<p>I'm a Junior in High School with a bit of a dilemma. While paying tuition is not an issue, I have a problem with low grades and not sure how I will be able to go about my college admissions. </p>
<p>High School GPA: 3.07-3.1 Weighted, Unweighted 2.8-2.9
SAT's 1600</p>
<p>If I were to go to a Community College, I'll try to get a 3.5 GPA and transfer to a selective university that is higher ranked:
University of Washington
Cal PolyTechnic San Louis Obisbo
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Santa Barbara
University Of Oregon
Claremont McKenna College</p>
<p>If I were to go to a state school right out of high school:
Cal State Channel Islands University
Cal State Humboldt University
Colorado State University
Cal State East Bay University
Cal State Dominguez Hills University </p>
<p>Private Schools Include:
Marlboro College
Southern Virginia University
Immaculata University
Salve Regina University
Roger Williams University</p>
<p>What are your guys's input? I'm in So. Cal and I want to major in Business Administration.</p>
<p>Go to community college for two years and get a great GPA, then transfer. I think a four year degree from a higher ranked school will serve you better over your career.</p>
<p>Why would you suddenly get better grades in harder classes? Be realistic and don’t get stuck years in CC trying to get your gen eds. Go to one of the Cal States or privates if your family doesn’t mind paying. Take a look at University of Redlands, you are close enough to visit. I think you have a shot, they have an extensive business program and it is a pretty good college. They have some interesting abroad opportunities. Short and long programs. A family member is going there as a freshman and going to do one of their short program month away in D.C. at the end of this term, and a semester abroad next year already, but his parents don’t mind paying for it.</p>
<p>Think about taking the SAT again. There is a SAT-preparation forum with good advice in some threads pinned to the top. Get good grades this semester and senior year first semester.</p>
<p>Ask your parents how much they can afford. Assuming you are a CA resident UW will cost $46.6K/year. I believe all the OOS schools and Private schools will be near there.</p>
<p>OOS public schools do vary in price, but the OP’s list does not include the usual suspects among the less expensive ones (e.g. Minnesota, SUNYs, Iowa State, South Dakota publics).</p>
<p>What I think I am going to do is take advantage of the Transfer Admissions Garuntee for Community Colleges in California for UC Irvine/UC San Diego. If I can get a 3.5 in a TAG major I can get in to the school.</p>
<p>My parents can afford that, I think. That may be with some loans, but to “Erin’s Dad,” I may have to work through college to help but I can manage. </p>
<p>My grades are only due to the workload. I average 88% minimum on tests, it’s just that the workload is kind of hard for me. I’ve been really making improvements in it over the years, and I know I’ll be ready for college-level work. It’s not the material is “complex,” it’s the amount of busy work such as required annotations and notes or DBQ’s or miselaneous random assignments used as filler.</p>
<p>For example, I’m actually quite a perfectionist. I’ll stay up really late to make sure my homework is 100% complete, and sometimes only half of it will be completed by the time I go to sleep but that 1/2 will be done all right.</p>
<p>If you’re having trouble completing your work in high school, I think it would be unwise to attend a college where you’ll have to work to help pay costs if you have the option of attending a less expensive one where you won’t have to work. It sounds like you are going to need all the time you can get to keep up.</p>
<p>I’m with Brown Parent - do your best this semester, re-take the SAT and get to and through a mid rage CSU. A few more to add to your list as a Biz major are SJSU, Sonoma, Sac and, if you pull your SAT and GPA up a bit, Chico. I believe UCSD no longer participates in TAG and A 3.5 at a CC is harder than it sounds. Lots of kids get sidetracked at CCs. You can get a good education and a fine start to your career at these CSUs. </p>
<p>-N Carl Rent: I’m not the type of person who gets distracted because of other people (I mess up on my own type of thing). I really want to transfer to Illinois Wesleyan University if I can get my GPA up there. However, for me it shouldn’t be too hard considering my test-scores are decent (well above average). </p>
<p>Just got this quote from someone today while having a conversation about perfectionism…</p>
<p>“Perfect is the enemy of good.”</p>
<p>You (and many of the rest of us) need to make sure we can compete tasks in the time given and sometimes that means you have to get over the fact that it’s not going to be perfect. </p>
<p>I have no input for your college choice, but I do hope you are able to rise to the challenge! :)</p>
<p>Decide how long you’ll spend on an assignement. Spend 2/3 of the time doing it to your standards, but systematically do the rest during the last third, no matter how badly written or probably imperfect it looks to you. It’ll train you well for next year.</p>
<p>Why would you transfer to Illinois Wesleyan? It’s quite far from CA–which adds to the cost and you aren’t even sure what credits would transfer. Plus, if you want to get a job in CA after you graduate, it’s much more likely that job recruiters at the UC schools will be from CA.</p>