Chance a girl with MULTIPLE F's on her transcript.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Eastern, Western, Northern or Central Michigan all are equal to or better than Minnesota-Mankato. Ferris State, Grand Valley & Lake Superior State also come to mind.</p>

<p>Though frankly this exercise seems pointless. You seem convinced that your troubles are everyone else’s fault. Your TEACHERS FORCED you into accelerated math. Your TEACHERS screwed up your GPA. Your TEACHERS don’t appreciate how hard you work. Your TEACHERS go out of their way to put derogatory comments in your file. “Why did GOD make this happen to ME?” WHAT!? You did this to yourself! The sooner you realize that, the sooner things will improve. Tell us, if your teachers and God caused you to have crappy freshman and sophomore grades, whose fault was it that you got a 1.6 first trimester junior year?</p>

<p>If that wasn’t enough now everyone on this board is a “downer” because you asked for and they gave you their realistic assessment of your chances. You’re actually mad at US because you’re not getting the answers you want to hear. Spare me.</p>

<p>In the meantime, go in-state, you’ll still get to complain about your professors ruining your life and it won’t cost your parents as much, not that you care.</p>

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<p>Maybe you could have your guidance counselor write you a letter of recommendation about just how hard you worked, and the circumstances surrounding those Fs. (I would suggest your math teacher, but since she wrote “lack of effort” probably not.) That way, the colleges would understand what happened. I bet your situation is fairly common. (And I totally feel your pain. I cried many a night over chemistry.) </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>University of Arizona</p>

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<p>I am also questioning the wisdom of applying only to big state schools. Beyond the issue of getting admitted, I am concerned that as a student with a spotty high school record that you would be just one of the faceless masses. Your past record would indicate that you MIGHT have need of both high quality academic advising and support and I would be worried about getting this at a huge public university. As has already been said, even if you get admitted at URI or Purdue or Indiana it is unlikely there will be much financial aid. If financial aid is not a concern you might be better off looking at some private colleges of lesser selectivity that are known to be student-centered and with a strong academic support program.</p>

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<p>Yes! Yes! Thank you! It looks fantastic!
=]</p>

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<p>^^^ you realize thats borderline an insult, right? </p>

<p>but, you probably wouldn’t get in</p>

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<p>Berkeley is out of the question.</p>

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<p>Try Arizona State University.</p>

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<p>"Try Arizona State University. "
Damn, I wanted to say that</p>

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<p>So I went to chat with my guidance counselor last week, and we talked for a long time because it’s summer and she had no one else to deal with.</p>

<p>She introduced me to Arkansas State University. It looks fantastic and she thinks I’ll get in. I’ve been spending time on the webpage and I just love everything about the place. My parents like it too and said they’d be very happy to see me go there.</p>

<p>Now that I know about Arkansas State, so much weight came off my shoulders and I can just breath. I know it may not be the best college ever on College Conf. Terms, but I like it and I want to go there and that’s what matters.</p>

<p>I think I found my college =]</p>

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<p>you could try utsa. had a friend rank in the last quarter but is a lot smarter and got in. don’t know how you will think about the change from michigan to texas though</p>

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<p>I live in NC, and I think you could get into UNCW if you try to explain what happened with your math classes in your personal statement, and then show some significant improvement senior year. I know a couple people with situations similar to yours, where they didn’t do well in certain classes their first two/three years of high school, explained what happened to the college, and improved significantly. I think for UNCW, they would request mid-year grades before making a final decision, probably request at least a B in math, and you would be able to go there. Just make sure your SAT scores show that you ARE better than your GPA shows! UNCW is a good school, and Wilmington’s a fun place to live! (: Good luck!</p>

<p>OH and about the ‘lack of effort’ mark - on my transcript at least, the conduct marks don’t show up. Just the class and the final grades. So, most likely, the colleges will have no way of seeing it.</p>

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<p>1.6 gpa first trimester junior year? She’s not pulling anything spectacular next year, sorry. For the record, by all means prove me wrong, but you’re going to need to start by taking responsibility for your own actions</p>

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<p>Maybe Marshall, Toledo, Northern Colorado and Western Kentucky. Best of luck!</p>

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<ol>
<li>Universty of Rhode Island - ACCEPT </li>
<li>Indiana University-Bloomington - REJECT</li>
<li>The Ohio State University-Columbus - REJECT</li>
<li>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - REJECT</li>
<li>University of Illinois-Urbana - REJECT</li>
<li>University of Maine - ACCEPT</li>
<li>Minnesota State University-Mankato - ACCEPT</li>
<li>UC-Berkeley - REJECT</li>
<li>Purdue University - REJECT</li>
<li>UNC-Wilmington - ACCEPT</li>
<li>Iowa State Univertsity - ACCEPT</li>
</ol>

