Help a below average transfer find colleges to transfer to?

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<p>I am currently a community college student with a cumulative GPA of 3.326 after the spring 2009 semester. My first year of college I had two people close to me commit suicide at different times during the school year which caused my grades some problems (fall 2007=3Bs and 1A/B) (spring 2008=1W, 1D, 1B and 1A/B). I did all my homework throughout it but I stopped going to class which caused my grades to drop because attendance was apart of my grades. The D is from a Psychology class because after the suicides I really didn't want to know why people commit suicide and talk about it anymore. It is completely my fault for my grades and I am not trying to make excuses, just explaining. I took the summer to recover and for (fall 2008=1B and 3As) and (spring 2009=1B and 3As). I am staying another year at the community college then planning to transfer for fall 2010. </p>

<p>Can you recommend me some schools to apply to? I know my options are limited because of that D and not so great grades but are there any colleges that will look past the D and average grades? I would prefer a small liberal arts college that is not located in the south. I would like a college that does not require SAT/ACT scores as well since I have not taken them. As for my high school record, I got my HSED and my score put me in the top 10% of traditional graduates. I am not sure if that is good or not but maybe it can help with colleges? If large state Universities are more likely to accept me because of my GPA then I am willing to look into those as well. Pretty much I am just desperate so I will look into any colleges.</p>

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<p>Can you re-take the class you got the D in? If you have several semesters with well over a 3.0 gpa, there are a lot of good colleges that will take you. </p>

<p>I don’t know about the SATs or ACTs (at some schools they aren’t required for transfer students even if they are for high school applicants). The following are schools that seem to have a lot to offer, and are better than their high acceptance percentages would indicate: Allegheny College, Susquehanna U., U of Scranton, Washington and Jefferson College, all in Pennsylvania. Wittenberg in Ohio. The University of Maine, Ohio University, Albion College, Clark University (Worcester, Mass.), University of Rhode Island, Hartwick College.</p>

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<p>needofhelp, there is a web site that lists all the schools in the country that do not require SAT’s or ACTs. They can be found at [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org). There are a few schools in the South but the best options for SAT/ACT optional schools are in the Northeast and Midwest. When you are looking at the list, please note that some of the schools listed require some type of standardized tests but may not require the SAT comprehensive.</p>