Currently a Senior - Thinking too much about College.

Sure Will.

tl;dr - I've just started my Senior year in SoCal and when the time comes for me to apply for college I want to apply to San Jose State University. A lot has been resolved really, but still some issues I'm stressin' about are things like chances of getting in primarily based off of my credentials (since I'll be applying in November, not March - May or whenever I would regularly do it I guess) at this point, how to avoid getting crap classes I don't need to take and they were just told to me in order to get more money out of me, how to get the classes I want as first priority as possible (which I've come down to the solution which I think is simply attend the first of any orientation or schedule organizing meeting-ish).

Some smaller issues I guess would be where to find good scholarships other than on fastweb (which is great) or cappex (which isn't the best), any programs/club/organizations at San Jose that someone may personally know about that would benefit me in a positive way (i.e. EOP, but I probably won't qualify for that.)

Well.....

If you want to skip pre-resquite (GE) classes, the only way you can do so is through qualifying AP scores and/or qualifying classes taken at your local CC. Otherwise, if you didn't take those classes before college, you cannot skip the equivalent courses in college and you will have to take them. (Hence why taking them in high school will enhance your admissions profile + give you some college credits to start off).

And about scholarships: Look around the interwebz; there's a lot of scholarships out there for the taking (though do be careful about the scam ones out there). Find out early, apply early, and if they require essays or whatever, take time to do it early and make it solid.