<p>So my daughter is currently a junior and just received her SAT scores. 1800 in my opinion is not bad but of course she compares herself to her high achieving brother (currently a freshman at UCSD) and it's never good enough!! Not to mention that she goes to a very competiitive public high school - Many acceptances to LA, Berkely, SD etc.. as well as a handful of Ivies. Anyway, we did the whole west coast college tour this past spring break and she knows she wants to get out of Southern Cal. Even though she is blond blue eyed she tries to stray from the typical mold (personally I think still trying to find herself at age 16, but who isn't at that age). She LOVED Davis and the small college town feel to it, but not so sure if she would be able to get in. Not sure what her weighted GPA will be by the end of the year, one more month to go but she currently has 2 AP classes and will most likely get an A in one of them, probably a B in the other. The rest of her classes will be A's maybe a B but she is taking 6 academic classes and has never received a C on her report cards. She has been CSF every semester So will likely be Gold Sealbearer 2 years volleyball, 3 years club volleyball and over 300 hours community serivce at local hospital... Any suggestions for other schools that might be good matches? She also liked Cal Poly SLO but again not sure if she could get in... Seems every year it gets harder and harder. She is an English major concentrating on creative writing. We were told University of Iowa was a great school for that but with one child already in college not too sure how to afford out of state tuitions. ( We don't qualify for financial aid, hubby makes too much according to FAFSA even though cost of living in So Cal is so high LOL!!) Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>If she wants to move out of state, check with private colleges. While they do cost a lot more than in state universities, financial aid packages make them comparable to or even better than out of state tuition. Our S is going to a private college in Oregon and I figure our cost will be less than if he went to a state university there with the scholarships and grants he was offered. He likely would have been offered loans only from a state university.</p>
<p>Don’t count out financial aid. Having two in college at the same time was like cutting the EFC in half for each.</p>
<p>Check out Chapman in O.C… When D applied there back five yrs ago she had similar stats and was eligible for a sizable merit offer for music. She had a friend here in so Cal who got a nice offer for Volleyball.</p>
<p>hi ucmomhopeful: If you want to pm me about our search I will share more but here is a brief synopsis of my DD’s results and her west coast schools. </p>
<p>4.04 UC GPA 1850 SAT though CSUs UCs don’t look at writing score. She had a 1250 CR/M</p>
<p>Cal Poly Animal Science Accepted
UCD Animal Science Denied
CSU Monterey Bay Bio Accepted</p>
<p>Saint Mary’s CA Accepted will attend if Scripps doesn’t come through
Scripps Wait Listed #1
Willlamette U Accepted
U of Portland Accepted</p>
<p>There were others but they weren’t west coast. I also recommend Linfield College in McMinnville OR, Santa Clara U, Sonoma State U, Cal Lutheran, University of Puget Sound, Gonzaga and Whitworth.</p>
<p>Big school? Small school? My DD had similar stats and is getting nice merit money from University of the Pacific. So far I’ve been happy with the personal contact via emails from her Dept. Dean, etc.<br>
If a smaller private is not off the table:
Chapman, UOP, Pepperdine, Saint Marys, Santa Clara, Cal Lutheran definitely all come to mind.<br>
Cal Lutheran also gave a nice merit scholarship although my DD chose UOP.</p>
<p>Check the Western Exchange Program for schools on the West Coast that offer in-state tuition for certain majors. One school your daughter might consider is Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Don’t rule out Division III schools that may accept her for her volleyball skills, especially if she is a tall volleyball player. If she has any talent there, it could help her get in at a reach school. Your club coach can probably give you advice about her volleyball prospects. Santa Clara University would be a match for her grades, but it is very expensive, as is Chapman. If money is an issue that puts private tuition out of reach, she could consider attending Santa Barbara City College and then transfer to UC Davis. SBCC has (private?) dorms in Isla Vista so the SBCC kids get to “go away” to school and it is very cheap tuition. Sonoma State is a good school but I hear the gender ratio is very lopsided- many more girls than boys. Have you checked out the Colorado Colleges? Lots of California kids attend school in Colorado. There is a non-traditional school I recently heard about in Colorado called Naruda (?) College that is a great fit for spiritual (think Tibetan meditation, etc.), creative kids. It is for those who are marching to the beat of their own drum, but they do have an English Department named after Jack Kerouac. There are plenty of great options for your daughter. Good luck.</p>
