<p>In high school i was accepted to UCs but senior year they revoked my admissions. I fell deep into depression</p>
<p>Therefore forcing me to attending JCs. My grades have been horrible....i failed a few classes and just managed to get Bs and Cs for others. Now i don't know what do to..school isn't really challenging i guess therefore i don't work or even bother trying. I sorta realized this too late. Now with all these bad grades for 3 semesters? what can i do to make it back to UCLA, UCSD, or UCI.....well the better top half of the UCs</p>
<p>Unfortunately the UCs are purely stats driven. If you have a really good year at a cc, your best bet will be to make a strong case at private colleges that look at the full picture more so than UCs. If you qualify for financial aid, a private school can end up costing you less as well.</p>
<p>You are primed for the, "that was me then, this is me now" application.</p>
<p>Get off your butt, focus on your school work and do well for a solid year at your CC. Then apply to the UC's and let them know that you finally saw the light.</p>
<p>You need to go above and beyond to prove yourself to get into one of the UCs you mentioned.</p>
<p>Have you thought about your options after 2 years of CC if you don't make the grade? Not able to transfer? Maybe you should try working to gain perspective--if school is so easy the challenge yourself try a full load at cc with a full work schedual-already working try a different job market, or pick-up more hours. I think you've gotta start working to develop your passion. School is not grades and tests or big names IT IS A MEANS TO AN END!!!!!!
or perhapse your just clinically depressed?</p>
<p>You're kinda in the same boat I'm in. I went to a small college in Boston my freshman year because I got a scholarship there. I got accepted to University of Miami but my parents didn't want me to go there because it was too much money. I got really depressed in Boston and didn't do too well. As a result I went back and attended community college my sophomore year. Its been hard adjusting and now I'm trying to transfer again.</p>
<p>My advise is the same as I'm giving myself. Do the best that you can there and write a really good essay. Point out how you've changed and how you can succeed. You just have to be true to yourself and show them that.</p>
<p>Best of luck! Let me know how everything turns out.</p>
<p>not to be harsh, but with those grades over the course of three semesters (i assume its got you somewhere around a 2.5), it is indeed far too late to fix them enough to get into anything resembling a higher-ranked school, UC or otherwise. the whole "ive improved" thing only works when referring to HS or your 1st semester as the point youve improved from, not halfway through your sophomore year. and the depression explanation again only works if you are somewhere near the range for an applicant at a school.</p>
<p>im not an expert on the california system, so u may still have a chance at the lower UCs, but, and i have never before given this advice, i would save the money on the application fees to any school of the type you mentioned.</p>
<p>I hate to be harsh, but it is simportant to understand that you'll only get so many chances in life. At this stage blowing something will eliminate options. That goes for schools, jobs, relationships and so on. I think a lot of high schools lead kids to believe that there is always another chance and that ceases to be as you progress through life. You have one chance to make a good first impression!</p>
<p>U say CC is too easy for us.... Then why do u get poor grades and then expect to get into a good school? U go do a little work to accomplish something, i am lazy too, but i go to school and try. I don't study much, but i do when needed. </p>
<p>U might need counseling to take care of ur depression...</p>
<p>i guess its the mind set i suppose. that stigma that comes along with a jc. but its mainly being depressed about missing out on the "college life" but i'll stick around another year and see if i can boost my grades. hopefully they'll understand maybe not. I know what you guys are saying, but i guess when you're fresh out of high school you don't realized the implications of your actions until you get a bit older and mature a bit. i have tough road ahead, but i believe things will get better...i hope...</p>
<p>So ... your disgusted with yourself, your disgusted with the situation. Your not performing because right now attending a cc you probably can't see the bigger picture, but I PROMISE YOU THERE HOPE!!!! Honestly when one door closes thousands open, you've just gotta be willing to 1.See them 2. Make the changes necessary to incorporate true change. It's going to a lot A LOT harder for you, than if you'd simply gone the traditional route like I'm sure your friends relatives and everyone you knew did. It takes work to pull yourself out of the whole, but your not the first nor last in this position, and if you are dedicated you have a rare ability to learn from this error becoming greater than your potential had you led a traditional life with no flaws. </p>
<p>The question becomes then are you willing to influence the changes that it will take to accomplish your goal? Are you sure this is what you really want?-After-all destructive behavior in the past lost you the life you are now fighting for, you need to revisit your motivation before you move forward, otherwise you run the risk of repeating such actions in the future. And for heaven's sake, if your not up to performing get out GET OUT! of cc before you destroy your GPA even further---digging yourself in a greater hole. </p>
<p>Look around, the best gift in life is understanding and self awareness. If you've got the money take classes at your nearest UC, and find out if that's what you want. If you don't and your parents are supporting you-their a crutch and you need to get off your butt and work. Nothing made me realize how much I needed to get back in school like working a nine-five. It's like magic, kicks your ass like nothing else will. And speak to some of your fellow cc students they have all the sob stories and hard-luck tragedies you can imagine and yet miraculously their making it, their motivated, their achieving a measure of success.</p>
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<li>Finally, if all else fails even with a poor standing at jc I think some Bible colleges will accept you.</li>
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<p>Just one more point Sorry.--if you do nothing else with this information DON'T LISTEN TO KIRMUM. You absolutely can't blow all your chances at this stage simply by performing poorly at cc. That's absolutely wrong, what your doing now is hurting any immediate success that you may have, but not eliminating or destroying a potentially successful future. You are very young with options/ opportunity, and still even now, you can dream and accomplish great things (even go to Harvard)--if that's what you desire. ****Meant to say that before, though got side tracked. Look at the virgin mobile billionaire who never finished high school, or Stone Philips who was side tracked with no direction for a few years after high school before he went back to school, and there are thousands in all walks of life who did great things despite the fact that "at the crucial stage they thoughtlessly eliminated all their options." Don't listen to anyone who tells you its over or you've failed not at this stage [IT'S NOT POSSIBLE]-none of the best people ever do!--But again as I said it is all up to you, this experience can make you better than you could have been or destroy you, its all in your hands...but then it always was.</p>
<p>lazyguy, i totally understand what u're going thru when u say u feel like u're missing out by not getting to live college life. I am in the same position maybe even worse. I was always a very good student top 15% in my high school and enjoyed it even bragged about my accomplishments. </p>
<p>All my friends, also good students, left for univ and enjoying their lives. I am a bit depressed stuck in a CC with majority underachieving and unmotivated. I do not have the pleasure of socializing with my friends. TO be honest i fell pretty lonely most of time, unable to make friends with JC people. People from my classes just come and leave, the social atmosphere is pretty bad. I am always reminding myself that </p>
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<li><p>THis is only temporary, one year and half and i am done.</p></li>
<li><p>Life is long, this is a not so pleasent part of my life, Best is still to come.</p></li>
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<p>true..you should always have a positive outlook on life. Remember that people have risen out of worse situation than you and have succeeded. What has happened has happened..now unless you have a time machine you can't change anything. So why worry? Just work hard and lift up your grades.</p>
<p>In no way did I mean that you're life will be a failure. My point is that by being lazy and not doing well in your cc classes, you have reduced your options for attending the best possible college you may have been able to get into. That in turn will effect what grad school you could get into. The idea is that you need to choose to take these things seriously so you stop limiting your options. Of course if you buck up and start performing you have as good a shot as anyone of success. You'll just have to work overtime to do it compared to someone who took the cc classes seriously and will sail into a good UC.</p>
<p>lazyguy, if you believe that easy classes discourage you, sign up for harder courses. cross enroll at a university. add some extra curriculars or jobs. i'm sure you have a shot if you bring up your average.</p>