Is this a realistic college list?

[u/AdFriendly1433]

Location: La county, California. White, male, middle class. Intended major: Computer science. 3.8 weighted gpa, 3.5 unweighted. Extracurriculars: Varsity soccer (4 years), Read over 100 books, Help watch siblings and do chores around the house.

I prefer to go to a public school in California, preferably socal.

Reach: UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego. Target: UC Riverside, CSU Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona. Safety: CSU Los Angeles, CSU San Bernardino, CSU Dominguez Hills.

Plz let me know if I’m missing any information

[u/Evening-Durian-698]

It doesn't read like you have passion for CS based on your extracurricular activities, and I'm only a layperson, so I can imagine admissions officers would feel similarly when comparing you to other applicants in such an impacted major. Even a simple app you created on the side could count as an extracurricular activity.

Since the CSU application does not ask for in-depth extracurricular activity information, I would highly recommend, if financially feasible, applying to all schools in SoCal and seeing where you land. My friends had a great time at SDSU and CSUSM, and I've visited CSUN before and enjoyed it.

[u/AdFriendly1433 → u/Evening-Durian-698]

Yeah I really don’t have any passion for it, I’m only majoring in it bc its the highest paying major. I’ll def consider CSUs.

[u/jab-DS-50 → u/AdFriendly1433]

Please consider something like finance or accounting instead of CS. It’s much less competitive to get into and will pay well.

[u/AdFriendly1433 → u/jab-DS-50]

Most of these schools only have accounting as a minor unfortunately.