Thinking about College (Vanity)

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[AVNevis]

OK, normally I would never post this thread. But things are slow tonight and I am bored so I will.

I would like to see if anyone has suggestions for college. I am a high school freshman with a 3.8 GPA (And that's before you factor in the advanced classes) and who consistantly ranks among the top 10% of California students on standardized tests. I live in Sacramento and would like to stay in California if possible. I would also like to go to a public school unless I could get a scholership. I am looking at a major in political science.

A few that I am thinking about right now are UC Berkely, UCLA, UC Davis, and Sacramento State, but am open to others.

Obviously I still have a few years to think about this, but as I said earlier, I found tonight an opportunity to start exploring.

Comments?

[hole_n_one]

Comments?

UCLA sucks!

GO SOUTHERN CAL!!!!!!

[Paleo Conservative]

Have you taken the PSAT yet?

[AVNevis]

Not yet, but next year I will start worrying about the SAT.

[MikefromOhio]

Make sure you nail the SATs or ACTs.

Start looking at what the schools you want to go to want in a student (GPA, extra cirriculars, etc) and what they want in terms of classes taken in high school already.

[Giant Conservative]

Check out Pepperdine University, a private college in Pepperdine, and UCLA. Both have websites; plus, if you check them out in person, you can have informal cafeteria chats with current students at each.

[null and void]

UCSB has it's own beach...

[AVNevis]

Oh, I almost forgot, I am in debate and intend to be through High School.

[Giant Conservative]

What objections do you have to UCLA?

[PianoMan]

Doesn't Berkeley have very specific statewide requirements, so that you would know well ahead of time if you make the cutoff? That's how it was at Univ of Wisconsin where I grew up.

[Walkingfeather]

yeah pepperdine... however it has become incredibly competitive to get into now.

[superskunk]

I've heard the nursing is still a pretty hot field. As for particular schools, sorry, can't help much. However, metrology(science of precise measurement) is also a hot field and the best school for it is Butler County Community College in PA. I know it's hard to believe that a community college wold have a best anything, but they do.

Don't know if that helps.

[Walkingfeather]

check out point loma also nice school smallish but good.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Who wouldn't want to go to college in Malibu?

Plus, ya get to attend a Ben Stein lecture.

How friggin' cool is that?

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[AVNevis]

All UCs and State schools have the same admission requirements. I have a list and will post them if you want, but it would take up a lot of space.

[Roots]

Go to Berkley. It's a great campus, great educational programs and their College Republican group is tough as nails... you have to be if you're going to profess your Republicanism at Berkley.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

Stanford is good.

Rice University is good, but in Texas..

I spent most of my post college life in San Diego. University of San Diego is a good Catholic school. SDSU is a deathtrap, you will never get out of there within five years. UCSD ain't bad.

That being said, it might depend on what you want to study. Though THAT changes a number of times. Oh, for Marine Biology..

Remember, college is an EDUCATION, not a vocation. What you learn in college is really MORE important than where you attend.

Otherwise no one but Harvard Grads would rule the world. Or so they would have you believe.

[hole_n_one]

What objections do you have to UCLA?

There isn't enough bandwidth on the 'net to cover it all.

[AVNevis]

I've heard more than a few people suggest Peperdine, however I don't know what they offer or how hard it is to get into. But I understand they are pretty conservative, so that's a plus.

[Angry Republican]

Why don't you be a Banana Slug?