I have a GPA around 3.78 and I'm working on getting it up to at least a 3.8 or higher this Senior year. I'm currently in the top 24% of my graduating class at a well known high school in the Chicago suburbs. I've been in two honors English college level classes. There are almost all academic classes on my completed Junior transcript with: 3 years of science (Earth, Biology, Chemistry), 3 years of social studies, 3 years of English, 2 years of Spanish (but I was in levels 2 and 3, skipping 1), 3 years of math, Dance class for 2 years, one pastry arts class, and a business class. I had 38.50 completed by the end of Junior year with more than half of my classes had As and the other Bs. I'm also in National Honor Society, a leader of Amnesty International, and editor of my literary magazine. I'm really in need of a scholarship so I'm hoping this will make up for the cost factor.
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Not sure why these type of questions get asked 100 times a day, perhaps it's a sign young people really don't know how to use the Internet for anything other than checking their facebook status, when the information can be found on ANY college's website by referencing their minimum academic admission requirements.
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How many honors classes are you taking? You're GPA is good, but it would be more impressive if you had two or three honors classes per year calculated into that. California state schools are VERY hard to get into out of state- Well, at least all the UC campuses are. As for private schools, it depends on the school. USC and Pomona are very selective. Pepperdine is less so, but still not easy to get into. But it's hard for me to tell unless I know how many honors classes overall you have taken. Only those two english ones?
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First, San Diego State is a public school, not private. Most every school with "State" in their name is a public school. If you are thinking of coming to California to attend a UC or Cal State school, be aware the quality of these schools is falling off a cliff. Because of massive budget cuts, the state of California is handing the UC and CS schools less and less money to educate students. For instructors and staff at the UC and CS schools it's a known fact that new faculty aren't about to get hired on and those still there are likely going to see furlough days if they don't succumb to layoffs. I have heard the faculty at Berkeley have been given a 15% pay cut and many of the best ones are leaving. Then there are the students, many of whom in fine arts and humanities fields are finding their course offerings cut dramatically. I do know the cuts led Berkeley to withdraw all offers to out of state students for PhD programs no matter how good their research. Many students are finding it impossible to get all the courses they need in a given semester to make the progress they want to make towards their majors. Which may result in having to take an extra year to graduate. Many students are finding that by the time their turn comes to register for classes, everything they need is already full. To add insult to injury, the UC system has raised tuition this last year by 32%. Which means that an out of state student will pay as much; if not more than if they went to a private school? While private schools are still facing a budget crunch, they are accountable to their students, not to taxpayers and politicians. If you're really dedicated to what you'd like to study, be it English, Economics, or Engineering a small private school could be a better investment in your own human resources. If you are thinking of coming to California stick with the private schools like USC, Stanford, Chapman, the Claremont Colleges, etc. http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-classes20-2010jan20,0,6323484.story?track=rss My daughter was accepted at Berkeley and UCI for her fully funded PhD in engineering and decided to go somewhere else because the budget crisis resulted in half her classes getting cancelled. Only come to California to go to a private school like USC or Stanford.
