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TheHutt
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:06:31 +0000

What were your sophomore year grades? The top UCs are brutally competitive to get into—if your grades weren’t quite up to par, it doesn’t make sense to undergo a major disruption in your personal life to gamble on getting better grades as a junior.

If you do decide to go through with it, be prepared to face the possibility that you will need to take the community college transfer route. That could involve working and supporting yourself for two or three years before transferring.

Lastly, I’m going to assume by your parent’s income that you plan to be a first generation college student. This will open up a lot of financial aid opportunities for you at many excellent private schools, few of which will require residency. Schools like Stanford, USC, and the Claremont schools are all good targets in California.