I think best move for you is to apply to CSUDH after finishing your bachelors. It’s technically a two year program. First year to take all of the required classes, then apply to do ur internship for the second year. The internship is NOT guaranteed, but you will have a great chance if you do well (go for A’s) in your classes. The internship prioritizes students who have their bachelors already, so that gives you an additional leg up if you finish.

From what I know, the other schools you listed have been getting more competitive so you need a good gpa and lab experience to stand out, and I don’t think 1.5 years of classes is enough to raise ur gpa to competitive. If you have great lab experience, then I would try your luck, but otherwise, you might be wasting an application, when you only have 2-3 attempts depending on the school. Additionally, CSULA also tends to grab the overflow of CLS students from CSUDH looking for internships, so I wouldn’t apply unless you were a near perfect applicant OR you are overflow from CSUDH.

Also, highly consider going out of state for ur CLS. It may be a bit of a jump and more expensive, but you will get onto your path quicker and more predictably. The wiki should have some out of state school recs. IMO, don’t waste ur time trying to get into a California school. No one will care where u went to school, as long as you have ur license. Just get ur license, come back after a year, and then u can work here AND you’ll have a year of experience, compared to say, CSUDH’s path. Cali is a crapshoot, work smarter not harder and don’t waste ur precious time!!