Appeal, Settle, or Try Again?

Applying to College
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I’m a rising transfer student who enrolled in a CC due to poor grades at my first institution straight out of high school. Unfortunately, while my GPA at my CC is pretty good, my first institution grades make my transferable/total GPA terrible(it’s less than 3.0 which seems to be a minimum), making it impossible for me to transfer anywhere decent(or apply to any internships or scholarships, both of which are crucial for this summer).

This is my transfer semester, I only got into one out of five colleges I applied to(and that one only accepted me because I’m part of a program at my CC with priority admissions for that school). I considered appealing the decision to the school I think I would do my best at, but I’m an engineering major and my essay skills leave a lot to be desired, nor do I have any new information for the admissions people to review.

I’m also considering simply settling for the one school that said yes, but I have no desire to go there-I’ve been there, I’ve visited their facilities, I’ve met their faculty, and I don’t feel like it’s a right fit for me.

However, I also can’t just stay at my CC for another year and hope for a GPA boost, since there are literally no more classes I can take to get my GPA up-I’ll be leaving my CC with an AST in Physics and I’ve taken every available pre req course already.

Would I be able to stay at my settler college and try to apply to my preferred school again this fall, or should I just suck it up and hope I can get into my preferred school for grad school? Would it be better to just take a gap year, work, and reapply?

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Take the offer. Laugh all the way to the bank with your engineering degree and take a nice vacation the first year you get paid for it. It really don’t matter in the larger scheme of things where you went. I’d just consider myself ucky that I got into one if four rejected me. Do your best there, go to work a couple of years and you can look at grad schools.

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^ Whole-heartedly agree. You’re talking about just two years. Get it done.

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^Agree with the above posts.

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You are just two years away from finishing your engineering degree? Then go! Don’t worry about the school. You need to finish your degree and move into the work force. A lot of people never finish their 4 year degeees out of a CC so stay on track and be pleased you were accepted. This is a good opportunity.

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Unless you do something truly amazing, a gap year likely won’t make much of a difference in terms of where you get admitted and there is always a chance you won’t go back to school. Finish your 4 year degree.