An English as a Second Language (ESL) program on a university campus can easily cost $20,000 to $40,000 per year. On top of this, attending a university English as a Second Language (ESL) program does not count toward your degree, and in most cases university ESL students are not even guaranteed admission to the university!
Many colleges and universities provide LSI students guaranteed admission without having to take the TOEFL. In addition, LSI students can take part-time college/university classes while enrolled full-time at LSI. LSI has a specific agreement with each individual college, so the agreements vary slightly from school to school. A partial list of schools LSI has agreements with: Azusa Pacific University, Cerritos College, El Camino College, Fullerton College, Institute of Computer Technology, Los Angeles Harbor College, Pasadena City College, Santa Monica College, West Los Angeles College.
You can attend Language Systems for much less money, take more intensive ESL programs and/or TOEFL programs to improve more quickly, and even get GUARANTEED admission to most colleges in California. Save your time, save your money! Attend Language Systems for your English, and as soon as you are ready, transfer to University or College.
In California, college usually refers to public community colleges which usually offer two year degrees. University typically refers to public or private institutions offering four year degrees, Master's degrees and Doctorate degrees. Public universities such as UCLA (and many private universities) offer guaranteed acceptance of course work from colleges, so students can attend college for the first two years of their degree, and then transfer to university for the last two years.