California schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scripps and Pitzer give very little merit

My daughter currently has a $25K merit scholarship at Scripps. It brings the cost of school down from outrageously expensive to super expensive. She loves it there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, depending on major. The Cal State OOS price is more reasonable than UCs.

Yes, this one, Cal Poly Obispo.
Also Cal State Northridge and Long Beach

that's really it.

Nah. CSUF is better than Northridge, but even so, I would not pay OOS in hcol CA for CSU schools, or even most UC school.s

I went to a CSU and lived in CA for many many years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scripps and Pitzer give very little merit

My daughter currently has a $25K merit scholarship at Scripps. It brings the cost of school down from outrageously expensive to super expensive. She loves it there.

I think Scripps primarily gives merit aid to full-ish pay applicants, but it's something OP might look into if interested. DD got into both Pomona and Scripps. Scripps's FA was pretty good but she didn't get any merit aid. She's at Pomona, whose FA is very good. But we were very impressed by Scripps, and DD has several friends there. The Claremont Consortium is fantastic and DD is really enjoying the location.

I don't know if OP will qualify for FA, but the interplay between merit aid and financial aid can be very confusing as the former affects the latter. For example, also got into Macalester (another underrated school) and got a $25k scholarship. But that scholarship only reduced the NPC by a few thousand.

Cal Poly is great and is in a wonderful location. It's regional reputation far exceeds its national reputation--I think many Californians view it as the equivalent of a mid-level UC. It's especially strong in engineering. Getting to and from SLO may not be easy out of state though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Santa Clara
Scripps
Pitzer
LMU
Chapman

Very little to no merit at Scripps or Pitzer

[Anonymous]

Don't sell yourself short for the Claremont colleges, Pitzer in particular. Geographic diverisity is a real thing there.

Also, look at Chapman University in Orange.

[Anonymous]

OP--both of those schools you mentioned are private. Be aware that Univ of ___ in CA sometimes is a private school and not a UC or CSU (public). Private usually means more expensive...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP--both of those schools you mentioned are private. Be aware that Univ of ___ in CA sometimes is a private school and not a UC or CSU (public). Private usually means more expensive...

Not low tier private vs out-of-state with no aid. OP knows they are private.