<p>I would second the suggestions of doing one year at Westchester Community College or one of the SUNY schools. A year goes by very quickly. If have been successful in pulling your grades up you can transfer. There is no getting around the low GPA. You are going to have to do some time in a school that you are not thrilled about for at least a year to prove yourself. Perhaps your full pay status will help you get admitted to SUNY.</p>
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<p>mad lolzzz</p>
<p>*What’s the name of your company? *</p>
<p>It’s just a whole bunch of small start ups in different niches. I’ve already given so much identifying personal information, but I feel with this you could get all the rest. Sorry, but I won’t link you to them.</p>
<p>*If you are from Westchester, how did you attend Stuyvesant as an out of city resident? Did you use a NYC address or attend a school in NYC at the time? *</p>
<p>I used an NYC address.</p>
<p>So basically you/your parents are saying that as long as the ends justifies the means that rules do not apply to you and you will bend them at will.</p>
<p>Are your parents willing to pay full freight at top dollar schools? If so, and if you are truly going to make a commitment to being a good student. Getting the grades, going to class, completing the assignments. If all of that is a go, you can check out some of the smaller schools, some of the private schools and see if they will give you a chance. Locally,such a school would be Manhattan College. </p>
<p>I also think Sybbie’s post is one you should take to heart. If you were my child, I’d need to see a good year of performance at a local state school that doesn’t cost much and that YOU pay for it with loans such as the Stafford ones. If you can excell there, then we would talk sleep away school and paying for your costs.</p>
<p>Eh? I’m planning on paying full freight myself</p>
<p>If you’re supposedly making SO much money, what do you care if you have a college degree or not, given that academics really haven’t been your focus?</p>
<p>I answered this earlier in the thread</p>
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<p>Maybe the guy just wants to go to college. There are people out there that aren’t OBSESSED with money.</p>
<p>I’m curious about the use of the word “supposedly.” Are you questioning the truthfulness of the OP?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>To use the words of another CC user, I’m not going to college for an exercise in career training.</p>
<p>You make a list of the schools that interest you and apply to them, bearing in mind that your GPA is going to be a problem. Look for schools where your SAT scores put you in the top 10%. Then see how it goes. My guess is that you’ll find a school that will give you a chance if you do that. But if you are looking for a selective school where your test scores are midrange, and you are hoping that your grades are overlooked, your chances are small. If you want to give it a try, do so, emphasizing your senior grades and asking for and admissions interview where you can personally go over your situation and point to your high lights.</p>
<p>Where ever you do end up in college, if you do well your freshman year, your transfer prospects would be very good at those schools that are in line with your test scores. A young lady we know whose grades were far better than yours but still not adequate for selective schools got straight A’s in some difficult courses with a heavy course load at a college that takes nearly everyone. She was accepted as a transfer at USC, UVA, Pitt, George Wash and a few other places with that strong first year in college. That may be the route you have to take to get into a school you want. I know another with test scores below the 25% mark for Northeastern who transferred in there after a sterling first year at a college after she was initally rejected at NE straight out of high school. </p>
<p>SUNYs, along with other major state colleges do tend to look closely at GPAs.</p>
<p>Note also that if you apply to transfer, doing so as a junior level transfer (i.e. after completing freshman year in college and applying in sophomore year) tends to reduce the importance of your high school record compared to doing so as a sophomore level transfer (i.e. applying in freshman year). Some schools completely disregard high school record for junior level transfer applicants.</p>
<p>While I can understand your quest to pick people’s brains on this website, it seems you are a bit resistant to suggestions and are coming across as a bit cavalier. One of the best lessons you could learn from the many wise people on this website is humility. I know you are only 18, but a good LACollege education will perhaps help you to mature into a thoughtful, wise man who can hold an educated conversation at the dinner party you are attending to drum up business and make connections. Do some homework on your college choices and follow up on some of the advice provided here, before discounting it. Unless you fell into a money making business, you must have done some legwork to get it off the ground, so use a little elbow grease and roll up your sleeves now. I am saying this with utmost sincerity, so that you do not come across too smug during a future college or job interview.</p>