<p>You should keep San Diego State in the mix along with LMU. SDSU would be an awesome experience. The school is definitely on the rise the past 5 years, and is now as hard to get into as UC Santa Cruz and Riverside. Part of the reason is that it has a strong Business program, and another is that it is really into Football and Basketball… the Fball team was top 50 in the country, and the BBall team was ranked around #12 in the country this year. Leads to LOTS of school spirit. Plus it is in beautiful San Diego. It also has a high % of non-commuter kids in contrast to most CSUs.</p>
<p>Your stats (1850/3.9 weighted UC GPA) were a mid-low match to UCD, UCSB and UCI, they were not a true MATCH. You were a high match for UCSC, and even higher for Riverside. I think you just caught some bad luck by not getting into at least one of SB and D.</p>