The university that I feel is right for me and I hope to attend is Cal State North ridge. My current grade point average is between a "B" minus to an "A" but to be more precise it is a 3.38 . Cal State North Ridge is a public university and its total school size is about 35,272 students. there is a room and board fee that is charged in order to have a dorm it costs $9,699.the retention rate at this university is 75%. this rate is the amount of students who stay in college after there first year. In order to prosper in this university it is imperative that you study and maintain a grade point average of a "C" or better from an A-G scale .One reason that Cal State North Ridge caught my attention is because the offer many courses and one of those courses is what I would like to follow in the future. That course is animation and computer graphics and it is the career I would enjoy doing. I have a strong passion for this because I have been drawing for a long time and I feel north ridge will help me express my skills. For incoming freshman applicants about 62% students are accepted. The requirements to pass the ACT is a score of about 800 points and the requirement to pass the SAT exam is about 540 points. Cal State North ridge is located in the San Fernando valley and it is one of 23 general campuses of the California state university system. This is the college that interested me the most out of my other choices and I hope to attend in the future and follow my dream.