<p>at this point I don’t think Northwestern is in the cards because its such a reach for me. I think Cal-Berkeley is alot more likely but I know I won’t get in because I’ll have completed 59 credits by the end of the Spring 2010 semester and I have to assume some won’t be transferrable.
What I think I’ll do is move to California next August and enroll at another community college, possibly De Anza College in Cupertino. Then I’ll get another job or two there and I’ll reapply for Fall 2011. Its risky but I think I have the determination to make it work and I’d be saving myself tens of thousands of dollars, albeit losing a year in potential earning power. And I’d also strengthen my application because I can write a much more compelling essay by this time next year and will have taken 3 SAT Subject Tests (taking them in January) so I’ll possibly get exempt from the Berkeley History Requirement</p>
<p>Sound like a good plan so far?</p>