<p>My friends tell me all the time that I have a shot, but I need the harsh truth and no BS. I have a 1.55 GPA scored 1400 on my SAT's 490 CR 450 Math 460 Writing class rank 202/204 LET ME KNOW! THANKS! and i've applied to colleges with high acceptance rates, UTEP, st.johns univ., york of PA.</p>
<p>I would assume that you have a chance of being accepted at schools of the type that will take anyone who is willing to pay them.</p>
<p>The real question to me is WHY you did so poorly in HS. Until that is addressed, there is little point in throwing time and money away in college. Is it because you have some kind of LD? Is it because you simply blew off school starting at an early age? If so, why? Are there psychological or family issues involved? </p>
<p>You need to determine what is going on in your own head first. Then, you could do something like take courses at a community college, and do your very best to be a real student. If you succeed in this, you can transfer to a 4-year school for the final 2 years. Alternatively, you may discover that you really aren’t suited for classroom learning for some reason. In that case, find a trade or vocation that interests you and get into a training or apprenticeship program. That sort of training can provide a MUCH better life than pouring thousands of dollars down a “college” rathole. If there are subjects you wish to explore to enrich your life, nothing prevents you from taking adult ed courses.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you try to take advantage of the counseling and testing/evaluation resources of the public HS while you are still in school.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Agree completely with previous poster. Getting accepted at a college is only step one - the more important issue is will you be successful there. If you don’t make it past the first semester - what’s the point? You need to figure out why you have done poorly in hs and how to address it. Do you genuinely want to go to college? Or do you just feel that you are supposed to go. How do your parents feel about your situation? Suggest you have a heart-to-heart with an adult you trust and respect. It might be a parent, guidance counselor or other family member or trusted adult. But you need to really examine how you got to where you are now and where you want to go from here. Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks for all the advice and i plan to act on most of it. but yes i do want to go to college i feel i will be more successful in college then i was in HS i moved around a lot and never really got to stay in one town so i was focused on making friends more then doing school work but i’m not using that as an excuse. i do plan on going to college and bettering myself and acting on the potential i’ve been told i had my entire life. once again thank you for the words of wisdom.</p>
<p>Well, then good luck to you. I would be interested to hear where you are accepted and where you choose to attend, if you are willing to post that info. I also have more college suggestions for you if you need them. Hope it all works out.</p>
<p>I’m currently waiting on Texas El-Paso, Mt. Ida College, Centenary College, St. Johns, York or PA, Anna Maria College, and I would love to hear any suggestions. Once again thanks for all the good wishes.</p>
<p>Students with C averages at our hs have had success gaining admission to: Frostburg State(MD), McDaniel College(MD), Millersville Univ. of PA, Shepherd Univ. (WV), Pace (NY), Coastal Carolina, Florida Southern College, University of Tampa, Lycoming College¶, Drexel Univ. ¶, and Bridgewater College(VA). Not sure if you have considered any of these, but many of them are rolling and are still accepting applications.</p>
<p>Coastal and Drexel have crossed my mind but Drexel is insanly expensive. I am definitely going to apply to Coastal. Thanks and I will try to keep you updated on my situation.</p>
<p>One other thing: judging by your SAT scores you are very weak on the basics. I would suggest that you try to beef up your basic reading, writing, and math skills at first. It will serve you well in the future.</p>
<p>Whatever you do, try not to go into debt. There are an enormous number of adult students who go to school for years and rack up $40K in debt in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree that they never get.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that you can’t do it. But I’m saying that you need to REALLY understand WHY you have done so poorly and REALLY understand what YOU PERSONALLY need to do to be a good student.</p>
<p>This may be as simple as making sure to attend every single class, no matter what, paying attention in class, DO THE READING IN ADVANCE, and TAKE NOTES on the reading and in class. Go to office hours, take advantage of whatever tutoring and organizational help is available FROM DAY ONE, not after you get into trouble. In otherwords, develop good study habits and concentrate on them and not on whatever else is going on in your life. If you have to work, take a courseload that gives you the time you need to really work at school as well as on the job.</p>
<p>Make learning to be a good student your #1 priority.</p>
<p>Really.</p>