<p>I know everyone here often deals with these kind of topics, but I really don't know what to think of my chances for admission, as my high school performance is absolutely terrible, and have found very few precedents as reference.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 2.7
Weighted GPA: 3.8
SAT Superscore: 670/720/720 (CR/M/W)</p>
<p>As you can see, and I'm also well-aware of, I did not apply myself in high school. I'm doing relatively well this senior year (mostly As, I got motivated to get better grades to be exempt from finals), but I'm sure it's too late, as I have chosen to go early action (not early decision). No sugarcoating please, but am I doomed to go for a community college? Rutgers is the only university I plan to apply for locally, the rest being out of state. I have a little work exp and activity participation here and there, but I just want to play the numbers game for now.</p>
<p>holy… that’s a huge diff between uw and weighted. how’s that possible? </p>
<p>and omg you can at least get into a state school. it’s really fine</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m more of a goal-oriented person. I worked to get into high level courses, then I slacked off when I finally got there.</p>
<p>Obviously I’m hoping that my SAT will at least carry me somewhere, but how far is what I’m wondering.</p>
<p>(Don’t automatically assume a state school is going to be less selective…a lot of state schools are better/more selective than a lot of private schools if you look below the top 30 or so.)</p>
<p>OP, I’d suggest making a chances thread for the chances forum, with more details.
Have you considered going to a community college and transferring?</p>
<p>Thank you, I will go ahead and do just that.</p>
<p>TBH, I would REALLY like to avoid going to a community college. I have uh, family expectations.</p>
<p>i really don’t think the op is doomed to community college</p>
<p>people with worse than hipikachu get into my state flagship, which has about a 45% acceptance rate, so not so bad</p>
<p>Yeah, but going to the community college first might result in getting into a better university than you’d get into just applying out of high school (I’m not very knowledgeable about transfer admissions, though). You could also transfer from a worse university to a better one, but it would cost more.
But obviously there are universities that will accept someone with those stats, if you really want to avoid going to community college. Most colleges aren’t all that selective.</p>
<p>Our state community college system has an excellent transfer program with auto-acceptance into some very elite private schools if you maintain a certain GPA in CC. I believe that here, if you maintain a 3.5+ in CC for the first two years, you get automatic preference in transfer admissions to Northeastern and Boston University, which is pretty good, considering a lot of kids who take advantage of that would have never been able to go to either of those schools otherwise.</p>
<p>I understand the idea of family expectations, but if you look past the negative connotations of community colleges, you can see that they actually have quite a bit to offer in terms of affordability, accessibility, and opportunities.</p>