Absolutely! My daughter got into and goes to UCSD, got into CPSLO (off waitlist) but did not even get a waitlist offer from SDSU with a 4.0 in HS. I have heard that they are trying to push all kids that live North of 56 to CSU San Marcos which is booming in its own right and is the fast rising star in the CSU system. The founder of Viasat and the company donated a ton to start up an engineering school there. They are building massively after acquiring many acres of land surrounding the campus to the west of Twin Oaks. Kaiser adjacent to that is expanding massively too. Everywhere I look I see growth and more high paying jobs coming. Really the perfect storm brewing here.
BTW after UCLA, the 2nd most applied to school in the country is UCSD. My daughter has friends from all over the country and the world there.
