<p>2.3 GPA.
1100 SAT (out of 2400)
I doubt extremely high i can't get in any college. I'm no genius. I'm not an honor student like my sister and I'm worse than my brother who didn't do well in high school either. </p>
<p>Do I still try and apply to colleges? How can I live life to the fullest with a good job requiring no college degree? How can I still possibly or not succeed?</p>
<p>Besides, What kind of college would want me with these credentials?? I'm the worst. Nothing good about me. My sports and willingness to play NCAA Division I Athletics would still not trigger colleges to accept me.</p>
<p>go to a community college for 2 years, work your butt off, transfer to any school that you want to ( if you doo well enough, 3.5 or above). i have a friend who had maybe a 2.5 or below, anddidnt take his SATs, was the worst student I had ever met. He did 2 years in CC, I convinced him to Transfer to a great school ( he did not want to apply, didnt think he would get in), but guess what, He did get in( with my motivation, yea i know im awesome.haha). Ultimatly, he now works for Morgan Stanley, and when our Highschool friends look at him, noone believes the type of 180 he did, going from not caring about school at all to getting an amazing job. None of this came easy though, he had to get a 3.7, then transfer to a great school, then worked very hard to get a great job. </p>
<p>moral of story: nothing in life comes easy, you are accountable for all your actions. I will guess you did some slacking off in HS ( this is my assumption, excuse me if I am wrong). your stats may not be good enough to get into any respectable 4-year school, so go to a CC and start fresh. Once you have about 24 or more credits, nothing from highschool matters, so you have a clean slate…WORK VERY HARD IN COLLEGE!!</p>
<p>Hey, don’t let all the high stats you see here give you a skewed picture of the world. It’s possible that you can still go to college. It’s also possible that college is not for you. There are a lot of good jobs that you could get with a technical or community college education. Think about what you want to do, and what you like to do. Do you like electronics? Fixing things? Working with people? Are you interested in health careers? Finance and business? Arts and media? Yes, college is one awesome path to take into adulthood, but many people find fulfilling jobs without attending college.</p>
<p>If, after thinking about what you want to do, you find that you’re still interested in college, try to figure out why your grades and scores are low. Is it something you can fix (e.g. by trying harder or doing something differently)?</p>
<p>GPA is always understandable, but there is no excuse for doing poorly on the SAT. It’s a predictable test, and colleges know this. If you put an honest effort in and practice with all the time you have, you can do much better than 1100.
Unfortunately much of the admissions process is a numbers game and you will have to break that barrier. </p>
<p>Apply to some of your state schools and try to get an interview at any school, if possible, to describe any extenuating circumstances you may have had. If luck doesn’t strike, then go to a CC, take summer classes before the fall semester starts to get a leg up, and just do your best. A rough start to college is NOT the end of the world. You can still do well and be very successful as long as you take the right steps from here on out.</p>
<p>@OP; You give the impression that you believe that one can only have a successful and fullfilling life if they graduate from college, which is not true by the way since 70% of American adults are not college graduates but very few feel that their lives have been ruined by never having earned a college degree. yet you have already in your mind condemned your self to life of no value. The brutal fact is that unless there is some undiagnosed medical condition, that can be corrected, which drastically reduces your cognitive ability, your statistics indicate you have very little hope of being accepted by any reputable college and essesntially no possibility of obtaing a college degree.</p>
<p>Instead of focusing on a course in life that you have no real hope of succeeding in such as graduating from College, you should take stock of yourself, identify the things that you do well. Our society also needs carpenters, plumbers and auto mechanics who may not have a great amount of formal education but are very good at what they do. You need to look beyond academics which you are appently ill-equiped for and find something that you can succeed in while being a contributing member of society.</p>
<p>I agree about the community college. Some are better than others. Work hard, use tutoring if necessary. Some two year degrees lead to well paying jobs. You can try for a four year college, as some are easier than others. But, a two-year degree might be the ticket.</p>
<p>@Lemaitre1
wow that was harsh haha. But being a mechanic is honest work, you fix someone’s car so they can get to work the next day. Anyone see Goodwill Hunting?</p>