<p>I am a latina junior high school student
What schools in California should I apply to?
Are there any schools outside of California that would accept me but also have a great academic quality that would be worth moving out of state?
What schools provide excellent student support?</p>
<p>^ Student support for what? Math? Language? Living skills? A specific disability? Mental health? Or do you mean that you just want a lot of attention from professors?</p>
<p>How much can your parents contribute towards your education each year? That will largely determine where you can go. </p>
<p>Is that your weighted GPA that includes everything? Or is that your UC GPA?</p>
<p>Are Catholic schools ok? How about U San Francisco, LMU, Santa Clara, or St Mary’s in Moraga?</p>
<p>1300 is GREAT! If it is “single sitting”, that puts you above UCLA’s single sitting 25/75 sat ave of 1290. It equates to a superscore of about 1330-1340.</p>
<p>anyway, to help you, you’d need to answer mom2’s questions about what comprises your 3.3 GPA.</p>
<p>1300 out of 1600 or 2400?</p>
<p>I want a school with excellent academic support where there is available resources to help me succeed in my classes.
My parents cannot contribute much. I expect for financial aid to help me in that area.
the 3.3 is my weighted GPA
My SAT was 1300 out of 2400</p>
<p>*My parents cannot contribute much. I expect for financial aid to help me in that area.
the 3.3 is my weighted GPA
My SAT was 1300 out of 2400 *</p>
<p>Unfortunately, your SAT is quite low. It’s equivalent to an ACT 18, which is about the 33 percentile.</p>
<p>Sorry, but I don’t think any CSUs or UCs will accept you. I also don’t think that there are any OOS schools that will accept you and provide the financial aid that you’ll need. The problem is that the schools that provide good aid require higher stats.</p>
<p>You probably will need to go to a Calif community college first, get good grades, and then transfer to a Cal State or UC. Which cc is near your home? </p>
<p>If your family has a lowish income, you can get financial aid to help with cost of tuition and books.</p>
<p>If your GPA is 3.0 and above,the CSUs don’t require an SAT score. Check out CSU Mentor for the details. You would probably be accepted to some CSUs, but not the more competitive ones. However, you need to investigate how you would pay for a CSU and what grants/loans you would qualify for. Look into this now instead of waiting till senior year.</p>
<p>Good…I forgot about the GPA 3.0 rule for CSUs. Thanks.</p>
<p>Does that mean that she doesn’t have to submit her SATs? Or, will she still need to submit for English and math placement.</p>
<p>Yes she will still list the SAT scores on the CSU application, and she will have to take tests (I think in May of senior year) for placement unless she achieves certain scores junior year in a placement test given in the spring at the high schools. </p>
<p>There are 23 CSUs and that should give her some options, especially if the 3.3 GPA is her “CSU GPA” which means her GPA in A-G courses.</p>
<p>I agree about the Community College first (it is much less $$ than a CSU), which then, assuming you get at least B grades, opens up a lot of choices for a CSU or possibly even a UC like Riverside.</p>
<p>With your very solid GPA, I’m guessing you’re just not a great standardized test taker. That happens with a lot of people. It might be worth your while this summer to take about 40-50 hours to go through an SAT prep book that has answers to real SAT tests, and take the 10 Real SATs… you can probably improve your scored by 100-200 points when you take the SAT again in October.</p>
<p>I agree with the CC…especially if placement tests indicate that she must take the sub100 math and/or English classes.</p>
<p>A cc will also likely allow her to commute from home. There’s no reason to rack up student loans for the first two years (tuition, room, board, books, etc) if a CC will do the job. </p>
<p>I also agree that she should take the SAT again in the Fall. Perhaps she should also take the ACT.</p>