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<p>No advice here, but I really hope everything works out for you and you can go to college whether it’s Arizona State or somewhere else where you’ll make it work. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I wish you good luck and am glad that you have found an institution you like, however, community colleges aren’t all that bad, I know a guy who went to the local community college for two years and then transferred to MIT (and many more that transferred to Berkeley and UCLA)!</p>

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<p>haha, this topic is pretty funny. To start off you said if you weren’t in powermath you could be heading off to an amazing college. Two points</p>

<p>1) Don’t flatter yourself, UCB is the top public school in the US according to USNW, kids with 4.00s and amazing ECs get rejected from there OOS. And in state it’s no slouch either.</p>

<p>2) The point of picking a college isn’t to pick the “best school”, it’s the best school for you. In a class at my highschool three years ago, our val went to Whitman College, and our sal went to USC. Whitman is by no means a bad school, but in comparison to USC as a whole it does come up short. He went there not because he “had” to, but because it was close to home which he liked, it had a good some good programs he was interested in, and he enjoyed the atmosphere and weather of washington.</p>

<p>And then more points</p>

<p>1) You are not doomed, you won’t be “subjected” into going to a community college, but your list will need some altering. Dreaming isn’t really an option in this case, those are beyond reach schools, and they’re out of state. Essentially, I’d recommend you take off all labeled reject, you will just not get into these schools.

  1. Universty of Rhode Island - ACCEPT
  2. Indiana University-Bloomington - REJECT
  3. The Ohio State University-Columbus - REJECT
  4. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - REJECT
  5. University of Illinois-Urbana - REJECT
  6. University of Maine - reject
  7. Minnesota State University-Mankato - ACCEPT
  8. UC-Berkeley - REJECT
  9. Purdue University - REJECT
  10. UNC-Wilmington - Reject
  11. Iowa State Univertsity - ACCEPT </p>

<p>There are 4 year schools in the US that accept 100% of their applicants, so you will never really be out of options, just less variety. Though, if you plan on going to grad school, they care about where you go for undergrad. </p>

<p>And ALOT of people have been subjected to insanely hard courses/classes/teachers, you are not the only one. For me it was first semester chemistry, I worked my tail off and I got a D. Then 2nd semester came around and we did biology and organic chemistry (which I excelled at much more, and got through with organic chem), but you know what I did, and what you can do? Take classes at a local community college of the classes you didn’t do well in, as in, if you sucked at basic algebra take a basic algebra class, it shows initiative, will to learn, never giving up, etc. </p>

<p>And don’t blame your parents, teachers, counselors, whatever. You have free will and sentience, use it. And then you post a chance topic and don’t get the answers you want, and blame the chancers. Grow up.</p>

<p>And I want legit reasons why you are against community college. A thing of pride I bet.You save money, classes are easier generally, it’s a nicer transition to a 4 year school, etc. It may not have a nice name, nice trees, resources, football teametc but it does have it’s virtues, even if you are too thickheaded to see past them. If you plan on doing business, you should apply to as many 4 year undergrads as possible. Otherwise, I strongly suggest a two year school, then transfering in.</p>

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<p>Colorado State
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Oregon State
University of Oregon
Washington State
University of Colorado (maybe)
University of Nebraska
Both Arizona schools</p>

<p>The above schools are a fairly certain match for you. I know this because my son has a very similar set of stats - actually lower ACT - and having talked to the admissions officers and visited a few, I am very conscious of what they are looking for. He, like you, is a very bright underachiever, but we are determined to get him into a 4 year college. However, we haven’t ruled out community college as you have. </p>

<p>Be sure you have all of the required courses for the schools you apply to. Some have a waiver policy based on standardized test scores, which could really help you with your less than stellar math grades. Don’t give up! But try not to be angry at everyone else because of things that have gone wrong…</p>

<p>If I sound too much like a mom that’s because I am :)</p>

<p>I would also look at private schools if I were you, as another post mentioned. There is a much more holistic process to their admissions, in most cases. Write great essays (but don’t be defensive about mistakes and/or bad grades).</p>

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<p>You should look at some private schools, since personality counts a lot towards it. How about Occidental in LA? I don’t know any of the schools you listed…
But there’s seriously nothing wrong with community college. You can get into any of those colleges you listed with your self-declared academic ability gone wrong in PowerMath or whatever you called it. :|</p>

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