Applying to Colleges in Southern California

 

Follow the links to the college and then look under “admissions.” Most will have a place for you to enter your name and address and they will start to contact you.  Most will also have an online application. I have provided a timeline for you to follow.

 

Timeline:

Gather paper applications

By end of Sept

Write personal statement example UCLA’s

Email to me for editing by Oct 15

Applications Due

Nov 30 (for most UCs & Cal States)

Take SAT

by October or November  (any later and your score will not be reported in time for UC applications) Should have info at high school counseling office too.
http://www.collegeboard.com/

 

 

 

 Southern California Colleges

 

Azusa Pacific (APU)

http://www.apu.edu/

Cal Lutheran

http://www.clunet.edu/

Cal Poly Pomona

http://www.csupomona.edu/

Cal Poly SLO

http://www.calpoly.edu/

Cal State Dominguez Hills

http://www.csudh.edu/

Cal State Fullerton

http://www.fullerton.edu/

Cal State LA

http://www.calstatela.edu/

Cal State Northridge (CSUN)

http://www.csun.edu/

Cal State San Bernadino

http://www.csusb.edu/

Chapman

http://www.chapman.edu/

Claremont/Pomona/Mckenna

http://www.claremont.edu/about.html

Long Beach State 

http://www.csulb.edu/

Loyola Marymount (LMU)

http://www.lmu.edu/pages/

Occidental

http://www.oxy.edu/

Pepperdine

http://www.pepperdine.edu/main/

Redlands

http://www.redlands.edu/

San Diego State

http://www.sdsu.edu/

UC Irvine

http://www.uci.edu/

UC Riverside

http://www.ucr.edu/

UC San Diego

http://www.ucsd.edu/

UC Santa Barbara

http://www.ucsb.edu/

UCLA

http://www.ucla.edu/

USC

http://www.usc.edu/

Whittier

http://www.whittier.edu/

El Camino College

http://www.elcamino.edu

Santa Monica City College http://www.smc.edu/
Long Beach City http://www.lbcc.edu/
Harbor College http://www.lahc.edu/
Cerritos College http://www.cerritos.edu/
Pasadena City College http://www.pasadena.edu/

Some Online Applications:
Online application for University of California – UC Pathways -

Online application for California State Universities -  CSU Mentor
Online application for California Community Colleges - CCC Apply
347 colleges accept the Common Application (mostly out of state, private schools)