What to do, what to do.

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Background:
-3rd year in Community College, 84 units, IGETC, 3.1 gpa, want BA in physics and credentials to be a teacher.
-Plan to play lacrosse in the school of transfer.
-low income family</p>

<p>Ok, Ok so I Applied to UCSC, UCSB, UCSD with guarantees. Cal Poly, SDSU, and Sonoma state for regular admissions. Here is my dilema...
1. I want to be at a quarter system school, so the UC's and CP are left on the board.
2. I want an academically prestige school, which isnt a problem with those choices...
3. I am low income! Not a whole lot of money, will need financial aid + loans...
4. I need credentials anyhow so should I start and finish at a state school?
5. I want to be somewhere with wonderful weather.... weird but I do.</p>

<p>so with all this, and personal reasons im torn between UCSD and Cal Poly.
CP is cheaper and would be a whole lot less of a burden on me and my family. UCSD is a little more prestige and will set me up with wonderful work opportunities, HOWEVER CP is no joke either. both have great physics programs. SD has way better weather, but summer its hot as hell! SD is 3 hours farther from home. CP was my original dream school :/. UCSD is beautiful! But, expensive as hell to live in. </p>

<p>what to do people, what to do?!?!!? insight?</p>

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<p>To tell you the truth, just wait to see where you get accepted at. Depending on your family income, are you sure you can’t get a scholarship to UCSD? You don’t have to feel weird about weather, it’s actually an important factor in your college life. Also do you plan on going to grad school? If you are, maybe going to CP wouldn’t be such a bad idea so you can save some money. If you aren’t, then a degree from UCSD is pretty good by itself. UCSC has great weather and also a great physics program, but some people have issues adjusting there.</p>