<p>Is JC the around the corner or maybe a 4 year.</p>
<p>I have low GPA, high SAT. I'm no braniac but did go to a hard public high in Cal (Ranked 10/10 compared to the rest of CA HS. I wish I studied more but I did learn and try.</p>
<p>Anyway, I got a 2.3 GPA for soph and Junior year. Ya, bad. My SAT tho was a 1740, 1210 in Reading and Math.</p>
<p>So low GPA and high SATs</p>
<p>Colleges:</p>
<p>San Diego State
Long Beach
Chico
Maybe Sonoma ST
Oregon
ASU</p>
<p>I'm sorry to tell you this, but your GPA and SAT BOTH probably would not be considered high at all by the standards of selective schools...</p>
<p>However, the schools you listed aren't really the most selective so I'd say you have at least some chance at most of them.</p>
<p>I think you actually have a shot at ASU and Chico.</p>
<p>ASU
6% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
23% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99</p>
<p>Chico
4% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
33% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99</p>
<p>Your SAT is above average for both of these schools.</p>
<p>About 10 if my friends plan on going to Chico. My first and second choices would be SDSU and Oregon. They are reaches but both seem like fun colleges. I know I have no shot at the selective schools like UCs, I actually think these may suit me better.</p>
<p>Sorry, but no real chances at acceptance at SDSU or Sonoma State.</p>
<p>ASU and Chico are good fits (matches). Your stats at Oregon are not good (they like to see at least a 3.0), but they do accept about 90% of applicants--so I would apply there anyway if I were you.</p>
<p>I doubt that you can get into Cal State Long Beach either--but sometimes these schools have open spots at year end--and will give someone a chance if they have good test scores like you do. In this case, I would apply fairly late to CSULB (I think their deadline is February or March), and try to get my grades up first semester of the senior year and send them in. This could make the difference. </p>
<p>P.S. Lastly, you should be aware that a lot of students from highly-ranked high schools find that being in the tough high school makes college classes seem almost easy by comparison. My son had a 3.2 UW GPA at his very difficult high school, but currently has a 3.6 UW GPA at Indiana University.</p>