<p>Hey anyone\everyone, this is my first post so Hello.</p>
<p>But I got a problem I was hoping you could all help me with.</p>
<p>I wanna get into a college. I wanna study Astrophysics.
But I'm at an odd issue. I'm at my senior year in High school and I have quite a Dismal view on Higher Education. See, I had to repeat my senior year, this is my 5th year in high school and its god-awful embarrassing. Anyways, In my Freshman and Sophomore Years I made horrible grades. (D's and F's and it [obviously] screwed up my GPA And Class rank) But Now this year and the prior year I've really made a turn around. This year I'm making A's. And its not that I'm stupid. I'm a horrid nerd, I read The wealth of nations at my house, I equate Einstein's field equations in my classes. I Stayed up till two watching History Documentaries. But its just the Records make me seem like some Slack jawed idiot who can't do well in School. And I was wondering if theres any college or way I can do this. I'm gonna be Takin my ACT and SAT's and that'll probably speak louder than anything else but would my sub-par grades keep me from any colleges that teach Astrophysics (and those are few so I don't have veritable Options.)
If ya'll can help me out that'd be excellent.
Thank you very much for your time.</p>
<p>Ryan,</p>
<p>Some schools with astrophysics departments have more open, less selective admissions policies. Take a look at these schools:</p>
<p>Florida Institute Of Technology-Melbourne
Indiana University-Bloomington
Iowa State University-Ames
Michigan State University-East Lansing
University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University Of New Mexico
University of North Dakota
Ohio University
University Of Oklahoma-Norman
University of Wyoming</p>
<p>You could make a case for admissions if you do well on your SAT/ACT exams and if you can obtain recommendations from teachers that attest to your new found maturity and academic seriousness.</p>
<p>Another option is to enroll in community college (they'll take almost anybody, and it's inexpensive) and transfer to a four-year college after a year or two. Absolutely doable.</p>
<p>Your right greennblue, And I believe my dad did that as well and it worked for him.
So ya. That'll work. Thanks you guys.</p>
<p>That's the ticket, Ryan. There's a way to go to college for anyone with the ability and the determination - and you have both. Don't ever let anyone look down on you for going to community college, either. That's how my dad started too, and he ended up getting a Ph.D in paleontology from UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>BTW, I think UCSD has a deal with San Diego area CC, where if you go to a CC and get above a 3.something, you automatically get in.</p>