The Great West... Privates out west, 3.76W and 2100.Time is running out, please help!

College Search & Selection
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<p>What schools out west would you recommend to me with a 3.76 WEIGHTED GPA and a 2100 SAT (610R, 740M, 750W) coming from a top 10 HS in FL? I have varsity lax and other good ECs.</p>

<p>I want a smaller school, less than 10,000 students undergrad, and I would love to be in a cool town/city.</p>

<p>Another plus would be the ability to surf the Pacific!</p>

<p>I love the social sciences, and am interested in studying Psychology, Philosophy, and History in college as well as some art forms..</p>

<p>I want a beautiful campus that is not a city campus, that has a great vibe.</p>

<p>PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ASAP! THANK YOU!</p>

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<p>From north to south to get you started:</p>

<p>Western Washington University
University of Puget Sound
Pacific Lutheran
Lewis and Clark
Willamette
University of the Pacific
Santa Clara University
California Lutheran
Chapman
University of Redlands</p>

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<p>Pitzer sounds awesome to, but it’s SOOO tiny which is a bummer.</p>

<p>Puget Sound sounds pretty amazing, how would you rank the schools listed ^^^ academically/by their reputation.</p>

<p>In FL, not much is known about these schools, so I’m curious as to the general perception of them out west.</p>

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<p>Pitzer is part of the Claremont colleges, a consortium of LACs, so the total is a lot more kids.</p>

<p>Add in U-San Diego.</p>

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<p>USC, UCLA, Stanford, Berkeley, Pomona, and Pepperdine. Keep in mind that many of these schools will be reaches for you.</p>

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<p>These are mostly regional schools, so their reputations will be regional as well. Santa Clara University might be the most selective of the list I posted.</p>

<p>A larger school that you might consider if surfing is a priority is UC-Santa Cruz.</p>

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<p>Well I’ve been kicking myself for not getting my UC app in for November 1st…</p>

<p>I’ve applied to USC and University of Colorado, but that’s it for the West so far.</p>

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<p>Pepperdine would fit you well. It’s in Malibu, California, (right on the coast) is probably one of the most beautiful schools in the country, is a smaller school, is a private school, and is in a small city famous for its movie stars and for surfing.</p>

<p>Check out the view here:</p>

<p>[Google</a> Image Result for <a href=“http://www.pepperdine.edu/specialprograms/images/CampusImage.jpg[/url]”>http://www.pepperdine.edu/specialprograms/images/CampusImage.jpg](<a href=“http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pepperdine.edu/specialprograms/images/CampusImage.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pepperdine.edu/specialprograms/&usg=__ZG5gg-rwvoPC8id8CD3zUE-EcMM=&h=334&w=368&sz=31&hl=en&start=15&tbnid=8SUn5ViFacnmjM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPepperdine%2Bmalibu%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG]Google”>http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pepperdine.edu/specialprograms/images/CampusImage.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pepperdine.edu/specialprograms/&usg=__ZG5gg-rwvoPC8id8CD3zUE-EcMM=&h=334&w=368&sz=31&hl=en&start=15&tbnid=8SUn5ViFacnmjM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPepperdine%2Bmalibu%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)</a></p>

<p><a href=“http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.luckman.us/Images/ProjectImages/Residential/Pepperdine.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.luckman.us/Pages/Projects/Residential/PepperdineApts.html&usg=__CdJ-0PG_qLZWdwrFdJXxP7mSNj0=&h=321&w=400&sz=184&hl=en&start=22&um=1&tbnid=lbAvlf27JcFjXM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPepperdine%2Bbuildings%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1[/url]”>http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.luckman.us/Images/ProjectImages/Residential/Pepperdine.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.luckman.us/Pages/Projects/Residential/PepperdineApts.html&usg=__CdJ-0PG_qLZWdwrFdJXxP7mSNj0=&h=321&w=400&sz=184&hl=en&start=22&um=1&tbnid=lbAvlf27JcFjXM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPepperdine%2Bbuildings%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Here’s one more picture–showing one of the main education buildings:</p>

