Hey guys I know sometimes these types of threads can be annoying but Im starting to look at collages around the LA area and I would love to get some feedback on some other schools besides state schools I am looking into a number of studies mainly urban planning,and business if anybody could help I would really aprciate it.I love it out there.

What's wrong with UCLA or Cal-State LA or Cal-State Long Beach? The two main universities that I can think of outside of those are LMU and USC.

please guys

Harder for someone out of state

^^It is harder, but I would still suggest that you at least apply to UCLA. What kind of grades do you have?

B averages

So a 3.0? You should check out Cal-Poly Pomona.

What a cocky answer.... I guess you can thank affirmative action!

How is that a cocky answer? Cal-Poly is a good school.

dude im sorry if sound cocky im nor trying to really I just suck at writing online

I think he meant me when he said it, you didn't come across as cocky.

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yeah I figured that after I posted it lol

I dont know if this will help....

Colleges:
* Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
* The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles, Santa Monica
* Antelope Valley College, Lancaster
* California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita
* Citrus College, Glendora
* Cerritos College, Norwalk
* College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
* Claremont Colleges, Claremont
* DeVry University; Long Beach and West Hills (Los Angeles)
* East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park
* El Camino College, Torrance
* Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
* Glendale Community College, Glendale
* ITT Technical Institute; Culver City, San Dimas, Sylmar (Los Angeles), Torrance, and West Covina
* Los Angeles City College, (LACC) Los Angeles
* Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles
* Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar (Los Angeles)
* Los Angeles Pierce College (Pierce), Woodland Hills
* Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles
* Los Angeles Trade Technical College, (LATTC) Los Angeles
* Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen (Los Angeles)
* Life Pacific College, San Dimas
* Long Beach City College, Long Beach
* The Master's College, Santa Clarita
* Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut
* Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester (Los Angeles)
* Occidental College (Oxy), Eagle Rock (Los Angeles)
* Pasadena City College, Pasadena
* Rio Hondo College, Whittier
* Santa Monica College, Santa Monica
* West Los Angeles College, Culver City
* Whittier College, Whittier
* Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena

Universities:
* Azusa Pacific University, Azusa
* Biola University, La Mirada
* California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena
* California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, (Cal Poly Pomona), Pomona
* California State University, Dominguez Hills, (CSUDH) Carson
* California State University, Bakersfield, Lancaster
* California State University, Long Beach, (CSULB), Long Beach
* California State University, Los Angeles, (CSULA), Los Angeles
* California State University, Northridge, (CSUN), Northridge (Los Angeles)
* Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Westchester (Los Angeles)
* Pepperdine University, Malibu
* Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier
* Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles
* University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Westwood (Los Angeles)
* University of La Verne, La Verne
* University of Southern California, (USC) Los Angeles
* Woodbury University, Burbank

I know there are some art and other schools you didnt ask for.....but yeah....


Good Luck

^^Hah, there are some JC's in your list:). I'm not sure he'd want to come all the way from NYC to go to a JC lol. Well anyway, I'm a senior in high school (as I assume you are as well) and have been looking at colleges in Southern California looking to major in the same subjects as you. I've heard that Cal Poly Pomona has a highly rated Urban Planning Department so that is one of the first places I'm going to look at. I also have B avg's so we're actually really similar. lol

At first I was looking at CSULB, but they actually don't really have that good a program(this is coming from a guy that has worked in many colleges in Recruiting/Admissions). UCLA I heard isn't that good either but UCSD's program is(don't have the grades for it though). Also if your willing to live in a smaller beach town up north there is always Cal Poly SLO.

^^

i think a JC would actually be pretty smart. yeah, you cant brag that you go to a big time school in california, but i would think that the time spent here could be used to establish california residency. then when you transfer out, you'd saving major money on your last two years of school here. depending on the school you'd transfer to, we could be talking ten's of thousands of dollars. your first two years of college are mostly taken up with lower division b#lls&*t classes anyways. just a thought. :)

thanks guys apriciate the help

bruin787 is right. When I went to J.C., there were several people from my classes that were from out of state. They basically did what 787 is suggesting. I don't know why more people don't make the JC route an option. You save so much money it's not funny. Plus you tend to get a much smaller class size so actually having some sort of interaction with your teachers is a major plus. Versus being 1 student in a 350 person English class. To be perfectly honest, I worked/studied harder when I was at JC then when I transferred over to UCLA. However, I will say I was pretty busy :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: to study all that much. Good luck to you where ever you may go.:nocrook:

LA has dozens of good schools in the area (see: flying_olympic list). Your grades, the amount of money you are willing to spend, and exact location around LA should help you narrow the choice.

Use a school search database like www.princetonreview.com for more help. This will help with finding schools by major as well (urban studies is not as common as business).

My first suggestion would be to improve on your "online writing" skills before aiming too high though. I'm not trying to be cruel but you misspelled colleges twice. Not exactly the easiest thing to do!

I think I narrowed it down
USC
LMU
Occidental
Pepperdine

In that order
thank u guys for giving me some insight Im hoping to maybe one day when I move out there do a fourm meet lol

I think I narrowed it down
USC
LMU
Occidental
Pepperdine

In that order
thank u guys for giving me some insight Im hoping to maybe one day when I move out there do a fourm meet lol

Not to burst your bubble but with a B average you'll have an extremely hard tie with USC, Pepperdine and LMU. I would have suggested the Claremont Colleges but those are as competitive but better.

Agree or disagree....

California's three level higher education system (UC, CSU, JuCo) is a highly effective and logical form of hierarchial organization, well suited to serve the needs of all students.

