Hi all,
Currently I am attending city college and soon it will be time to decide where I should transfer to. I have a 3.5 gpa and my parents will pay for almost any school I can get into. I was wondering what schools you enjoyed and if there are any I should stay away from? I have no clue what I want to major in and am looking for a school that is not to large as I have spent most of my life in a large city.
Thanks,
Jess
Hi Swaggie,
I went to UC Santa Cruz because of the surf. Being a Banana Slug won’t make you very popular in the water, though. Mike
University of Rhode Island. 15 minutes from uncrowded surf, but still out among the turf fields. Lots of majors to choose from. Oh, and there are a couple Sways members there too.
Any surfer can easily be happy at UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, or UC San Diego. With your grades, and especially if you already have California residency, you should get in just fine…and all should provide opportunities for housing with either a walk/bike to good surf (SB, SC) or a 5 minute drive (Irv, SD) and all are 15-30 minutes from world-class surf.
They’re all great schools - with slightly different academic foci. Good luck.
PS - you don’t give a location. I’m not assuming you’re in CA - its just the only state from which I can provide any advice…
I’m going to Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo, I love the surf in the area, Kayukus is great, Pismo is a little small but nice, and I’ve heard good things about Morro Dunes.
I am currently living in Long Beach, California but I am also looking into schools in other states.
University of Hawaii, Monoa. If you’re looking to go out of state. Wont really need a wetsuit.
i’m a grad of cal poly,slo.great area, lots of surf, but have to do a lot of driving and early am runs to catch it clean.
A little off the subject, but you might want to decide what your major is going to be first. Some schools will be better for that than others. I had to pick a school that was away from the beach for my preferred major and although it killed me to be away from the surf. Being away actually helped me focus on school and I always had the summer to surf. good luck with whatever you do. USC Wilmington is nice.
I surfed my way through college. Bringham Young Universtiy-Hawaii is only 10 minutes away from the North Shore (winter surf). BYU-H is a Mormon college so it’s really strict. University of Hawaii - Manoa is only 10 minutes away from the Shouthshore. Great fun spring to summer surf. I attended both colleges but graduated from UH. I can also suggest some of the UH community colleges because its cheaper and you can finish your core courses there. Most locations on Oahu is under 45 minutes away unless you are stuck in rush hour traffic.
Exposure to Hawaii’s diversity is an education in it’s self.
Aloha,
D
Is BYUH composed of entirely mormons because it might be worth it convert.
I am definitely looking into schools away from the beach, but I think they would at least have to be near the snow.
Jess
Near snow, Central Oregon Community College. Mt. Bachelor. Bend, Or. I think they have extension programs from U of O and OSU. Maybe you could work your way into sweeping Jerry Lopez’s shaping bay?
UCI- Many students live down on Balboa Peninsula, so that means you walk out the door and surf anywhere in Newport or Huntington with a bike and surf rack. UCSD is a commuter campus, so you can live anywhere you like and be close to all that SD has to offer, plus Baja is a short drive away, close enough for day trips if you have night classes. Santa Barbara turns on, just not that often, but you can’t beat waking up everyday on a cliff in IV over looking the Pacific. Santa Cruz is further away from LB, a nice change, and lots more consistent and surfable than UCSB or Cal Poly SLO. SLO is a fun college town, beautiful area, but cold and often less than ideal surfing conditions. Pepperdine means you get to live in Malibu, and the library overlooks First Point, plus there is plenty of surf to explore north of there and down in south bay. Ventura and SB are within striking distance also. But then again, you’re from Southern California, so you probably knew all this already. I guess it really comes down to the type of school you want to go to: big academics/research/big athletics/liberal arts/math science based? At this point your best bet is to attempt to figure out what it is you want out of school, and then do that. Set yourself up so that you can love whatever it is that makes you money, and that way you can surf ad infinitum.
You should look at Humboldt State University in Arcata If you are interested in forestery or wildlife along with many other humanities. Surf wise there is no better winter place than HSU there is more surf year around than anywhere else in California, I know that there will be many posts saying that if you go there is just pot smoking and hippies don’t let them fool you there is more surf than you can believe .look at a map and see for your self. Believe me you will be impressed
nate
Hey Nathan Ima senior in high school and I applied to Cal Poly SLO if I get in, planning on majoring in business finance,how the surf and weather up there in the winter? What are you majoring in?
I’ve already been accepted to Point Loma Nazarene (right on sunset cliffs in San Diego), UC Irvine, and Northern Arizona
Pismo is really small usually, but some of the other beaches, Kayukus I know of, have some good breaks. I’m majoring in Aerospace engineering, I got in on early acceptance.
Hey Chano,
I just graduated from Cal Poly last June. Awesome town to live in, it doesn’t get any better in my opinion. As far as surf goes, winter time from Jan-may can be kinda crappy due to onshore winds. The best time for surf up there is during the fall. As far as breaks go, Pismo can best be described as the Hunington beach of the central coast, there are some pretty fun reef breaks in shell which is just North of Pismo. I don’t want to divulge too much info about the local breaks because I don’t want to piss people off. I will say this during winter the Cayucos pier can be pretty fun. You should check out Wannasurf.com there is tons of info there. For some cool pics check this sight out cayucoswaves.com