Advice/Help on choosing a type of schooling

Applying to College
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm new here. I joined because I need to make a final decision on what I want to do w/ my crap life.</p>

<p>I wasn't accepted into any CSU (Cal state University) schools because I either forgot to send something in or my past grades were bad.</p>

<p>I can't go to any Texas universities because I graduated on the minimum plan. I'm from CA, but spent my senior year in TX and I wasn't able to get into their higher plans. </p>

<p>Now I'm stuck trying to figure out what to do. I was going to take a gap year to improve my academic profile, but I'm not sure if it will work. I'm thinking about a CC.</p>

<p>I want to animate and compose music, but I have little experience.</p>

<p>I'm looking to go to college in California. My sisters and other relatives live out there. My mother is in Vegas and right now I reside in TX with my father.</p>

<p>Should I take a gap year and try for a university? Or should I just go to a CC? The reason I don't want to go to a CC is because I feel it will be like HS all over again and I won't have any fun. I hear a lot of negatives than positives, I'm not sure if I should.</p>

<p>Please help, I'm really stressed out.</p>

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<p>CC is completely different than high school. If you go to a CC for a few years, get good grades and such, then you could transfer into one of the universities that you cant get into right now. It’ll save you some money too.</p>

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<p>Your better off trying CC in my opinion, which you can use to get your grades up. Plus it won’t be like high school because you can choose a non-local one so you know nobody. It is a chance to save some money, raise your grades a bit, meet new people, and so on.</p>

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<p>Given that you don’t seem to know why you weren’t accepted into a CSU, the cc route might help you figure out the academics and time management skills you need to succeed in college.</p>

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<p>CC → state university (in whichever state you would quality for in-state tuition – both CA and TX have good state universities) would be a sensible path to get back on track at relatively low cost.</p>

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<p>Thanks everybody. I plan on attending a CC so I can transfer.</p>