CC could save money.
If you are willing to commit to a major (and your parents have the money) UK and Irish uni may also be an option.
But don’t look down on SCU. It has a terrific placement track record in the Bay Area.
Your parents, honestly, don’t know how the US works.
I have only met two people from Guam, and I went to SCU with them. At the time it was fairly popular with families from various Pacific islands.
Santa Clara is a beautiful campus. Your were NOT rejected from every college. You have an acceptance that you said gave you some aid. IF it is affordable, go, and enjoy. You posted elsewhere that your parents pressure you. THis is an opportuniity to break free from that and do your own thing.
@guamboy - as someone who works at a prominent university (not in admissions, however), I would strongly encourage you to take the SC option with an aid package. Should you choose to go to CC and then transfer, you will be disadvantaged in merit aid options: these are far more rare for transfer than for first-year applicants. Allowing perceived status considerations to drive your choices is a bad idea. Take the opportunity you’ve been given and go forth and succeed. Good luck.
@guamboy I urge you to apply to some Honors Colleges which will offer you great scholarships because of your NMF status. That’s the best way to go for you imo. Save money and shoot for good graduate schools. Your GPA was too low for Ivy colleges imo given your ethnic (ORM) background, even though being from Guam looked good from a geographic diversity point of view. There are many Honors Colleges with strong programs in various areas.
Your best attribute from college admissions point of view is that you are a NMF, so you should have used that to get many merit-based scholarships from good Honors Colleges imo. Many Honors Colleges have very high standards and work hard to attract students like you who are NMFs, especially from Guam. Even though Santa Clara College is a good school, I bet you could have received many better merit scholarships from several Honors Colleges. UNLV would have offered you free everything.
Your biggest uniqueness are: NMF and from Guam. You really should have applied to colleges which would have found these attributes big positives. Also, the list of your colleges don’t seem to be focused in terms of a particular program.
@websensation: Good point. All tippy-tops or giant diverse unis like NYU and USC that don’t need more diversity.
No LACs just below the top tier.
Go Broncos! You are a very fortunate person, and talented. You will love Santa Clara. Congratulations!