<p>I have had a fairly rough 4 years in high school so I am just going to lay all my cards on the table. I need help figuring out my options for college. I know I can go to a community college however the major thing is that I want to leave home. Living at home has been insufferable. Here is my situation.</p>
<p>I did fine my freshman year but I went into home school due to some situations with my dad dying and such. I was in home school for my sophomore and junior year and during those 2 years I failed a lot of classes and frankly did very poor. I finally return to public school during my senior year however I entered behind about 120 credits. The school I am currently enrolled in is a continuation high school so I am busting my ass and I will actually graduate in May . However, that leaves me with an issue.</p>
<p>I have no extracurricular activities, 3 AP classes, no college prep classes, and no foreign language. So going straight into a 4 year college straight out of high school seems very slim. I am going to predict that my GPA will be a 2.8 to 3.0 by the time I finish high school. I have not taken my SAT or ACT yet and I really have no idea what I want to major or what I want to do other than the fact that I REALLY want to study abroad in Japan. </p>
<p>As I said before, I know community college is an option but I really want to leave home. Any help explaining my options would be great.</p>
<p>Community college, followed by transfer to a four year university as a junior, is your most realistic option. Community college will also give you a chance to “catch up” any missing high school level preparation without the higher cost of doing that at a four year university, as well as an opportunity to explore various subjects with less financial and administrative pressure to decide quickly.</p>
<p>The only reason I want to avoid community college is because that would require me to stay at home which I loathe. If that was not a factor I would jump at it.</p>
<p>There is no reason you have to stay at home to attend a CC. Move out, find a roommate. It should still be cheaper than attending a four year school.</p>
<p>I currently reside in southern california. What would be a good town to move to attend community college. I am not a partier and I prefer a quiet environment.</p>
<p>Do you have a target UC or CSU to transfer to? Often, the community colleges in the neighborhood of a UC or CSU model their courses and curricula on that of the nearby UC or CSU (e.g. Laney College on Berkeley, Mission College on San Jose State, Cuesta College on Cal Poly SLO, Santa Barbara City College on UCSB, etc.).</p>
<p>Course articulation between community colleges and UCs and CSUs is given at [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) .</p>
<p>One problem in California is that budget cuts have reduced capacity at community colleges, while demand has increases, so many have overflowing classes, which can delay your ability to get needed classes for transfer preparation. You may want to see if on-line schedules of classes can tell you how full each community college is, or ask the college and its students about the difficulty of getting classes.</p>
<p>Otherwise, consider cost of living and general environment of the area where the community college is located.</p>
<p>My target college is Pitzer in claremont because they have a very strong study abroad program and like I said in the OP studying abroad is Japan is something I really want to do.</p>
<p>If you want to study abroad in Japan, look for a community college with Japanese language courses if you do not already know the Japanese language.</p>