Denied from every college

Note that, for some other majors (including some engineering majors, if that interests you), there are campuses which are not impacted, and where the major is not impacted, so they should admit in-state transfers with 2.0 GPA and prerequisites completed.

Non-impacted campuses for upper division transfers include CSUB, CSUCI, CSUDH, HSU, CMA, SFSU, CSUStan. However, some majors may be impacted. See https://www2.calstate.edu/attend/degrees-certificates-credentials/Pages/impacted-degrees.aspx .

Also, you may get admission preference at campuses which consider you to be in the local area: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/freshman/documents/csulocaladmission-serviceareas.pdf .

I have such incredible respect for anyone who can say “Anyways I’m done feeling sorry for myself. What’s done is done as far as my grades. Hopefully I will find another path.”

So a true story for you to consider…

Nephew graduated from 4 yr university with a double major, History and Kinesiology (originally wanted sports management). He did nothing to get internships, network, etc (not saying this is you at all). Upon graduation he saw several friends get professional jobs and he had nothing, so just going to college doesn’t get you that job. He floundered around for several yrs doing menial jobs in restaurants and other venues. He figured out he likes helping people and got a job as an orderly at a senior home (paying essentially minimum wage). He liked the job but not the company. Met a physical therapist who convinced him, at 28, to get his nursing degree. He’ll turn 30 in September and will be a newly minted RN with a great future in a high demand industry doing what he likes.

Start by examining what you like. What do you want to do? What are you good at? What makes you happy? It’s not a straight path for everyone. It’s also not a race. You’ll get there. You wouldn’t be on this board if you didn’t care.

Best of luck!

Please don’t just give up now. I honestly think you need to change your major. I don’t think you’re passionate enough about your current one.

I’m a 27 year old student - soon to be 28- and I will be attending a UC in the fall. I was accepted into 5 UCs, waitlisted at 2 (I only applied to 7 UCs), and was also accepted into Cal Poly SLO, SFSU, Sac State, and CSU East Bay.

Several years ago, I went to an OOS university and I failed every class. I did no work whatsoever while there. My GPA was literally 0.9. I came back home and went to community college for several unfocused years. I withdrew from classes, I stopped going to classes and neglected to withdraw, there were many quarters where all I did was PE or extracurricular courses like guitar, dance, etc. I was a horrible student. I was unfocused. I unfortunately have all of this in my record…

Anyways, this year I finally applied to these schools with a 3.27 from one cc and a 3.15 (?) from the other…when I applied I actually said to someone “I don’t know what will happen - I may not get into any”. I’ve been surprised by the number of acceptances I’ve received…I retook so many classes and a few I retook more than once…

However, in the last couple of years, I’ve been far more driven. Something happened one summer…I was stuck miserably at home for weeks with a broken bone and limited activity and met a healthcare professional that made me consider their career path. I had Organic Chemistry that year and earned As throughout it -surprising myself- and further pushing me as a student. Students in my class thought I was smart, my professor had so much faith in me that she ended up asking me to grade papers for her and tutor her students after I’d finished that year with her…and I always thought, if only she knew about my academic past…I’m a bio major and have done well in Bio this year - a professor a couple quarters back straight out offered to write me a letter of recommendation… This is all after I figured out what I wanted to do and needed to be doing.

I agree with a previous person. It’s not that you’re not intelligent - it sounds as though it could be the depression or perhaps a bit of a learning disability. In my past, I wanted to do well, but I never felt like doing anything…I suspect that something might have been holding me back. You seem to be in a similar situation. You want to do well but something is holding you back. I overcame it with interest in a subject…but I wonder if I would have found even more success if I had used the school’s resources and found out what it was that was holding me back…

It’s ok to be at cc for several years. It happens to a lot of people. Keep at it and get your GPA to a 3.0. You’ll get in. Meanwhile, you should expose yourself to a variety of careers to see if you can find something interesting enough to drive you…actually go out and talk to people about their careers and see them at work. Maybe you’ll find that you like studying human behavior, you like teaching or you like helping elderly people, etc…A clear goal helps tremendously.

Don’t just give up. You’ll probably hate where you end up if you do. I’ve been a server for years throughout all of this mess and I personally don’t see any better opportunities to get out of it than school. Serving is miserable. Yet it pays more than most other careers that don’t require a degree…

To me, you sound plenty capable - a 2.5 with rigorous course-load and lots of work hours is no joke - depression too - seriously, nothing to be embarrassed about. It sounds like you tried to do too much and got some bum advice about where to apply to transfer. As others capture above, you should have included a local and at least one non-impacted CSU on your ap list… if so, one of their doors would probably be open to you now. But you are where you are and you can’t change the past. So, where to from here?

it looks like some of the CSUs have extended their ap deadlines. for specific majors. Click the See Notice text in red to expose the majors and deadlines for each school.
https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/pages/application-dates-deadlines.aspx

If none of those work for you, the Spring ap deadline is just a few months away. Focus on boosting your GPA - perhaps you can re-take a course you failed over the summer. Pick a couple of non-impacted campuses and give it another shot. The difference between Fall and Spring semesters is just 4 months…

I know several very successful people (including a Sr exec at Disney who earned an MBA and a history Professor, who obviously continued his education) who took a couple of extra years at a CC because they were working a lot of hours. One day, each decided to focus their energy on their coursework, boosted their GPA a little and transferred to a then non-impacted CSU and got on with their lives.

You aren’t trapped and you have nothing to be ashamed of. Navigate this hiccup and get on with your life.

Good luck.