What's up with Santa Clara University?
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Anonymous
It accepts half of its applicants at 48.8%. Not selective at all |
Anonymous
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Any experience with U San Diego?
DC wants to head off to California (STEM, CS Engineering), but realistically getting into UC's is not looking very feasible, so searching for alternate options Santa Clara U is on our list for sure. |
Anonymous
Yes they give merit. Friend's kid is there with like 30K in merit. I get the sense the full price is sticker price and many pay 4-5-K.
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Anonymous
That makes sense that they would give merit for a 36. The median is only a low 28-32. The 36 is reportable to USNWR. A lot of second tier schools do this to get high stats kids (trade money for a top ACT score) |
Anonymous
Cost of attending Santa Clara is $78K a year. It's like Pepperdine or Occidental. Very expensive and not worth it anymore. If OP's kid can get into a UC school, by all means do it. |
Anonymous
| I sense this is the upcoming Northeastern of the west coast. It is getting very popular at our W high school for wealthy, decently smart kids. College is doing tons of marketing. |
Anonymous
The UC is the same price for oos and you get housing problems, restricted majors and huge classes. |
Anonymous
it doesnt make sense that they have 1500. which is nothing really. their merit system is very managed I think. if they think you're coming, you seem to get more. they didn't think your 36 was coming. |
Anonymous
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Check out Cal Poly SLO OP. In CA it is actually well-regarded, and has a better brand than Santa Clara.
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Anonymous
USD is absolutely beautiful, has a good campus culture, in a wonderful location, and has great faculty. However it is not as known for CS/Engineering, although it does have those programs, and doesn’t have the jobs pipeline that Santa Clara does. That does not mean that it has no jobs pipeline, just that as far as job placement it is hard to compete with Santa Clara. For your DC, in addition to the UCs, I would look at Santa Clara, USF, USD, maybe Occidental and Pitzer depending on grades. Also, look at the CSUs. They also have good hiring outcomes in California. If GPA is a concern I would look at Cal Poly Humboldt and Pomona for CS, or San Jose State. Cal Poly Humboldt is very isolated but is investing a lot in their STEM offerings and is getting noticed. San Jose State has a lot of job connections. Feel free to ask more! |
Anonymous
It will be almost impossible to get in from OOS. |
Anonymous
Cal Poly is an entirely different experience, being a large public in the middle of nowhere, whereas SCU is a mid size private in a populated area. Cal Poly may be cheaper, however, even after merit from SCU. Cal Poly's acceptance rate for CS is s at or under 10%, a reach. |
Anonymous
That number entirely depends on who applies, though. People are not doing the lottery-type admissions for schools like Santa Clara, so a larger percentage of the pool that does apply is competitive for the school. It’s a common pattern for a lot of the schools in the 35-65% admissions rate. What that means is that they will accept 48% or so but the half that doesn’t get in are also generally competitive for the class. Essentially admissions pool patterns change for schools below T30 and selectivity becomes a much less useful metric. |
Anonymous
My DC who is looking at similar schools also liked LMU. Any input on SDSU? |
Anonymous
Tell that to over half the applicants who didn't get in. |