My Top 5(or so) College Choices

List five schools that you are interested in attending. Three of the schools should be reasonable
considerations, one school should be your “safe” school and one school should be your “reach or dream”
school. Be sure to save this in your AVID Portfolio.

My Dream School New York University (NYU) [or UCLA]

Location New York City, New York

Admission Requirements Letters of Recommendation, Personal Essays, Transcripts,

Application Fee, A-G Requirements

Tuition $53,310

Room and Board Cost $18,684

Interested Majors Psychology, Counseling Psychology

Why do I want to attend... I would love to attend NYU because it is such a prestigious
school, right in the city which is where I dream to live one day.
The school has a great psychology program, but it is so difficult to
get into which is why it is a reach for me.

Reasonable Choice UC San Diego

Location La Jolla, California

Admission Requirements A-G Requirements, GPA, Personal Insight Questions

Tuition $14,648

Room and Board Cost $15,336

Interested Majors Psychology

Why do I want to attend... I would love to attend UCSD for the beautiful location (close to
home), and for the academics.

Reasonable Choice UC Santa Barbara

Location Isla Vista (Santa Barbara), California

Admission Requirements A-G Requirements, GPA, Extracurriculars

Tuition $12,570
Room and Board Cost $7,002

Interested Majors Psychology

Why do I want to attend... I would love to attend UC Santa Barbara because although it is
farther away from home it is in a very nice place and still in
California. I know someone who goes there and some alumnus so
it would be very enjoyable and educational attending UCSB.

Reasonable Choice UC Irvine

LocationChoice Irvine, California

Admission Requirements A-G Requirements, GPA, Extracirriculars

Tuition $13,753

Room and Board Cost $16,677

Interested Majors Psychology

Why do I want to attend... I visited the campus with my sister earlier this year and it is a very
nice school, close to home, and still close to the city which is
where I want to live one day.

Safe Choice SDSU (San Diego State University)

Location San Diego, California

Admission Requirements A-G Requirements, High School GPA, and Preparation towards
indicated field of study

Tuition $7,720

Room and Board Cost $18,352

Interested Majors Psychology, Undecided

Why do I want to attend... I would like to attend San Diego State University because the
school is close to home, a good school in general, and has my
major. They also have a very good Study Abroad Program, which
is one of my college dreams (to study abroad in Europe).