Disagree, UC and CSU are becoming way too expensive. Where did all of California's money go?

... if everything else fails there's always "BRYMAN COLLEGE" to become a medical assistant.

Well obviously cost is not that much of an issue for you, so now you just have to determine which environment you would prefer. Of all these schools, USC is going to have the best "college experience," being by far the largest. This school has a fraternity row, an excellent sports program, and thousands of student living on or near the campus.

The others are much smaller as I'm sure you know. Oxy, in Eagle Rock, is inland compared to LMU and pepperdine (which are both a very short distant from the coast). however, it is also close to some cool areas like los feliz, silverlake, glendale and the east valley. lmu is very close to lax, but also the marina, and not too far away from venice and santa monica. pepperdine is well outside of la, atleast a 20 minute drive from santa monica and thats without traffic on pch. rent would almost certainly be cheapest at oxy, but there are some reasonably priced places in westchester (lmu). pepperdine will cost an arm and a leg unless you commuted in from the valley or oxnard.

although lmu and oxy are in the city of LA, both are on the outskirts of the city. you can find urbanity just about everywhere in la, but westchester and eagle rock are fairly suburban in nature. however, eagle rock has been noted as one of the up an coming areas of la because many hipster/artist types that are priced out of areas like silverlake and los feliz have been moving there for a while.

for my money, i would go to usc. when i was in college, i partied! usc would certainly be the best for that. to me academics took a back seat to my social life, but thats just me. im sure you can get a great education at any of these places though. the school that i'm least knowledgable of though is oxy. however, with the others, a lot of graduates stay in the city (you see there license plate frames all over the place) so there is a strong network of alumni, probably making it easier to get a job in la after graduation if you so chose to do so.

I think I narrowed it down
USC
LMU
Occidental
Pepperdine

In that order
thank u guys for giving me some insight Im hoping to maybe one day when I move out there do a fourm meet lol

If that is your list, I would really also consider the Claremont colleges: (Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Claremont, etc.) very good academically and Claremont is a very attractive though less well known community. Though they are on the East side away from the beach, they are much closer to the desert, mountains and the ski slopes.

The irony in the title of this thread is killing me...

The irony in the title of this thread is killing me...

Every time I see the thread I think of the Bush quote: "Rarely is the question asked, Is our children learning?" :lol:

yes I know college was spelled wrong and sometimes its possibly that im not sober or I type really fast and dont notice mispelled words.Im sorry if you think im part of the problem with education in this country even if you have or will probably never meet me.Thanks solongfullerton and SVS I will keep Clermont colleges in mind when I go out. Yeah and USC is hard but I know a couple of alum thhat still have pretty good connections.Same thing with LMU and Pepperdine.Thanks again

I would agree with those who said go to a junior college and then transfer. Especially if you are an out of state student.

I know everyone wants to go to USC because UCLA is soooo damn hard to get in and almost impossible for out of staters BUT I think you should look long term. I too LOVED USC ever since I was a kid but when I got older I got smarter. Here is my story:

Undergrad - I went to a UC
Grad - I went to USC

My wife's story
Undergrad - UC
Grad - UCLA

The point is that you still can live in LA and go to USC or UCLA but if you establish yourself as a resident of cali, you'll save lots of money for a UC education.

Let me know if you have any other questions about the schools in southern cali.

yes I know college was spelled wrong and sometimes its possibly that im not sober or I type really fast and dont notice mispelled words.Im sorry if you think im part of the problem with education in this country even if you have or will probably never meet me.Thanks solongfullerton and SVS I will keep Clermont colleges in mind when I go out. Yeah and USC is hard but I know a couple of alum thhat still have pretty good connections.Same thing with LMU and Pepperdine.Thanks again

...definitely USC ;)

The irony in the title of this thread is killing me...

Every time I see the thread I think of the Bush quote: "Rarely is the question asked, Is our children learning?" :lol:

Guys, I 'apriciate' the title. :)

This is something I heard from one of my friends.

" I GOT EXCEPTED TO CAL POLY !!!!!!!!!!! "

This is something I heard from one of my friends.

" I GOT EXCEPTED TO CAL POLY !!!!!!!!!!! "

You heard how they spelled it? I'm so confused... :nuts:

^^If we have to be technical, it's something I saw.

No, phattonez is very observant! He can tell...:)

The irony in the title of this thread is killing me...


that woud assume the hygh skoolz aren't turning out the right type of graduates.

Every time I see the thread I think of the Bush quote: "Rarely is the question asked, Is our children learning?" :lol:

just be grateful that SMU is getting what is jokingly referred to as "the Bush Library" and not UCLA or USC.

just be grateful that SMU is getting what is jokingly referred to as "the Bush Library" and not UCLA or USC.

There are many comedians chomping at the bit for that inauguration.:lol:

But the REAL question is what esteemed university will get to house the Dubbya School of Communication?:nuts:

I agree... oxy.

http://www.oxy.edu/

I hope you're loaded b/c USC and LMU are very expensive. They both have some of the best business programs though. You should come out here, go to Santa Monica Community College for a year or two, establish residency, and then consider applying to a 4 year college. CA schools, even private ones, accept more in-state than out-of-state students, so you would have a better chance at any CA university. I went to "collage" night at my high school and the rep from UC said that if you attend SMCC or El Camino for two years, you're automatically eligible to be accepted into any UC you want to apply to. Westmont College is located in Santa Barbara. It's a small school, about 2000+ studets, and I don't know how good their business major is, but it's a great university and is worth checking out.