<p>I was expelled from a private Catholic school during finals week of my junior year (this past school year) for truancy. It was stupid, I know, but at least I won't make that mistake again.</p>
<p>I have enrolled in BMCC's GED Summer prep course. I hope to apply to a local CC for the fall. I recieved a 2050 on my last SAT, and I am enrolled in a prep course for the fall SAT. My freshman and sophomore grades were great; my junior year grades (until I was expelled) were not so great.</p>
<p>Any advice for CC to private college? I screwed up, but I am confident I can still turn things around. Unfortunately, I do not know much about the transfer process or the CC process. Should I still take SAT I & IIs? Will my high school grades matter if I apply to a private college from my CC? And, most importantly, is there still hope for me? My plan before expulsion was to bring my SAT scores up and apply to quirky liberal arts schools like Bard, St. John's (MD), Lewis & Clark and Eugene Lang. Do I still have a shot?</p>
<p>Yes, especially with your list of schools. Those schools in particular with be willing to consider your application beyond the expulsion. Good luck.</p>
<p>Make sure that you meet the requirements for sitting for the GED. If you just left high school, this year as a junior you may have to wait a year, to miss your graduation date to be eligible for the test. Some places will not let you take the test until you turn 18 years old.</p>
<p>have you considered just attending day high school and graduating with your class. If you do not attend traditional school, you could most likely attend a transfer school such as Independence (which has an accelerated program) or Satellite Academy</p>
<p>Young people are often remorseful shortly after making very bad decisions. I understand that you may feel that you are in a place where you want to put this behind you and move on. However, it’s not like you were expelled for drugs or weapons. My goodness, there must be another school where you can move on and graduation with your h.s. diploma. Are you dead-set against returning to traditional school?</p>
<p>Just wanted to offer a note of encouragement. Our D had to leave HS after her JR year due to health related absences. Our state allowed her to take the GED exam months just after & enroll in CC that fall. She was able to transfer into a private college, where she has done very well. I know your & her circumstances are different, but did want to give you hope & inspiration. </p>
<p>Is there any way to appeal the expulsion by asking for reconsideration or probation?</p>
<p>First, I would encourage you to work on whatever it was that was contributing to your truancy. Go to counseling if necessary. </p>
<p>Next, I think you should just choose a different high school. Assuming you don’t have all your credits from junior year, how long would it take you to graduate? I think you would be plenty competitve for those schools if you get back on track now.</p>
<p>I would like to avoid attending Independence High School, City-As-School and all other affiliated schools. I live three blocks away from Independence’s downtown location and have been robbed, stalked and harassed, multiple times, by the students who hang out in the surrounding parks. The school officers are thoroughly unhelpful - students openly smoke pot, drink and sell drugs outside of the neighborhood children’s park.</p>
<p>I called the GED center. They seem willing to let me take the test as long as I attend a summer prep course affiliated with a community college. I plan to take my diagnostic at BMCC next week. I may be confused, but hopefully the admins at the BMCC GED center can help me out.</p>
<p>I am uninterested in going back to my parochial school. I had been the odd-ball at school since freshmen year. I had two tree-hugging, lesbian moms; I fought to start a Gay-Straight Alliance - and failed. When I ran into trouble at home and had a transfer of guardianship, the school neglected to inform the faculty - I’m sure you can imagine the great amount of confusion this caused. </p>
<p>I may have been a naughty kid, but I don’t regret not being able to attend my old school next year. I worked my butt off for two years, and instead of thanking me, the school rejected every proposal I had for a Gay-Straight Alliance, a student-run newspaper, a Cultural Alliance and an official service club… But, no hard feelings. I tried to change the game instead of playing by the rules. I learned my lesson. Now it’s time to redeem myself.</p>
<p>^I suggest you write about your experiences in your college essays. Just don’t say that you were right by being truant. I’ll go out on a limb and say you might be a very strong candidate for the schools you list.</p>
<p>Also, try to get your high school to withdraw the expulsion in light of the fact that you would agree to leave. If you’re going to leave anyway, I think it’s unduly harsh to put a black mark on your record, especially since your transgression (if I can even call it that) didn’t hurt anybody.</p>
<p>I knew a guy that was thrown out of my high school for alcohol and some other pranks, and they let him withdraw.</p>
<p>Instead of going to the downtown location, go to the one on 10th ave (they have a very good success rate in graduating students. The principal, Ron Smolkin has seen and heard it all. He has a lot of experience working with students who have had bumpy roads in high school. </p>
<p>If you live in manhattan, your best bet is to contact the GED hub (manhattan). If you are looking at the GED route, consider CUNY prep</p>
<p>Kiddo please consider a complete medical/physical work up if you had any trouble “getting up and getting going” – there’s all sorts of things, from low thyroid to depression to blood sugar problems that can stop a train from leaving the station. </p>
<p>One of ours is highly verbal and our suggestions that he had some ADD issues were dismissed by more than one doc – turns out the kid scores great in verbal things but is not so great in the “Executive functions” – stuff like “item initiation” and “time awareness” are not strong for him. Turns out there is a lot available to help him but we didn’t know what or how to ask. </p>
<p>Even things like eyesight can change (dramatically from age 13 to age 15) so a student may not even realize they are missing what is on the board (like the teeny corner that says when homework is due). </p>
<p>I hope you’ll take every evaluation test you can get scheduled for. Use this time to learn about yourself. It might not help at this moment to know that you alphabetize well or are strong in musical fluency – but every data point helps shape and clarify your thinking. </p>
<p>Think, also, about those situations where you did well. Was it the instructor? The topic? The venue? If math with Ms. Crabby after lunch was a nightmare, then sort out what made it a misery before you enroll in the next math class – and so on. </p>
<p>It sounds like a welcoming GBLT community is important to you as is physical safety – so maybe those two jump to the top of your list as you shop for “what next”. The more you know yourself and can articulate what will suit you, the better the chances that some parent/principal/advisor might know the right path to mention. </p>
<p>Good on you for acknowledging your past mistakes. Move on! Good luck!</p>
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