<p>excellent advice compmom. you are well-educated on everything about this whole god-forsaken process.</p>
<p>haha wow. you're smart</p>
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It'll be tough for you in a college environment if that is your attitude towards schooling. That being said, I would follow the advice that some of the others have given you (CC, "lower-tier" UCs, etc.), and try to improve my academic standing from there. Good luck!</p>
<p>Why do you want to go to college now if you put in zero effort in high school? Imagine that a college with challenging courses decides to accept you on the premise that your scores show you are bright and that you will flourish in college. Are you going to be happy there if you don't want to work at its wonderfully challenging courses and are uninterested in academically focused fellow students? I agree with the posters above that suggest you need to spend some time refocusing before college will be worthwhile for you.</p>
<p>haha i thought UC merced & riverside accepts anyone. I don't believe someone with a 2.3 gpa can't get in anywhere. That's like a C- average</p>
<p>I graduated high school with a lower SAT and a lower GPA, and I got into a local college... I now attend princeton as the only transfer in the past how-ever-many years. </p>
<p>oh, wait, I still go to CC.</p>
<p>You can probably get in most colleges in the country with your current qualifications (though none of the really best ones). Do some research and pick 5 or 6 you like quite a bit but which accept over about 70% of applicants. You'll get into several of these most likely. Then go to one of them, do well there, and if you like it, stay there; if you don't like it and have good grades to go with the good SATs, then you could get in a lot of betterplaces.</p>
<p>I was just like you. I never studied. I never did homework. I was mean to teachers (made a couple cry). I started fights. I disrupted class. I spent time in detention, often. Most of my friends got kicked out.</p>
<p>I still pulled a 3.1 going into my senior year, before I got my **** together. I got a 30 on the ACT even though I didn't study or try, and didn't even bother reading the graphs on the science section. </p>
<p>A 2.3 tells me that you not only didn't do work, but probably did bad on purpose. It's not hard to fill in the right answers. With your GPA, you are pretty much screwed because you not only didn't try, but it made it a point to do bad.</p>
<p>You can certainly transfer to a great school after one or two years at another school. But you're going to have to work your butt off. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Anyway, if you don't want to go to your local community college for your first 1-2 years, look into schools with numbers-based admissions. I believe University of Oklahoma has an automatic admissions thing for a certain SAT score, which you very likely meet. Look into schools like that.</p>
<p>I heard there is some way i can apply to Cal by admission through test scores alone. Has anyone heard of this? Please tell me about it. </p>
<p>If the courses were more challenging and interesting I would try. </p>
<p>lol (to the ACT not reading the graphs thing) I did the same thing on the PSAT for the reading comp.</p>
<p>i applied to university of minnesota for fall 09 anyone think i'll get in?</p>
<p>also my uncle who lives in london told me i should apply to some schools there because they really only care about test scores. does anyone know about admissions in the uk?</p>
<p>You cannot get into any UC with 2.3 GPA. You may get in some CSU if you took the right classes. Really the best bet is 2 yr community college and transfer.</p>
<p>attend community college, thats your only bet. you're lucky you're in cali and you have the uc's to transfer to. but the minute you screw up at a CC no more going back, so you better be serious about your education because CC is your last shot at getting into a really good school. USC, is a school that allows you to transfer in without ever looking at your hs record, but you have to have at least 30 units completed.</p>
<p>How could you let your self go down like this?
argh, it makes me mad that you do this to your self...
Schools don't care what your IQ is if you have a 2.3 gpa. In fact, it might make the situation worse since they see you're smart but just don't have the initiative to try.
I'm sure there many not so smart (not dumb... but just not the brightest of the bunch...they're smart but not towards th top) people who try hard and because of that it makes them look like a genius. Some of these kid go to the ivy schools. on the same token, i bet there many smart 160 IQ kids who drop out.
What you've done to yourself, like others have said, doesn't shut out your life. But you are screwed, face the facts. there is nothing you can do to change that fact... like I said. your best bet you be schools like University of the Pacific and Howard University... which aren't ivy but they're better then community college.
even then some...</p>
<p>99% of students top UCs are in the top 10%. Again, even with 2400, you're out of luck at top UCs.</p>
<p>You are likely to be able to get into a regionally known 4-year liberal arts college if you want to try a traditional undergraduate experience. You will need to convince them that you will be a reliable student. I think this is possible.</p>
<p>Even now, in California, the Space Availability Survey shows openings for undergraduates at Notre Dame de Namur for example. I know a student who had an abysmal GPA and a excellent standardized test scores who was accepted and is doing all right at the College of St. Scholastica in Minnesota.</p>
<p>Look at the Universities - Master's regional rankings in US News, and within those, look at colleges that are ranked well academically but not the most selective.</p>
<p>i don't understand</p>
<p>you didn't work hard in high school, you didn't care about school AT ALL. Why are you trying to go to college now? Do you want us to take pity on you for not working and now you have nowhere to go? I don't mean to be rude, but the SAT is only part of the application process. If I was you i'd spend some time in a community college and re evalute whether college is actually the answer. It's one thing to have worked hard and then STRUGGLED in high school. It's another to not care. However here are some schools that have 100% acceptance rate and just as high</p>
<p>School Percent
Boston Architectural College 100
Boston Conservatory 100
CUNY–Medgar Evers College * 100
Glenville State College (WV)* 100
Golden Gate University (CA) 100
Lake Erie College (OH) 100
Mountain State University (WV) 100
Shawnee State University (OH)* 100
Southern Nazarene University (OK) 100
University of Louisiana–Monroe * 100
Southern Arkansas University * 99.93
Cameron University (OK)* 99.86
Montana State University–Billings * 99.53
Freed-Hardeman University (TN) 99.42
Hilbert College (NY) 99.29
Grand View College (IA) 99.28
University of Texas–El Paso * 99.13
Missouri Southern State University * 98.98
York College (NE) 98.98
Northwestern Oklahoma State University * 98.97
CUNY–College of Staten Island * 98.94
University of Montana–Western * 98.8
Tabor College (KS) 98.59
College of Visual Arts (MN) 98.57
Wayland Baptist University (TX) 98.31
North Central University (MN) 98.1
Auburn University–Montgomery (AL)* 98.01
Washburn University (KS)*</p>
<p>Also, note i have no pity for you at all. but good luck on your college search</p>
<p>If you are a West Coast person who wants to stay on the West Coast, the University of Portland is an example of what I was talking about:
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<p>Some of the Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) might be possibilities. These would be definite possiblities if you have a gap year full of life-enhancing experiences and can write about this in your application essays.</p>
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<p>Not true. But a community college is your best bet if you are not sure if you can switch gears and become a more reliable student.</p>
<p>The college admissions people will probably see you as a very intelligent person who is very lazy or has a mental condition. Some will want you and some won't.</p>