#HS junior that needs help making a college list

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outer mango
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Location/Region:
Im okay with cities/suburban colleges but i will absolutely not go to a college in a rural area unless there is a mall/city (at most) 30 minutes away from me. i hate the rural areas so i will 100% not be going to a college there. Also, I live in Cali (socal) and i would def prefer an in-state college, but if there is a great college out of state then ill consider it.

Major: Right now, im not sure what I want to major in. Im leaning towards actuary, but I also like the aspect of business/marketing/finance.

GPA/Test Scores:
GPA: 3.4 (i did really bad sophmore/freshman year, but i got all A's besides a B+ in my second semester sophmore year)
1290 on the SAT (retaking soon)
APWH: 5
ECS: volunteer at discovery cube ( a science organization), and im one of the developers for one of my dad's apps (which has around 1000 users)

Curriculum: I dont really mind, the dining hall/food spots have to be good though. however, i do like the aspect of paid internships/colleges helping you get a job through connects (stuff that usc has)

Size: I can work with a small/medium college, but I do like having larger colleges

Costs: I dont have a budget and i dont need financial aid or anything

Schools You're Currently Looking At: A reach is uci and any of the ucs in general besides uc merced. A few safeties I have is UCR, UCSC, sdsu, csuf, and AU.

Additional: a dealbreaker is a college without any shops/malls in a 30 minute radius. also, not having a good dining hall/food spots is also a dealbreaker. campuses like NYU is also a dealbreaker.

Be Detailed!: I hate heavy rain; im okay with snow/cold weather it just cant be freezing cold. I like sunny weather/temperate areas (like cali lol). I want the campus to look nice, but honestly i dont really mind if its a bit ugly as long as it has all my needs. I really like uci's campus, so a campus similar to uci or even ucla would be great. Also the dorms have to be nice. Again, i heavily prefer in-state colleges.

visual olive
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Isn’t sdsu kinda hard nowadays

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Acceptance rate closer to 30%

outer mango
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but i wont rly complain if i have to go there

visual olive
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I wouldn’t put it as a safety I feel

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Safeties are ones you have a solid shot at

outer mango
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oh okat

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okay

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are the other safties fine

visual olive
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I’m not as familiar with the gpa ranges for business for the others tbh I’m just from San Diego

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Part of this will depend on where your gpa falls after this year I feel

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Bc cal states are very gpa heavy on how they select people

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Idk how you define your shops/malls dealbreaker

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Bc cal poly slo has a solid program for business but they’re a college town

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Super pretty area tho

outer mango
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so theres gotta be some shopping place in like

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maybe even a 30-45 min radius by car

vale hare
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Purdue!

outer mango
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maybee

vale hare
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Also waht's your definiton of freezing cold

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If not Uwash!

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it's not that cold here

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and weather is not terrible most times of the year

outer mango
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idk idm the snow but if it’s cold all the time then that’s a dealbreaker tbh

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or if it’s rainy all the time

vale hare
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What's your definition of cold

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cause like for half the year we get sun

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And the rain is not terrible

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very manageable

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the weather is really only "bad" novemberish to march

outer mango
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tempuratures

outer mango
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ok

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i heard seattle rains a lot

vale hare
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it never rains during the summer

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like may to octboer

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good weather

outer mango
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ohh

steep canyon
outer mango
steep canyon
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Ah right ok. If you ever get interested in accounting, just know that ucsc has a great accounting program

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Even if not, business is still a strong program here.

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It does rain though, but I’d argue that’s part of the charm. There is a mall but it’s kinda small. Downtown has some great shops though and there are buses you can take to get there

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There is San Jose but it’s not that common from my understanding to go up there

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I’d also make it a target in general than a safety

outer mango