Long Beach State University, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, LA State University?
Asked by OkaruSorry for the long title but i'm interested in applying to all the colleges i listed above. Long Beach State University San Francisco State University San Jose State University LA State University Which is better education wise? I'll be going into Computer Science as my major. Also how are the surrounding areas of each colleges? Which is better? I also wanted to know what were my chances at each colleges. GPA: 2.469 SAT Scores Critical Reading:380 Math:440 Writing:390 Total:1210 After School activities: French Club, Anime club. Nationality:France Other ethnic backgrounds: very small percent of arabic backgrounds i believe. Classes: English: 4 years English 1, 2, 3, 4. History: 2 years US History 1, 2. Foreign Language: 4 years French 1 CP, 2 CP, 3 CP, 4 CP. Math: 4 years Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus CP. Science: 3 years Biology, Chemistry, Physics. Social Studies: 2 years Social Study, Psychology CP. Electives: 5 Art 1, Visual Basic, C++, Psychology CP, Computer Software App.
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Answered by neniaf
Unfortunately, your GPA will make it extremely difficult to get into any of them. San Jose State and San Francisco State report that only 4% of their admitted students have GPAs under 2.5, CSULB reports 1%, and Cal State L.A. reports that none of their students have GPAs under 3.0. The exceptions probably have really high SAT scores, but yours fall below the "middle 50%" on all of them. You may need to start out at a community college and transfer after two years, which isn't the worst thing ever to happen to anyone. As far as surrounding area goes, I can really only speak to the ones in Southern California, but CSULB is in a nice part of Long Beach (my parents live a few blocks from campus, I grew up there, and it was very safe and upscale); Cal State L.A. is not in the greatest of areas, but it doesn't seem to be particularly unsafe, and there are a lot of areas nearby which have become rather trendy lately, so it is possible to live nicely and not be too far from campus.
Unfortunately, your GPA will make it extremely difficult to get into any of them. San Jose State and San Francisco State report that only 4% of their admitted students have GPAs under 2.5, CSULB reports 1%, and Cal State L.A. reports that none of their students have GPAs under 3.0. The exceptions probably have really high SAT scores, but yours fall below the "middle 50%" on all of them. You may need to start out at a community college and transfer after two years, which isn't the worst thing ever to happen to anyone. As far as surrounding area goes, I can really only speak to the ones in Southern California, but CSULB is in a nice part of Long Beach (my parents live a few blocks from campus, I grew up there, and it was very safe and upscale); Cal State L.A. is not in the greatest of areas, but it doesn't seem to be particularly unsafe, and there are a lot of areas nearby which have become rather trendy lately, so it is possible to live nicely and not be too far from campus.
