<p>I am a HS junior and so far due to problems i can and some i cant control the majority of my grades stink badly. I really would like to avoid if i could help it, going to community college. Is there a way that i could stand a chance getting into a good school? </p>
<p>(Btw im new to the site so if this thread exists i'm sorry)</p>
<p>What is your HS gpa and what is the rigor of your classes?</p>
<p>GPA: 2.2 
and i don’t know what rigor is to be honest</p>
<p>Rigor means–degree of difficulty in the classes that you chose to take. In other words, did you take AP classes, 3 years of lab sciences, 3 year sequence in math, 3 years of foreign language, honors classes, etc. </p>
<p>There isn’t anything wrong with starting out at community college. Please, don’t look down upon yourself if this ends up being the way you start out your college career. It’ll save you a ton of money by letting you get the general education requirements out of the way (without having to spend a fortune in tuition/room/board). If you can manage a high gpa in community college, you will have a much better chance of transferring to a 4 year residential college.</p>
<p>Have you registered to take the SAT or ACT in the Spring? Start prepping for the test now.</p>
<p>i take average classes and havent registered for my SAT yet bc my guidance councelor doesnt advise us on our futures so I’m forced to rely on the advice of others. My PSAT score was 920 (it was only the math and reading portion).</p>
<p>With your test scores and GPA, there’s no absolutely no way you’ll get into a noncommunity college.</p>
<p>It’s not the end of the world though. Just get good grades (as in, 3.00 or higher) in community college and transfer to your state university.</p>
<p>^^^don’t listen to that guy
you can get into private/state colleges. probably like 2nd, 3rd, or 4th tier though.</p>
<p>^ Really?</p>
<p>The equivalent of an 18 or 19 ACT and 2.2 GPA with no difficult classes can get you into a a four year college?</p>
<p>Maybe I shouldn’t have assumed.</p>
<p>flare im glad you posted on here in response to that because his advice kind of blew me away. thank you. lllklll im looking for possible suggestions bc my GPA is only on the half year. (my school goes by marking period) last marking period my GPA was 3.5 and my grades are only upsetting in math and science they aren’t strong points for me and i get bored with them. I however am excellent at Essays and id like to add i have medical problems that cause my attendance to be terrible id be a B+ OR HIGHER student if it weren’t for that my IQ is tested at 135.</p>
<p>yachts: try to start another thread “colleges for C students”…I can’t imagine that everyone in 4 yr schools had B averages in HS…I agree; there are definitely 4 yr schools for you…narrow down city or rural, public or private, large or small etc b4 you post…good luck! and don’t let CC get you down…not the real world</p>
<p>rodney: ill definitely take your advice on that and start that thread. I appreciate it.</p>
<p>First of all, lol, how is a 135 IQ low? I thought the median is set at 100.</p>
<p>But, wait, let me see if I understand this properly. Your total GPA right now is 2.20, and your GPA this past semester was 3.50?</p>
<p>If so, I think you should easily be able to raise your total GPA to 2.50 or higher your senior year.</p>
<p>“can’t imagine that everyone in 4 yr schools had B averages in HS”</p>
<p>But the University of Arkansas, my local university, rejects students who don’t have at least a 3.00 and 21 on the ACT. Seeing as the U of A is absolutely horrendous, I assumed that a 2.20 GPA and 18 on the ACT had no chance at getting into any type of four year school…but I guess there are schools out there.</p>
<p>Anyways, my final advice is simply to try as hard as you can the rest of high school, raise your test scores to at least 1000 (22 ACT) and apply to various tier 3 and 4 LACs and to your favorite Community College. If I were you, I would seriously rather go to a CC for two years and transfer to your state school than a pretty bad four year school for four years…</p>
<p>Just me though.</p>
<p>You should register for a spring 2009 SAT test. This can be done online at College Board.com. You’ll need to have a credit card when you do this so you can pay for the fee during the registration process. </p>
<p>What is your gpa from grades 9 through 11? When colleges look at your gpa, they will look for:
–an upward trend in grades over time
–difficulty of the courses that you took
–gpa (average) for the time frame of grades 9-11</p>
<p>They will also factor in your SAT/ACT scores, your teacher recommendations, your essays, and your EC’s (involvement in clubs, sports, music, etc).</p>
<p>Your IQ is not part of the college application.</p>