<p>I am a senior in high-school, and I’m unsure what I want to study exactly, but I know it is going to be somewhere in agriculture/biology/environmental studies or science. I like the outdoors and need it in my career. I also am passionate about music and it took me a while to finally decide I wasn’t going to go to a music school. I need recommendations for colleges in Cali that can somehow satisfy both my needs. Most important: great natural resources department. Second most important is playing music, perhaps there are schools with ensemble performance opportunities somehow on the side? or a great music scene that I can just participate in outside of college. Either way the university has to be somewhere near a lively music scene. My top choices as of now are Humboldt state university for the environment and UC davis for the closeness to san francisco . Please recommend anything I’m starving for more info as I’m in hawaii and can’t visit. </p>
<p>So u know how expensive the California schools are? These are not WUE schools.</p>
<p>UC Davis will cost your $55K/year to attend since you are OOS. UC’s and CSU’s give little to no financial aid, so you will need to be close to full pay. </p>
<p>Cost aside, Davis isn’t exactly a stones-throw from SF either. Count on 2 hours or more each way, depending on traffic. You can take the train to bart but that will take even longer. You won’t want to head down to cover a gig on a Tuesday.</p>
<p>Sacramento is much closer to Davis and has a pretty solid music scene. Not SF but, there are lots of venues with live music down-town most nights. </p>
<p>Sonoma, SJSU, SFSU and CSU EB will give you better access to the Bay Area music scene. </p>
<p>My plan is to either attend a community college in cali or somehow wwoof or work a job while I gain residency and then attend one of the universities. if I dont start a 4 year next fall… Are there any schools that allow people to participate in ensembles for the school as an environmental studies student?</p>
<p>Your plan for in-state residency won’t work if your parents are also OOS. It is very very difficult to gain in-state residency in California (not Cali please).</p>
<p>@auntbea is correct, getting residency while a student is virtually impossible. If you move here, work for 2 years, then apply to a college, you’ll be a Californian.</p>