Thank you for the responses.
What about this scenario?
What if I take an academic leave of absence from CSUN as defined here: http://catalog.csun.edu/archive/2015/policies/academic-leave-leave-of-absence-undergraduate-policy/index.html
And enroll in a CC instead? I would take all the classes I would have taken anyway, just at a CC instead of CSUN. If I don’t get into another college (again, I am open minded about what college to attend, I just want a college experience with a decent CS program) I get to stay at CSUN. I don’t really see any risk in doing that since I have a back-up school already in place.