California

• You’re not going to get any sort of deal on tuition unless you’ve established residency, and you haven’t
• it’s going to cost roughly as much as a private school in that case
• honestly, if you can snag Cal or UCLA, sure, but I would also look at good private universities to broaden your picks. UCs are great, but if you’re talking about paying full out-of-state tuition for them, I’d only consider like 2-3 of them “worth” it in the context of the financial investment.

Search some of the bigger firms for internship programs. As a student you have a higher chance of getting your foot in the door.

Cost is very important. In terms of schools, i think state schools are pretty alright. If you get into a very famous school, i think it really sticks out as above average but so does the cost. I think both canadian universities and CA state schools will be viewed about the same so its up to you whether the cost is worth it.

For most things except for research, I would recommend a CSU over a UC campus. The teaching quality was way better at CSUs imo because the profs there primarily teach. The profs at UCs generally care more about their research than teaching.

Only snobs will care what university you went to. As long as the university is accredited, it won't matter.

I would say visit before you make any commitments. It's a pretty big state so see what's there!