<p>I'm really sorry if there's some sort of format to these type of topics but I really wanna know what colleges would think of me. My freshman and sophomore year grades were really low, like 1.5 gpas, mostly due to not handing stuff in(which was in a catholic charter school). I'm a junior now in a public school(due to moving, I wasn't kicked out) and now my lowest grade is now a C. I don't know if I should even mention this but in 7th grade I took the mentally gifted kids test and passed apparently highly, I don't remember how high though. All grades til like 7th were all A's, I just got lazy. I plan on taking the ACT's and SAT's, but at the end of freshman year I took an old ACT for practice and got an average of 32 with all the scores, the top in my school. I do no extra curriculars due to there really being none in my old school due to it being new and and none in the new one because I don't know anyone and I can't really stay because I take the school bus. I don't know if this is necessary, but I kinda grew up in a bad neighborhood and I believe myself to have good characteristics besides being lazy, which I'm working on, my old principal said if I applied myself I could really get in to any college. Also my old schools had a work program so I have work experience at the school, in the Comcast headquarters, and a law firm. All included generic office work, like computer work and filing.</p>
<p>I know this paragraph is a real mess, and if it's in the wrong category I apologize, but please can somebody give me any idea of what to do from here.</p>
<p>The truth is that you did poorly in school. You probably are not ready to go to college because by the looks of it you can’t handle the amount of schoolwork high school gives you. You should probably consider going to community college for a couple years to prove that you can actually handle the work and then potentially transfer. </p>
<p>Realistically, at this point (if you want to get into a top college), you have 2 options. But keep in mind that top schools are not for the lazy:</p>
<p>Option 1: Get your **** together. To make up for everything, you need to start making perfect scores to haul your low GPA and (I’m assuming) class rank up. With your past, you need to be aiming for a 35-36 ACT and a very, very high SAT. I don’t know if you have AP classes, but you need to self-study and get 4s and 5s (mostly 5s) on the exam. On top of that, you need to be kissing up to your teachers (to get those recommendation letters) and start earning leadership positions, preferably a lot under one or two fields. You need to find a way to get one or two AMAZING leadership positions. Also, you’ll want a couple of major awards.</p>
<p>Option 2: Go to community college and get near-perfect scores there (3.9+ GPA). (I don’t know if you can skip straight into a top school or not): Transfer to a 4 year university and work you absolute *** off (to the point of skipping parties for studying, and many teary nights) to get a 3.9+ GPA (very rare and terribly difficult in college, or so I’ve heard). You must find a way to expand on your major. If you’re doing medicine, do research. If you like English, get a book widely published, and so on. This will greatly increase acceptance. </p>
<p>If, however, you are too lazy or cannot handle the workload, disregard everything I just said. The top schools will not be for you, and realistically, you’ll want to explore other options.</p>