I’ll look into that, thank you.
For Safety, I would add the CSU closest to your home. Sounds like either SJSU, CSUEB or SFSU. Tuition is only $8K if you commute from home. You can save up money for graduate degree in case you want it. Good Luck.
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Thanks. Yeah, at SF State I could just take the bus. To be completely honest I’d really like to get out of the Bay Area if I can. I know that living at school = pricier but I do want some of that “college experience” (i.e. rooming with strangers, meeting new people, acclimating to a new place). After the advice about safeties I’ve gotten I’m still going to apply to a few CSUs, and I’ll just have to see how my financial aid packages turn out.
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Do any of the WUE schools interest you? UofNev Reno or Utah generally come highly recommended on here and Utah has a pathway for instate tuition. They’re a little closer to home and sticker prices a little closer to budget. They’re not small but could have honors colleges that could bring your cohort to a manageable size.
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Our family from SF as well. Definitely apply to SDSU, Cal Poly SLO and Cal Poly Pomona. Lots of kids from NorCal we know love love Cal Poly SLO. Not a LAC but true college experience. Pay attention to impacted majors on applying at Cal Poly SLO.
Decent merit aid at Whitman, Puget Sound …smaller LAC type up north. Whitman beautiful but a bit of a haul. Lewis and Clark as well. Seattle U.
From a budget standpoint don’t forget travel costs. East cost can be pricey and harder at holidays. Puget Sound and Lewis & Clark are easy hops.
I have had one back in Wisco and one up in WA and our third is likely East. It has been said in our house on many a night…travel ain’t nothin. Include a few west coast so you have a good comparison. Good luck to you.
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