<p>when one needs a great deal of aid and one is OOS, it helps if one has good stats like yours, but even in a state with as many colleges as CA one probably will have to toss out the other expectations one has. If you find a school that offers you the aid you need and has journalism or business, you’ve done very well. There might be others out there that also are near the coast, have about +7000 students, etc., but for now let’s get real. Keep your options elsewhere open.</p>