<p>I think Azusa Pacific and Cal Lutheran are less religious in nature.</p>
<p>Honestly, the best course of action for you would be to attend a community college and then transfer to wherever you want from there. It’s a smart decision that most people should consider because it’s really economical!</p>
<p>Get out of California. Several reasons, but the first is because of the insane competition for state schools there.</p>
<p>If you INSIST on staying instate, I highly recommend USF, Santa Clara and USanDiego. They arent cheap but they give financial aid. Submit all four years of your grades in high school. </p>
<p>You aren’t hopeless unless you think you are hopeless and compare yourself to others. Learn from your mistakes and move on, but don’t dwell on them. </p>
<p>Next, apply out of state to second tier schools. You dont want to get into reaches anyway as you will be super stressed, unhappy, surrounded by kids with uber stats all day and all night, many of whom will remind you of their superior ratings at every opportunity. There are 2,000 colleges in the United States. GO AND GET A COPY OF BARRONS OR PETERSENS DIRECTORY and start researching NOW. Many have late application deadlines such as Feb 15 or March 1, and in that regard you can PROVE yourself with your 4.0 this semester. You can apply EA somewhere if you wish, but frankly you are best waiting until April for the RD decisions. </p>
<p>You WILL go to college and you WILL have fun and succeed. Its entirely up to you how far you go in life and how you learn from your mistakes, how to overcome obstacles (math is not your thing, right?), how to accentuate your strengths…you are good at many things…make a list of them. </p>
<p>Your GPA does not define who you are as a person. Its a number and yes it is used to separate applicants to college. But if you focus on second tier schools you will be fine. </p>
<p>My middle kid is like you. Ups and downs in school. ADHD. But has many many other fine qualities and will be successful in life through perseverence, strength of character, wonderful personality, warm heart, etc. Its just a matter of finding that right college for you. </p>
<p>Again, in California look at USanDiego, Santa Clara and USF. Then out of state look at 2nd tier schools…there are HUNDREDS of them…all waiting on your application.</p>
<p>And forget about USC and NYU. You wouldnt be happy at either school. Too stressful. </p>
<p>LOOK AT SECOND TIER SCHOOLS! Nothing wrong with them at all. Millions of students go to second and third tier schools and excel and have a fabulous time and even get into Law School or Med School.</p>
<p>If you are staying on the West Coast look at Seattle Univ. , Gonzaga, UPugetSound, Pacific Lutheran, UPortland, Willamette, Lewis and Clark, Oregon, Oregon State, Western Wash. Univ. (a good school, don’t overlook it!), Whitworth College.</p>
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<p>Yes!! Many kids who go to second tier (rankings of 50-100) go to Ivies for grad school, med school, or law school.</p>
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<p>Has the OP said whether his parents will pay full-freight ($50,000+ per year) for a private? If not, then many of these schools aren’t options.</p>
<p>Full freight? Not necessarily, mom. Fill out the FAFSA and financial aid will be there. Some of that is going to be student loans, but having “skin in the game” for students is a healthy circumstance. It makes them work harder if they are paying for it and it reminds them of the sacrifices their parents are making now and what they had to do as students 20- 25 years ago.</p>
<p>You should look into the Oxford College program at Emory University. After two years at Oxford, you can transfer into Emory University, which has a college of business. </p>
<p>[Oxford</a> College - Oxford and Emory](<a href=“http://oxford.emory.edu/a_distinctive_place/oxford_and_emory/]Oxford”>http://oxford.emory.edu/a_distinctive_place/oxford_and_emory/)</p>
<p>On the west coast, you could also consider University of Colorado at Boulder, which has some business majors, a gorgeous campus in beautiful surroundings, fun college town, takes a lot of CA students, isn’t that far from home. OOS tuition is pricey, though not as much as some privates. If you do well freshman year, I think you can apply to their honors program.</p>
<p>[Academics</a> | University of Colorado at Boulder](<a href=“http://www.colorado.edu/academics/majors.html]Academics”>http://www.colorado.edu/academics/majors.html)</p>
<p>well that oxford college looks intriguing. Is it guaranteed admission that I will transfer to Emory junior year? To the question of will my parents pay $50,000, I believe they will consider it if they know I will get a great education. I will also be taking out student loans for sure.</p>
<p>I think it’s guaranteed if you meet the requirements, gradewise. </p>
<p>Better to email some questions directly to the college or you could go to the Emory forum in the CC Top Universities section of the Colleges Forum and ask your question to people more knowledgeable about Emory policies.</p>
<p>My quote…>>> Has the OP said whether his parents will pay full-freight ($50,000+ per year) for a private? If not, then many of these schools aren’t options. <<<</p>
<p>ghost quote: >>>Full freight? Not necessarily, mom. Fill out the FAFSA and financial aid will be there. Some of that is going to be student loans, but having “skin in the game” for students is a healthy circumstance. It makes them work harder if they are paying for it and it reminds them of the sacrifices their parents are making now and what they had to do as students 20- 25 years ago. <<<</p>
<p>Are you naive? “Fill out the FAFSA and the money will be there?” What do you think FAFSA is…a tooth fairy for college tuition? Put the FAFSA under your pillow and the next morning, voila!</p>
<p>First, his parents make too much money for him to get F/A at most schools. Secondly, when a kid takes out a bunch of student loans, it seems painless - therefore there’s no pressure from having “any skin in the game.” Kids drop out all the time after signing themselves up for thousands of student loans. </p>
<p>And, since he wouldn’t qualify for any/much F/A, whatever loans he did take out would be the more expensive one.</p>
<p>And, paying for college today is NOTHING like when I went to college in the 1970s.</p>
<p>All colleges, including privates, were much, much cheaper back then even when adjusting for 1970s dollars. Top state schools (like Berkeley and UCLA) literally only cost a few hundred dollars to attend each year. The Cal States charged something like $57 for an entire semester’s worth of classes!</p>