore year I did not apply myself as much as I should have.</p>
<p>I also have an online Amazon Business, where I buy and sell used computer. I have over $20,000 in sales (Not Profit, but Sales) (I don't know if this could help or not, keep in mind I am only 16).</p>
<p>Now onto my requirements for college.
It has to be in California, Mainly Southern California. I would like to be close to the beach however that is not mandatory. Tuition is not an issue. Private or Public, as long as it is still a good education. Size would preferably be around 5-15 thousand students, However more or less is OKAY. </p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to help me, and your recommendations would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>75th percentile SAT at LMU is roughly a 1900. You can easily take the SAT again and raise it since you’re a junior. A 1900+ would make up for your GPA and you would likely get in IMO.</p>
<p>Most of the So Cal public schools near the beach are hard to get into. It doesn’t look like you’ll have the stats for SDSU, UCSB, SLO, etc. You’ll probably be on the bubble for Long Beach which is also big. CSU Channel Islands is N of LA but near some nice beaches. I don’t think you’d have any trouble getting in. For Privates, LMU would be my first reccomendation. You can see the ocean from Pepperdine too but it is a very religous school.</p>
<p>If you can include N Cal; you can see the ocean from Cal State Monterey. SF State is within a few miles of the Pacific. Sonoma State is about 20 min from Bodega and Humboldt is up on the North coast but, the water is COLD. If you are willing to be away from the beach, I’d look at St Marys and Santa Clara as well - though the latter might be a reach too, </p>
<p>Lots of great options in the West. Enjoy your visit.</p>
<p>Pepperdine and Point Loma are very theologically conservative. OP would need to take that into account. </p>
<p>I agree that Loyola is a great bet. Also Channel Islands, though CSUCI is not as close to big city as others (very beach-close though and beautiful!)</p>
<p>You could get into Westmont, though that is another conservative Christian school.</p>
<p>Check out Whittier College. Seems like a pretty close match… Not a religious institution. Small private school. Some love it. It is a bit of a ways from the beach, but if you have transportation, about a 20 min drive.</p>
<p>There are colleges in Orange County such as Vanguard, Soka and Concordia (maybe more) which are all very close to the beach and not conservative.</p>
<p>Vanguard, not conservative? As for Soka, it’s kind of a cultish school, but ymmv.
Pepperdine and Point Loma are also conservative Christian (not Catholic, evangelical), so it depends on what OP means by “not religious”.
Why does it HAVE TO BE in Southern California?</p>
<p>I second Whittier, Chapman, and CSU Channel Islands.Would add CSU San marcos.</p>