<p>I transferred to an elite private school during my junior year, and enrolled in lacrosse--goalie--and soccer. I also started playing WoW with friends, and consequently, my grades suffered. Prior to junior year, I had a 3.8 GPA, but my current yearly GPA for junior year is 2.6. Furthermore, my school does not average my yearly GPA with my previous years' to calculate my cumulative GPA. Therefore, my current cum GPA is also 2.6. I am thinking about transferring to a local public school that will average my two GPAs, and hopefully my cum GPA will increase to an acceptable extent. Shocked by low GPA, I studied hard over the summer--daily averaging around seven hours of SAT study time. And on my latest Blue Book SAT, timed practice test, I scored over 2100. So, I am inferring that my actual SAT score should be higher than my latest practice test score.(I will be taking SAT twice, once in October and November.) I also took AP Chemistry; Honor classes Physics, Precalc; and three literature classes, Scifi, Latin American Lit and Advanced Composition. I am a martial artist who has a black belt in taekwondo, and I train every day; for example, I daily do 11 pull ups, spar with Everlast training partner, and stretch my side splits. I am also planning on shadowing a neurosurgeon who should write me a superb letter of recommendation. As of now, I anticipate joining a community college because of my low GPA and lack of differentiating factors. But I am wondering if any third-class university/college will accept me if I do not need financial aid, etc.? I regret my disinterest in my studies during my junior year, and am now fully committed to my educational and research goals. Also, I moved a lot as my parents did their medical residencies and fellowships from different places. In total, I have lived in five countries, and changed schools over 15 times--my college essay has a multi cultural/national theme. Please help! Can I get into any college other than a community one?</p>
<p>What state are you in? If you’re in CA, you can apply to the CSUs.</p>
<p>You certainly can get into almost any public university except for those at the flagship level. There are also many lesser known private colleges that accept students with sub-3.0 GPAs. </p>
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<p>If you have changed school more than 15 times in the past 12 years or so, that means you’ve probably never been anywhere for much more than one year. You need to stay put for a while. Cut out the WoW and focus on your schoolwork. The college placement counselors at your school should have good ideas about your college list. The colleges that you apply to will look at all of your high school transcripts, and they will re-average things as they see fit. Changing schools right now probably won’t help your GPA all that much. If you can go back to your original HS where you have teachers who remember that you are a student capable of pulling a 3.8 it might be worth it, however if you have to start all over again at yet another high school, you are probably better off just staying where you are.</p>
<p>There are scads of decent colleges and universities that will be happy to accept you with a 9th and 10th grade GPA of 3.8, a 11th grade GPA of 2.6, an SAT of 2000 or so, whatever your senior grades look like they are going to be, a well-written essay on “How I quit WoW and got my life back on track”, and the news that you don’t need a cent of financial aid.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your reassuring answers. May you please tell me what private/public universities will accept me if I do not need financial aid?–I am currently moving from OH to IL. Also, how can I relay to colleges that I do not need any type of financial aid? Thank you again.</p>
<p>To find where you are likely to be admitted, re-calculate your GPA yourself, and run any of the college-matching search engines. All you have to do to let a college know that you don’t need aid, is to not apply for aid. There is a box to check about this on all of the applications.</p>
<p>OP, start with a college matching tool and then look at the school websites. Many schools, especially in the Midwest, have guaranteed acceptance levels listed. Since you’re not limited by finances you can start by looking at the directional universities in the geographical area you’re interested in. Some of the bigger schools like U of Kansas and Kansas State would also accept you.</p>
<p>11 pull ups? ■■■■■! I do sets of 20-25, and usually 2-3 sets a day.</p>
<p>But any non-flagship public school should accept you, along with a good number of privates. Look at Hofstra University and at LaGrange College. I’d say you have a great chance at either of those schools, and Hofstra isn’t a bad school at all. Relax, your life’ll be fine, you aren’t doomed to a community college.</p>