<p>Also look at Southern Oregon University through the Western Undergrad Exchange program. I believe your D’s tuition would be 1.5 times in-state tuition.</p>
<p>Niece went to San Jose Community College on a volleyball scholarship and then transferred to Hawaii pacific, also on vb scholarship. She just graduated this month and loved it there. Is still there doing an internship. Suggest you look at some of the Hawaii schools.</p>
<p>Definitely need more information from the OP. Whitman and several others mentioned are fairly conservative, religious. SBCC is a great option but the dorms are in Isla Vista which is a fairly heavy party area.</p>
<p>Your daughter is clearly UC elible – which means that she will get into at least one UC campus, though she is not competitive for the most selective ones. Have you visited Santa Cruz? Also… check out up-and-coming Merced. CSU’s - definitely check out Sonoma & Humboldt. </p>
<p>Yeah, that’s the first time I’ve heard Whitman described as conservative <em>or</em> religious. Good school, imo, particularly for a West Coast LAC. If it were located in New England, it would jump at least 10 spots in the rankings, LOL.</p>
<p>Slight correction on Bessie’s recommendation the program is called the Western Undergraduate Exchange program WUE for short (pronounced woo-ee) go to [WICHE</a> - Student Exchange Programs](<a href=“http://wue.wiche.edu/]WICHE”>http://wue.wiche.edu/) The program offers in-state + 10% tuition (approx) for out of state residents to participating schools within the western US conditional to certain majors. Please check this site carefully and if you do apply to a participating school you must apply as a WUE applicant. Good luck!</p>
<p>Think ebeeeee meant Whitworth, not Whitman. Whitworth is in Spokane.
Also, WUE candidates are awarded 150% instate, not 110%. From the website: #
"What is WUE?<br>
If you’re a resident of a WICHE state, you can study out-of-state at one of our more than 140 participating schools in the West and pay reduced tuition (150% of the resident rate). " <a href=“http://wue.wiche.edu/WUE_constituent1.jsp[/url]”>http://wue.wiche.edu/WUE_constituent1.jsp</a></p>
<p>University of Redlands is very big on community service. I have heard they have a strong creative writing program. They were generous with merit aid.</p>
<p>Some more info. She is a Calif. resident. For financial reasons, we prefer her to stay instate but willing to send her to Oregon or Colorado if its not too much more $. She doesn’t want to play volleyball anymore. Is not planning on playing her senior year. Son was recruited for tennis to UCSC and daughter was with us on tour of campus. Neither of them liked it, as they felt it was too much like a summer camp!! Son ended up going to UCSD (perfect fit for him but definately not her!!) Not that she would be able to get in there anyway!! More info about her… She has been a member of CSF every semester, going for Gold Sealbearer next year, has never received a C on her report card, principals honor roll at a very large and competitve high school!! Routinely send kids to the Ivies as well as Stanford,Berkely, UCLA, SD and the like. I think she would prefer a larger school with school spirit, atheletic teams etc, and not religious. Actually University of Oregon would probably be a good fit if its not too expensive for out of state or if she is able to get any merit (don’t know what the cut-off for that is) Even with both kids in college, we still won’t recieve any financial aid. Hubby is an attorney and if he settles a case it puts us over the aid limit as far as income even though most of it goes back into his practice!! Not much else to tell about her… Is taking 2 AP’s this year and one more next year so only 3 total which seems light (son took 10) but then again, different child, different interests and different talents!! So… Thank you all for your input. will look into the WUE program, but for some reason a lot of them exclude California residences</p>