<p>I have a few clients who have kids at Chico and know a number of adults who are Chico grads. The rep of Chico being a party school has some basis in fact. The folks who attend seem to love the school and by and large enjoy / enjoyed their college experience. The also has strong academic programs. I suspect the vast number of students attending Chico are serious about getting a good education. The grads I know are responsible adults in positions of authority.</p>
<p>Overall I have a good opinion of Chico and think it is worth consideration.</p>
<p>I know a number of people who have had kids go to Chico. The kids all seem to like it. Because of the location you get the residential college town feeling. The students have ranged from nice kids who did not have the grades for the UC’s but were not big party kids. Also know many Chico kids who are very bright and ended up at Chico because they slacked off in HS and like the party rep of Chico. I think Chico is one of those schools that it is what you make it. It is large enough to have all types of kids. Of all the kids I know who go to Chico not a one of them is a cowboy. I am from Central Coast.</p>
<p>Acceptances so far to Kansas University, University of Missouri, University of Arizona and Michigan State. Waiting for Colorado University and deferred until 7th semester grades received from University of Oregon. I’m eager to hear results from others on this thread. Wishing everyone the best and a relaxing winter break.</p>
<p>S applied to 6 or 7 universities and has received several acceptances so far from a few that had early or rolling admissions. U of Idaho, U of Montana, NAU (No Arizona University) & I think Colorado so far. Glido is absolutely right in post #693. We all liked NAU enormously after our tour and visit.</p>
<p>My neighbor went to Chico. Hard working girl, but with a chronic illness. She was “meh” about the school, but really took advantage of it. RA from second semester, and graduated early. Heading to grad school this spring I believe.</p>
<p>My D has a higher GPA 3.6 but her last two years of schooling have been untraditional. What we have discovered is that for many schools the WUE awards are SAT score based.
D has been accepted to Boulder,Western Wash,Montana State, Univ of Montana and one east coast OOS public.
She has gotten merit letters from both Montana schools.
Univ of Montana gave her full WUE which is valued at 11500 per year. She was also advised to apply to the honors college which might mean more money.
Montana State awarded her $5000 a year, no WUE if she decides she wants to go there we will try to get them to up the award.
D’s tour guide at Univ of Montana was from Ca. He was not awarded the WUE but on appeal got it. So it is worth a try.
No merit award letters from the other schools yet.
She also has a couple of UC apps and Cal State apps that she won’t hear back from till spring.</p>
<p>Just an update, since I haven’t been here much over the holidays. D (2.98 gpa, 1970 SAT) now has acceptances to Loyola Chicago and Western Washington. She was deferred (I know, polite rejection) to Fordham but that was one of those silly “Hey, it’s free to apply” moments of hers. LOL She is also deferred to Willamette until 7th semester grades are in. That one was kind of a surprise because we really got the impression in our multiple visits that she had a better chance there. Unfortunately, she was heading for her best GPA ever for this semester and then missed 9 days of school for a low thyroid condition we’re still trying to get a handle on. She never got back on track so the grades won’t help at all. Oh well, Willamette doesn’t have a Mock Trial team–although I really like the school. Waiting on Marquette, American Univ, Univ. of San Diego, and Dickinson College. </p>
<p>My son (3.12 GPA, 1110 SAT) has acceptances to Michigan State, University of Missouri, University of Kansas and University of Arizona. He’s been deferred for 7th semester grades at University of Oregon and University of Colorado Boulder. He ended up with a 3.6 last semester so fingers are crossed that will do the trick. Visiting MSU and KU in a few weeks and will see how our Californian kid likes the intense winters there.</p>
<p>NAU (No Arizona University) captured my son’s focus. (~3.1 GPA, ~1850 SAT.) He’s confident it’s the school for him, and we’ve already accepted his early admittance. We’re happy with the guaranteed WUE and how happy he is with his choice. The campus visit experience was the clincher. He’s declining CO, Montana, Idaho, Gonzaga and likely a few Cal States. (Interestingly, he did significantly better on the PSAT than the SAT. Refused to take the ACT.) After much worry over his grades & options, It’s a good fit for him. Sigh of relief…</p>
<p>I really enjoy this thread and reading everyone’s positive college acceptance news for those kids who have less than stellar school records. When I first started reading College Confidential threads, I have to admit I bought into the gloom and doom message that was inherent in many/most of them if you didn’t have that 4.5 and 2400 SAT score. Yay for all our kiddos–some of them late-bloomers but bloom they will! And thanks to the parents who were willing to come online to commiserate. LOL</p>
<p>Got an acceptance to Marquette today to add to her other two. Still waiting on a couple of reaches but I really think D will be fine at any of the ones we have now. :-)</p>
<p>Tulare,
My daughter (also from CA) was considering MSU until they dropped her major as of this school year. My husband and I both went to MSU for grad school and loved East Lansing. It is a great college town. It has been many years, but please let me know if I can help at all. We visited three years ago with D1.</p>
<p>my son fits this profile - he’s been accepted at:
Cal Poly SLO
UC Santa Cruz
University of Utah
all three have been recognized as offering strong Engineering programs.
if you do not know your major, Evergreen State College in O;ympia, WA is a Lib Arts school that is on the ‘Colleges That Change Lives’ list, has a different view of how they factor applicants and could be a good ‘coming of age’ location…good luck</p>
<p>Just curious: what do you think allowed your son to be admitted to Cal Poly SLO for Engineering with a 3.0-3.3 GPA? That seems like quite the exception to me.</p>
<p>As the process is now all wrapped up for us, here are final results for my son (California resident, 3.2 weighted GPA at time of applications with an upward trend, 1650/2400 SAT, Political Science major).
Accepted:
University of Arizona
Kansas University
Michigan State University
University of Missouri
University of Oregon (after being deferred for 7th semester grades)</p>
<p>Denied:
University of Iowa</p>
<p>Withdrew application from University of Colorado because no longer interested.</p>
<p>Decision: Michigan State University, and accepted into their James Madison residential college.</p>
<p>It all works out, which I would have had a hard time believing 4 years ago.</p>
<p>I love this thread. It helped us so much in helping our S put together a list of universities that he was interested in. He ended up finding NAU on his own (from friends & students who love it.) I will add we were somewhat surprised when he was rejected at CSU Monterey Bay. (It was one of his top 3 or 4 favorites. Thankfully, the others (out of state) were acceptances. )Their letter was the most apologegtic rejection letter I’ve ever read and directly blamed the CA budget situation. The CA budget crisis is severely affectiving admits to the CA university system. Many of my sons aquantances and friends are going out of state, which is pretty sobering…</p>
<p>D will attend University of Redlands in the fall. It was her first choice and she is ecstatic! We just came back from Admitted Students Day last weekend. Her other acceptances are San Jose State, Chico State, Sonoma State, Southern Oregon Univ, Whittier College, and a few others. Older brother is a sophomore at Saint Mary’s College of CA and loves it.</p>
And thanks to the parents who were willing to come online to commiserate. LOL</p>