<p>Western Washington is part of the Western Tuition Exchange and they do offer OOS scholarships. A 3.0 student would be unlikely to qualify for those scholarships unless the SAT scores were very high.
Vasu- I don’t think your D would have much of a chance at Sonoma State. SSU has become one of the more difficult CSU’s to get into. My niece is going to attend Cal State San Marcos and she had similar scores (I think her writing, reading and math were a total of 1600, not sure what the breakdown was for reading and math). No AP classes and a 3.2 average. She did not get into Sonoma but did get into CSU Channel Islands and Dominguez Hills and Fullerton.
Regarding Fort Lewis- we know a young man starting this fall. His grades and scores were not great but decent. Pretty severe ADD. He loves that they have a mountain biking team. The Mom figures he will probably take a bit longer to graduate but the price even OOS was decent.</p>
<p>could someone with a 3.0 to 3.1 get to uc riverside maybe</p>
<p>My son got wait-listed at Riverside, then got in in late May or so. Class of 2011, 3.1 UCGPA, @1900 SAT, pretty good EC’s.</p>
<p>Keep in mind UC’s are costing about 30K/year to live on campus, but I am not up to speed about need based aid.</p>
<p>any suggestions to my earlier post</p>
<p>Accidentally posted this on the other thread:</p>
<p>Hi everyone, it seems I’ve FINALLY found the 2013 version of this thread! I’m looking for colleges that fit my stats. I’m a CA resident.</p>
<p>3.2 UW GPA
3.4-3.5 Weighted GPA
3.52 UC GPA
SAT: 1830(630M, 590CR, 610W) 1220/1600 CR+M
ACT (I may or may not take it, but I’m scared to since I haven’t studied at all)
AP Courses taken: AP European History(4), AP US History(4), AP Calculus AB(3), AP English Language(2).
AP Courses I’ll be taking next year: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science
I’ve been in my school’s honor roll every year, and I qualify for the AP Scholar award. I don’t have many ECs other than a part time job at a local supermarket.
I’m aiming to major in Electrical Engineering</p>
<p>This is my list so far:</p>
<p>Reaches:
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
UC Davis
Texas A&M</p>
<p>Goals(My top, realistic choices)
Cal Poly Pomona(This right now, is my number 1 choice. Side question; Am I competitive right now?)
UC Riverside
UC Santa Cruz
Oregon State University(This school looks great, but is it worth 28-30k per year?)
San Jose State University
Cal State Fullerton/Long Beach(The only reason I’m not too fond of attending these schools is because I’d have to commute, since I live in close proximity to both, and I DESPERATELY want to dorm)</p>
<p>Is my list decent? Do I have a shot at some of my Goal schools? Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>I DESPERATELY want to go to CPP, so I’m hoping I have a relatively good shot for it.</p>
<p>I think you have a good shot at CPP. Did you know they have a supplement? I think it made a difference formy son. I don’t remember which kind of engineering. That was two years ago.</p>
<p>I suggest you look at some other schools. The California schools are notorious for expensive dorms. The dorms for CPP cost twice as much as the tuition itself… Unless paying $12K for dorms appeal to you, you’ll like it.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted at CPP with a CSU GPA of 3.25 and 32 ACT (E: 30, M: 34, CR: 32, S: 30) as an electrical engineering major. Keep that in mind. I also was rejected from UCSC with those stats. This was 5 months ago. I too, had a heavy AP Course load with all 4s and 5s and just two 3’s.</p>
<p>So $12K for dorms is not typical? I thought that was about the going rate, at least in California</p>
<p>I would say about $6k is the norm. Personally, my school is only about $3k per year, but my school is not the norm.</p>
<p>$12-13K seems to pretty typical for the CA schools that we’ve looked at, though I think room+board at Berkeley is closer to $15K. Some schools I looked at in other states run more like $9-11K.</p>
<p>EDIT: I was looking mostly in the Northwest. It does look like the New Mexico schools are <em>significantly</em> less expensive.</p>
<p>Lakersince95- I would add some private and OOS publics to your list. Look at the WUE site and see what schools participate for Ca residents. My children range 8 yrs apart from oldest to youngest. The youngest just graduated HS. I have never seen such competitive admissions at the Ca publics as I did this year. I know many kids with similar scores and GPA’s as yours and none of them got into UC Santa Cruz and they were not applying for engineering.
