<p>Hello, friends! Here’s my situation:
I have just finished a two-year community college here in Maryland with a GPA of about 2.9 (I know it is far from great, but considering that I was working full-time while going to school, I think it’s still an accomplishment). I have received my Associate’s Degree in Business and now looking to get my Business B.A. or B.S. (preferably International specialization).
Universities here in MD/DC are generally too expensive for a young and independent working immigrant like myself (luckily, I’m not considered an international student though, since I recently became a US citizen). Plus, I have been living in this area for about 6 years and do not really like it anymore, so I am considering out-of-state universities and exploring new places of this beautiful country and establishing a residency there.
For example, among some others, I am considering University of Nevada at Reno (or at Las Vegas), as it is one of the most affordable and accepting “flagship” state universities and, after checking their admission criteria, I am pretty confident I can get in.
What other inexpensive and fairly-easy-to-get-into state schools would you recommend in my situation?</p>
<p>You could go to a California community college, take another year of classes, get your gpa up a little and sign a tag agreement and get guaranteed admission into all the UC’s except UCLA and UCB… And in the process become a cali resident.
But Im not sure how that will work, because you may neeed to already be a resident before you sign tag… nonetheless however, Im sure you could make it into a uc from a cali comm. college.</p>
<p>Establishing residency likely means at least a year in your new state and without pursuing an education.
Although with 62 credits already, you can’t take many more transferable credits.</p>
<p>Yes, in transferring to a uc you could only take 28 more units. I know about the one year for residency, but Im pretty sure you can still pursue an education, but you just need to work at the same time. </p>
<p>Anyway, upon thinking about it, you may want to look at specific business programs so as to make sure you can get alot of your credits to transfer.</p>
<p>I can’t say about California, but Illinois, Texas and Maryland require one to establish residency before enrolling in college. One of the questions they ask is if you’re in the state mainly to attend college.</p>
<p>Also, business schools that hold AACSB accreditation cluster their requirements in the junior and senior years. Most non-technical community colleges (all in Maryland, the OP’s state) will have designed their programs to assure transferability.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies! Can I ask why is UC so desirable and popular among people here?</p>
<p>Hello again, my friends, could you please advise me some more on where else could I possibly go with my GPA (2.9)? Any other relatively easy-to-get-into state schools that come to your mind (obviously I’m not even aiming for the first tier)?</p>
<p>dude… go for UC… those suggestions r Brilliant!!</p>
<p>U mean, through CCC, or can I get in straight there?</p>
<p>I would say if you wonna go to Berkeley UCLA, you might want to try CCC. Personally, you can take a try at UC-Davies or UCSB. I am not sure if you can get in, but I think going through CCC is a really good idea.</p>
<p>Try SUNY schools?
You should be able to get into the lesser known SUNYs with that GPA.</p>
<p>I think for UC Davis you can make the TAG… since TAG is also available for international students, I would think that you can make it as well as an out-of-state student. I would go to UCs website though to check this up… :)</p>
<p>If you really want to go to one of the UCs, I really think that it’s better if you start by going to CCC… but I’m not sure if it would make a difference since you already got your A.A. degree…</p>
<p>I will definitely consider CCC>UC option, thanks, guys!</p>
<p>Also, in your honest opinion, what are my chances at the following schools:</p>
<p>CSU Los Angeles
FIU Miami
SDSU San Diego
SFSU San Francisco
UNLV Las Vegas
UW Seattle
UC Denver
UU Salt Lake City</p>
<p>Using my friend as a reference, i don’t think your chances for SDSU are too bad. My friend was accepted with a 3.1 no ECs when she went to a community college here. You working full time when taking classes should help too. Just make sure you have a spectacular application</p>
<p>Yeah, thanks for that info! Like u said, definitely gotta mention all my hardships in the cover letter.
What about the rest of the schools mentioned above? Any ideas, guys?</p>
<p>UNLV is great for working and attending school.
There is a lot of potential to earn decent wages working part time. Also, MGM-Mirage and Harrah’s (who own most of the ‘strip’) give tuition reimbursement for a lot of classes, which I am enjoying now. What was the draw for me is that I am now a resident and paying half of what I would have paid for graduate school if I stayed in NY (SUNY Albany).
Having no loans is a very enjoyable situation.</p>
<p>San Fran and San Diego are so expensive to live in if you must work and pay your own way…</p>
<p>Thanx for your answers, bro! I called the office of admissions at UNLV today & looks like I’m definitely gonna get in based on my GPA, and all the classes I took at community college have the UNLV equivalency, which is cool, too!
How’s the school as far as students & profs there, and how’s the quality of surrounding neighborhoods? How much does it cost to rent a studio apartment around there?</p>
<p>VegasSommelier, where art thou, bro?
Come on, please tell me lil bit more about the university!</p>
<p>“CSU Los Angeles
SDSU San Diego
SFSU San Francisco”</p>
<p>You could easily get in those if you were instate. Can’t you still take classes at your cc for semester to raise your GPA to 3.0? Just take couple easy A classes or retake a class you got a D or F in.</p>
<p>Thanx for your input, “drifto2k”! Yeah, I think I’m gonna move to the west coast in the end of this summer to start maintaining residency for the Fall’09 and just take a few classes online at my old community college via distance learning while living in Cali or Nevada.</p>