<p>What major were you thinking of?</p>
<p>There are still some rolling-admissions schools that you could still apply to for this fall. Perhaps New Mexico Tech?</p>
<p>I am sure people here could make a list for you.</p>
<p>You cannot get into Cal through test scores alone. I know plenty of people with very good SAT scores (2340, 2320) who were rejected by Cal and UCLA because the rest of their app wasn't that strong (though still much much stronger than yours).</p>
<p>And honestly, if you didn't care enough about school to put any effort into it, why do you suddenly care about college? Does this situation really come as a surprise to you? If you do want to correct your mistakes, my advice would be to go to community college then transfer. Though really, community college isn't any more stimulating than high school. If you didn't succeed there, you probably won't succeed at a CC.</p>
<p>Who is paying your bills? What do they think?</p>
<p>I also wonder why you want to go to college... but I'm posting to say that I think you definitely should NOT retake the SAT. Retaking it negates the "I didn't prepare" factor by virtue of having taken it once already. A single sitting with a 2240 (or whatever it was), IMO, stands out more than a 2400 on a subsequent attempt.</p>
<p>Colleges have given up trying to distinguish one-time test-takers from two-time or three-time or even four-time test-takers, because that wasn't useful information to the colleges. There are a number of reasons for that. </p>
<p>1) The colleges have utterly no way of knowing who spends all his free time practicing taking standardized tests and who takes them "cold." </p>
<p>2) The colleges are well aware that students who have actually taken the tests sometimes cancel scores, so they have little incentive to give students bonus consideration if the students submit only one test score. </p>
<p>3) The colleges are aware that students who take the admission tests at middle-school age, who are numerous, do not have their earlier test scores submitted by default. </p>
<p>SAT</a> Younger than 13 </p>
<p>Hoagies</a>' Gifted: Talent Search Programs </p>
<p>Duke</a> TIP - Interpreting SAT and ACT Scores for 7th Grade Students </p>
<p>4) Colleges are aware that the majority of students who take the SAT at all take it more than once. </p>
<p>5) Colleges are in the business of helping students learn, and they don't mind students taking efforts to improve their scores. They know that students prepare for tests. </p>
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<p>These arguments make sense to Mr. Fitzsimmons [dean of admission at Harvard], who said, “People are going to prepare anyway, so they might as well study chemistry or biology.” He added that “the idea of putting more emphasis on the subject tests is of great interest” to his group.
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<p>Colleges treat applicants uniformly now by considering their highest scores, period. </p>
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<p>In the context of this thread, the SAT score paired with the OP's grades will spell L-A-Z-Y to any college admission office. Some colleges may believe that he can turn around his work habits, but most colleges don't need to take the chance on someone with a 2.3 high school grade average, because these days most students have considerably higher grade averages coming out of high school.</p>
<p>SAT doesn't measure intelligence exactly but it does correlate with intelligence quite a bit when you take it without preparation. It does validate to me that you could be doing better with more effort. </p>
<p>Yes, by all means, buy some study books, take a couple Blue Book tests and then test again. You could probably hit the 2300s and that could help a little.</p>
<p>You should try community college and transfer. California is a great place to do that.</p>
<p>Missouri Western State University has OPEN admission, they admit EVERYONE. Seriously. Apply there when the time comes, you're garunteed admission - I promise you that. It's also a good school with a nice student body, I'm sure you'd love it.</p>
<p>Some "Reach" schools for you would be Howard University or (if you're a male) Morehouse College - which are excellent HBCU's (Hold on, are you Black?).</p>
<p>Good Luck,
SomeGirl</p>
<p>^haha open admission...interesting</p>
<p>My girlfriend blew off high school - not as bad as you, but pretty bad. She just didn't care.</p>
<p>She got accepted to a small private school in another state that accepts like 85% of applicants. She took a year off and really found her passion and purpose in life. She went to this school for a year, was way more mature than her classmates, got almost a 4.0 and had professors pulling her aside after class offering to write recommendations for her application to a major top 50 university, where she wound up quite happily and pursuing her passion.</p>
<p>You need to grow up and start caring about learning or give it up and work at Taco Bell. Seriously. The only hurdle is the fact that you still really don't care. You seem to only want to go to college because that's what you're supposed to do. Take the year to find yourself.</p>
<p>you could've easily gone to a state school.</p>
<p>i have a friend w/ similar stats to you, 2ish GPA and 2300 SAT w/ 36 ACT and he is going to Madison. He was in ARML though....</p>
<p>I suspect the OP might be a troll. However, in the event that he truly is looking for advice, here's some:
Yes, it is possible to qualify for the UCs by examination alone, with qualifying SAT and SAT 2 scores. Here is the link:</p>
<p>UC</a> Admissions</p>
<p>And please note that this would just make you ELIGIBLE for the UCs. It is beyond unlikely that you'd be admitted to any campus except Merced (or maybe Riverside) if you went this route, and all campuses of the UCs are currently closed to freshman applicants for fall 2008 anyway. In most years, the UC system can admit all the students who are eligible (though not necessarily to their first-choice campus), but with the current budget crisis in Sacramento, who knows if they will be able to make that commitment for 2009. If you truly have your heart set on a UC, the CC-to-UC route would be your best bet (the UCs don't look at your high school record AT ALL once you complete the required 60 units at a CC). BUT if you intend to apply to the UCs next year using the "by examination alone" route, taking even a single course at a CC after your HS graduation will make you INELIGIBLE to apply as a freshman. You'll have to complete the full 60 units and apply as a junior transfer.</p>
<p>I know that Towson State University in Maryland had a program at one time which targeted high-SAT/low GPA kids, but I know nothing about the school. You'd have to research it yourself.</p>
<p>I'm sure your school has a competent college counselor who could help you explore your options, but the question remains - why do you want to go to college? You don't seem to enjoy school, or get any satisfaction from learning. What makes you think that things will be any different at college?</p>
<p>I don’t understand what’s wrong with me. I’m currently in my taking a year off from graduating high school.
So here were my ‘stats’:
-I had a 4.0 GPA unweighted, 4.34 weighted.
-I was on Varsity Golf, Swimming, and Tennis; I had set league records for swimming.
-I was class president in ASB.
-I was president of 4 clubs, and was Drum Major of the Marching Band.
-I had a 2340 SAT
-Multiple Letters of Recommendation
-I am Latino</p>
<p>And with all this, I was rejected from every Ivy I applied to. And I put a LOT of effort into the apps/interviews! Hell, I was rejected by UCLA!
I don’t understand why!!!</p>
<p>Why are people even taking this seriously. He is obviously trolling everyone. He didn’t care about school and he still doesn’t. All he came on here to do was brag about his SAT score and boost his own ego with people saying he’s smart but not motivated. And that’s only if this entire story isn’t completely fabricated. This is clearly evidenced by his responses. </p>
<p>If it isn’t made up, then take everyone’s advice and go to community college, but I don’t see why you would bother.</p>
<p>This thread is three years old and was resurrected by someone totally unrelated.</p>