<p>A combination of Laney College and Diablo Valley College will provide the best coverage of Berkeley lower division CS courses to prepare for junior transfer, according to <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> (these are two community colleges not far from Berkeley).</p>
<p>If you want to be sure of being able to major in CS, either Washington or UCSD will be a risk in terms of not being able to get into the CS major. If UMDCP provides assurance that you can major in CS without any additional admission barriers, then it may be the least risky choice, if it is affordable.</p>
<p>Since you are out-of-state, are all of these schools affordable without more debt than the federal direct loans?</p>