<p>Hi everyone, it's my senior year in high school and it's time to be sending off applications to colleges. I want to go to college so bad, I've already set my mind to it, but i slacked off bad in high school. From me being terribly lazy, i now stand at a 2.28 with a 1220 SAT without studying. I have a couple of ec's and volunteer work. I have all A's right now or maybe one B. I'm taking the SAT and ACT in December and studying this time. A lot of people are telling me i can't go to college. That i have to go to a community college. Theres nothing wrong with going to community college, i just don't want to go. As soon as i graduate i want to get my stuff packed and be off to a 4 year university. I live in North Carolina and want to know are there any private or public colleges that will accept me. My #1 college i really want to get accepted to is North Carolina A&T but i don't if my stuff is good enough. I just want to know should i give up on my dream of going straight to college out of high school, or is there a little hope of me getting into a college some where. Somebody please help this situation is nerve racking, and very stressful.</p>
<p>I think there are some private colleges with a 100% acceptance rate lol.</p>
<p>The odds would appear to be against you for North Carolina A&T, although it’s not out of the question - average GPA 2.75, 25th percentile SAT 1205/2400.</p>
<p>The problem you’re going to have at any university with any degree of selectivity at all is convincing them you’re capable of doing college-level work and willing to put forth the effort to succeed in college. What you have to present them with so far doesn’t appear to show that. </p>
<p>And frankly, speaking as a parent, I don’t think I’d be willing to spend a lot of money to send you away to college either, at least not until you demonstrate that you’re going to take advantage of the opportunity.</p>
<p>One way to show that you can and will handle college level work is, indeed, a community college. I know that’s not what you want, but you might want to rethink that.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>There are even public universities with near-open admissions, especially for out of state students (who pay more.) </p>
<p>So the answer is, yes, there ARE both public and private schools that will likely accept you especially with a decent ACT/SAT score and the upward trend in your grades. Check out popular sites (princeton review, collegeboard) with search/match options. But first, have a serious talk with your parents what you can afford.</p>
<p>Thank you so much katliamom for the advice, your really helped me calm down a little.</p>
<p>Tab:</p>
<p>Slacking off in high school is one thing, but if you only got a 1220 SAT (I am assuming that counts the writing section–so you only averaged a 400 on each section), that is indeed a real problem. I say that because many people on CC slack off in high school, but still have pretty good SATs, because the SAT to some extent is an intelligence test. If you only got a 1220 in three sections, I would say that your best course of action is to look at the US News rankings in their 4th tier national universities section, and you will see that people with an 800 combined CR and math do get into 4 year colleges. </p>
<p>Some of these universities are actually reasonably well known, so I would say that there is still hope for you. </p>
<p>As a father, my advice to you is that I hoped you have learned your lesson, and that when you do go to college, you will buckle down.</p>
<p>Hard work can solve lots of problems.</p>
<p>Also, everyone is good in something. There are probably a couple areas that you are pretty good at, so if you concentrate your studies in those particular areas, there is still hope for you. All of my friends, except for one, went to Ivy League schools. The one who went to a no name school became a big success.</p>
<p>Academics is not everything.</p>
<p>Thank you floridadad55, i have learned my lesson and got my wake up call, and i know i just can’t sit around and be lazy. I am determined to get into a good college. I know i messed up but I’m not going to let that stop me. Thanks for the great advice.</p>