Best schools for Computer Science in Califonia?

Gumbymom
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 02:49:14 +0000

Each school’s website has a net price calculator so I would start with sitting down with your family and determining how much they can contribute toward your college education each year. With your parents, you can run the NPC’s for any schools of interest to get an idea of costs.

As a California resident, the public universities such as the UC’s and Cal states are the best option based on affordability. You as a student cannot take out more than $27K for 4 years in Federal loans. Depending upon your family’s income, you could qualify for Federal Pell grants and Cal grants (specifically for California residents) that could cover college tuition and some living expenses.

Budget is going to be one of the most important aspects of making your college list.

Based on your current stats, the UC’s are probably not an option if you are interested in Computer science.

Here are the admit rates based on your UC capped weighted GPA along with test score ranges.

Some of the UC’s are test blind this admission cycle and some are test optional as of today (constantly changing due to a court ruling). I would not submit your SAT score to a test optional school unless it is at or above the 50th percentile.

2019 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.00-3.39 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 1%
UCLA: 1%
UCSD: 1%
UCSB: 1%
UCI: 1%
UCD: 2%
UCSC: 13%
UCR: 18%
UCM: 53%

**2020 UC capped weighted GPA averages along with 25th-75th percentile range: **
UCB: 4.22 (4.13-4.30)
UCLA: 4.25 (4.18-4.31)
UCSD: 4.18(4.04-4.28)
UCSB: 4.17 (4.03-4.27)
UCI: 4.11 (3.96-4.26)
UCD: 4.11 (3.97-4.25)
UCSC: 3.94 (3.71-4.16)
UCR: 3.88 (3.65-4.11)
UCM: 3.68 (3.40-3.96)

2020 Data:
25th - 75th percentiles for SAT totals:
UCB: 1320-1560
UCLA: 1350-1550
UCSD: 1310-1520
UCSB: 1290-1510
UCD: 1230-1490
UCI: 1280-1510
UCSC: 1170-1440
UCR: 1110-1380
UCM: 980-1260

Based on the above data, UC Merced might be your only UC option. Also be aware that the UC application has been open since August 1 and requires 4 essays, so hopefully you have been working on some parts of the application if you plan to apply.

Your best bet at a 4 year university would be one of the Cal states.

Below is the Cal state service area so which Cal state is local for you? You get priority as a local applicant:

https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/freshman/Documents/CSULocalAdmission-ServiceAreas.pdf

Depending which Cal state is your local Cal state, I would look at the following schools. Cal states are test blind this admission cycle so GPA, HS course rigor and grades in your Math/Science courses will be the focus for a CS major acceptance.

San Francisco State
Channel Islands
Dominguez Hills
East Bay
Bakersfield
San Bernardino
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Chico
Sacramento
Monterey Bay
San Marcos

If you have any more questions, do not hesitate to post them on this discussion.

Best of luck and you need to have the money talk before you can really proceed with your list.