My own D had similar scores to you but a slightly higher GPA but not the level of AP’s that you have. She did not get into UCSB nor Santa Cruz yet she did get into Davis and was waitlisted at Cal Poly SLO. She did not apply to Pomona.
Look at New Mexico. They participate in WUE and at least in the past have been generous with OOS scholarships. Montana would be another option. I think my D applied to Univ of Montana in the summer and heard back fairly quick. Northern Arizona would be another option. It is also a school you can apply early and hear back from in the fall.</p>
<p>I can testify that with the WUE Scholarship, I pay around $13k for Tuition, Room and Meal Plan. That’s without federal aid.</p>
<p>Lakersince95,
I’d suggest adding a public school where engineering is not impacted in order to round out your options, especially if money could become an issue (engineering is a 5 yr major at many public schools as credits to graduate are higher than other majors). My son is a junior engineering major at CSULB - 5 year plan. Engineering was not impacted when he enrolled. All majors at CSULB are impacted as of this year, which makes getting classes and switching majors tougher. </p>
<p>I don’t know if you’re interested in a smaller school, but Sonoma offers EE and it isn’t impacted. With your scores, I believe it would be a safety. Dorms are BEAUTIFUL by the way, and so is the campus.</p>
<p>Something I recently learned was that the CSU system uses superscoring. I was not aware of this back when my S applied in 2009, so I’m thinking it’s a more recent policy change. I initially read about it on my D’s HS counselling page and then verified it (because it just seemed too good to be true!) on CSUMentor, see the CSU 2012-2013 Admissions Handbook. I’ve since noted the fact on Sonoma’s admissions page. Part of my daughter’s GPA issue is testing related; she is slow and overly thorough, which can cause her to run out of time in some subjects or drain her of processing energy.</p>
<p>Sonoma offers EE? I didn’t realize they had engineering! It’s a great CSU! I think it’s impacted now, though.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice so far guys! I’m going to look into Sonoma soon.</p>
<p>How is University of Arizona? Did/Does anyone here have any experience with that school? Their engineering ranking is pretty decent, but OOS cost of attendance would be like 33k for me. How much of a scholarship might I get with a 3.2 UW/1830(1220) SAT? They also give out Ipads apparently(not that it’s going to be a factor in my choice. Education/cost first).</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted at ASU several years ago. She barely had a 3.0, 1550 SAT. They offered financial aid in an amount equal to the OOS tuition add on. They do not really participate in the WUE. They like CA kids that can pay a good portion of the tuition. It is a very nice school out in the middle of now here. We know kids that are very happy there. My daughter received A LOT of money from St Mary’s, Moraga CA and went there. Northern Arizona participates in the WUE.</p>
<p>My D is looking at Sonoma State, as she wants to be a teacher, but I didn’t realize it was becoming more competitive. She may be a bit above the 3.3 cutoff though, although her SAT scores are not so great.</p>
<p>This may be a silly question, but when people mention SAT scores, are they referring to all 3 scores or just the math and English? I never know whether a 1500+ score is all 3 or just 2, which makes a huge difference!</p>
<p>I think the CSU’s only count math and reading, but in 2012, I think most folks refer to all three parts.</p>
<p>Sonoma only offers one engineering major, EE. There are eight impacted majors at SSU; pre-business, pre-nursing, psych, criminal justice, biology, enviro science, biology, hutchins (LA). This page shows the supplemental requirements:
[Impacted</a> Majors for First Time Freshmen : Sonoma State University](<a href=“http://www.sonoma.edu/admissions/ftf/freshmenhighdemand.html]Impacted”>http://www.sonoma.edu/admissions/ftf/freshmenhighdemand.html)</p>
<p>We just did the tour three weeks ago…awesome!</p>