<p>[Google</a> Image Result for <a href=“http://www.schooldesigns.com/catalog/images/611asu130a.jpg[/url]”>http://www.schooldesigns.com/catalog/images/611asu130a.jpg](<a href=“http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.schooldesigns.com/catalog/images/611asu130a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.schooldesigns.com/ResultsDetail.asp%3Fid%3D2673&usg=__x01Dw4CxCAasOPUaXa4lmdgHdR0=&h=305&w=415&sz=36&hl=en&start=36&um=1&tbnid=KsnKI3GiUVXBHM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPepperdine%2Bbuildings%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1]Google”>http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.schooldesigns.com/catalog/images/611asu130a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.schooldesigns.com/ResultsDetail.asp%3Fid%3D2673&usg=__x01Dw4CxCAasOPUaXa4lmdgHdR0=&h=305&w=415&sz=36&hl=en&start=36&um=1&tbnid=KsnKI3GiUVXBHM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPepperdine%2Bbuildings%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1)</a></p>

<p>As you can tell, most of the buildings are fairly new. The ones shown here were built in 2004.</p>

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<p>I don’t know about Pepperdine, seems a little bit snobby, but may be nice…</p>

<p>I now wish I would’ve applied to UCSC because Northern California sounds amazing, but I just am not sure about the whole 97% instate thing for a kid from FL.</p>

<p>Are there even any other good schools in Northern California??? Oh and I saw on another thread that a B student with a 29 ACT got 12k a year to Puget Sound, maybe I could get a similar scholorship… That’d be awesome.</p>

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<p>Whitman!</p>

<p>It may be a reach but it is ranked very highly.
I only have a 3.7 weighted gpa, but i got an acceptance letter today!
whitman looks at your application as a whole and weights ec’s and essays just as equally as gpa.</p>

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<p>Another good school in the Whitman vein is Colorado College. No surfing, but great skiing. Your CR is low for them but I think you’d have a shot.</p>

<p>Colorado College is in a medium-size city, with shops, restaurants, clubs etc within about a 1 mile walk or bike ride. The campus is very nice and the Rocky Mountain setting of Colorado Springs, at the foot of Pike’s Peak, is gorgeous. It attracts many athletic, outdoorsy kids (though it’s not exactly a “jock” school). Colorado Springs is not as hip/cool as Boulder, but the college has a bit of that flavor and you’re only an hour or 90 mins from Denver. </p>

<p>The school runs on an unusual one-course-at-a-time “block plan”. Meaning you take the same number of courses as anywhere else, but in sequence instead of concurrently (which gives you a lot of flexibility to continue discussions after class, even hold classes at an off-campus field site). You get a 4 day break every 3.5 weeks between blocks, which is great for skiing etc. Small, discussion based classes (98% of them under 30, none over 50 students).</p>

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<p>Occidental College.</p>

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<p>I’d enjoy a LAC, but not one that’s super far out there…</p>

<p>Like more of a traditional school with intermural sports, etc etc.</p>

<p>I’ve always played sports so that’s just where I feel more comfortable, but not to say I’m not open to new things because I really do enjoy the arts and politics as well.</p>

<p>Occidental looks like one of the top schools for me at this point.</p>

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<p>Pepperdine? USC? USC may be in a city, but from what I understand it does have a campus feel.</p>

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<p>Stanford, Caltech, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Reed</p>

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<p>I think the University of San Diego (private, gorgeous, Catholic but open to all) fits exactly what you’re asking for.</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>no shot at schools like Berkeley, Caltech, Reed, or those ones listed above…</p>

<p>USD does seem pretty awesome, gotta apply there for sure. Same goes for Occidental, and University of Puget Sound looks amazing as well.</p>

<p>Are these schools respected highly enough to potentially go to a school like UC-Berkeley for graduate school?</p>

<p>Thanks All</p>

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<p>USanDiego, but you’ll need the money to go there.</p>

<p>Chapman, might be good with merit</p>

<p>U of Redlands, not too close to the beach</p>

<p>UC Riverside, would likely take an OOS student, but you’d need a decent car to get to Newport, Huntington, etc, for surfing, but it’s all freeways to the beaches from UCR.</p>

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<p>Barack Obama went to Occidental for his first two years and then went to Columbia and from there to Harvard Law School</p>