<p>@Bromfield2 I did. I found it difficult to find people in that industry, as I selected L.A. as the location I would
look at first. Most of the MHC alums I found worked in consulting or were in volunteer positions at nonprofits. Hardly anyone stood out, with the exception of Debra Martin Chase. I then understood how pronounced the stereotype of MHC grads as women who married rich guys was.</p>
<p>Obviously transferring to a school in a big city won’t make the internship fall in my lap, but it will open up windows of opportunity to intern during the semester, which facilitates long-term relationships with coworkers and other industry people. </p>
<p>@Bromfield2 Ideally I’d hold down a 4.0, have an internship at a PR firm or something and have sufficient time to party and let loose on weekends. That’s my goal for now. Lol. But yes… I am conflicted/fairly confused about my future path.</p>
<p>For those goals, you could apply to Occidental, Scripps, and USC, and see whether you can get in. I don’t think there’s much risk in it. At worst, in May you’ll learn you got into all and will have to choose 
… or that you got into none. If you stay in community college, you should keep that 4.0 and tranfer into UCLA indeed.</p>
<p>Yes, making sense and JMO you should have a secondary skill (the math thing) while you pursue the film thing? What about actuarial science (if you like statistics you’d dig that I think - calculating risk for insurance companies?) Also just because you have this preconceived opinion of MHC grads doesn’t mean that you have to be like that. I’m sure you are totally smart enough to dual major in film/communications and math (or major/minor in one or the other). Atlanta would be a nice spot for that (if you are interested in hip hop). What about radio as a start (look for a campus with a radio station).</p>
<p>It’s not easy to get those jobs (I have a niece who majored in communications and she’s not working in her field and yes she is a STRONG communicator). But also know a young lady from my hometown in Michigan - she majored in communications (went to a historically black college) and she’s a local superstar on radio so I think you need to have that something extra - if you think you have it then go for it.</p>
<p>@cmgrayson Aww, you’re too kind. I’m honestly not smart- I’m not trying to be self-deprecating, but that’s really the dilemma I’m trying to solve. How did MHC, a school with an “elite” reputation, pick an underachiever like me? Is it because of the money? Idks. Obviously that will forever remain a mystery. </p>
<p>@MYOS1634 That’s my concern. Community colleges in CA are designed to feed kids into the UC system and leave little wiggle room for private colleges. Sure, I got into MHC out of high school (when I really was attending another community college’s on-campus high school program… concurrent enrollment), but that’s different.<br>
My HS GPA was 4.0, but my comm. college grades blewww. Like I’m talking anywhere from 2.9-3.4. So taking both transcripts into account, my REAL GPA must have been something like a 3.6 on average. But that was born out of watching too much TV and not really caring about my life… combined with heightened anxiety over “not getting into the right school” and fearing that I would end up miserable if I didn’t get into an Ivy or a top LAC.
The anxiety really hindered me from performing at a peak level, becoming a huge mental/psychological disadvantage. Additionally, I’ve suffered from a pretty severe case of depression within the last 1.5 years, I’m about to lose a parent to cancer and thus am only taking something like 10 units now. I feel like a total failure and I want to go back to MHC because it at least gives me peace of mind that I’m at a “decent” academic school.</p>
<p>No school at the level of Emory or NYU is going to assess me as ready and competent to attend their undergrad programs at the rate I’m going, and I know it.</p>
<p>I’m struggling in economics right now (75 on my last test), and I rarely read for my physical anthro class (didn’t think I had to), so I’m basically failing. Took a midterm and I bet I scored something like a 70 at best on it. I’m only beginning treatment now, so that’s another factor to take into consideration. I still don’t think that would justify my performance to a committee of admissions officers though…</p>
<p>Well I recommend counseling still just because you seem to think something is wrong with MHC for accepting you when perhaps they saw something that you are unable to see in yourself. Perhaps they are about the business of educating women and thought you belonged there. You’ve got to be within the range (what’s the range of grades and test scores for MHC). Are you saying that no one belongs there but the most perfect young ladies? That’s kinda harsh…</p>
<p>@cmgrayson Well I mean, that’s not the point of what I’m saying. I definitely think Mt. Holyoke is a decent school and all, but I sometimes wonder if it was worth it for me to go in as a freshman, given the unpleasant social circumstances, emotional/psychological distress I experienced and the $55K/year tuition. Not to mention a mountain of bad grades, bad SAT scores and wondering why a supposed “prestigious” school could completely disregard how low my scores were.
HA! Perfection? Mt. Holyoke, or at least I think most people would argue, holds more “prestige” than UC Santa Barbara… but have you checked the admissions statistics for UCSB lately? Average GPA hovers around a 4.2. </p>
<p>I made up my mind today that I’ll finish up the quarter and head back to MHC in the fall. Yeah, school kind of sucks but I’ll just have to put up with it.</p>
<p>@cmgrayson TRUST ME, I do not expect MHC girls to be ANYWHERE near perfection. If anything, I initially was expecting the admissions committee’s statistical standards to be a bit higher. Sorry to say it.</p>
<p>One of your criteria is that you basically didn’t do homework for your grades or watched a lot of TV or did homework quickly, all factors that didn’t appear. Also, did you happen to attend a high-performing school? Because your grades would automatically have been “weighted” (B=B+…) due to the competitive nature of your school. Finally, it seems you did well at MHC so at least you were stimulated to a certain degree whereas at community college you aren’t pushed enough, you don’t push yourself, and even there if you don’t work you can’t get good grades. Try to study (even in front of the TV) every day to start with, it should help As for costs, if you stay in Community College you can probably transfer to one of the UC’s, as long as your GPA goes back up, and for your career goals UCLA would be a good choice. I don’t think Emory is possible if your grades don’t go back up quickly but you could try to transfer into Agnes Scott based on your MHC grades (the fact you’re a MHC student will help you).</p>
<p>Just curious where you fall statistically on the admissions scale at Holyoke. (gradewise and scorewise). </p>
<p>@cmgrayson
<a href=“https://www.mtholyoke.edu/admission/class_profile”>https://www.mtholyoke.edu/admission/class_profile</a>
Average SAT critical reading: 620-710
SAT math: 600-720
SAT writing: 620-720</p>
<p>LOL AND HERE COME MY SCORES:
SAT critical reading: 540
SAT writing: 560
SAT math: 550
<a href=“Mount Holyoke College - The Princeton Review College Rankings & Reviews”>http://www.princetonreview.com/MountHolyokeCollege.aspx</a>
AVERAGE GPA: 3.7</p>
<p>I only took it twice, and those are my best scores. Didn’t study either time, never opened a PSAT booklet. Didn’t think I needed to… until I saw that some of my peers were scoring 2200’s and feeling bad about themselves.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 No, I did really poorly at MHC. 2.5 GPA my first semester and that was all humanities classes. I became SUPER depressed my second week in school and didn’t attend 95% of my classes. I spent the vast majority of my time inside a dorm room eating junk food, staying up late on Facebook and watching YouTube videos.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I would turn in assignments when needed, get pretty decent marks on them (anywhere from A’s to B+'s usually) but then get docked major points for attendance.
Obviously if profs don’t think you care much, you show up for class at whatever time you want with pajamas on, they’re not going to grade you well.</p>
<p>@cmgrayson
My GPA’s weird. I took two HS-level classes, so my HS transcript shows up as a 4.0. My college transcript (from HS, mind you), probably shows up as a 3.2. So taking the average of those two, I probably have an average GPA of
3.6</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 No, I didn’t go to a high-performing high school. LOL I wish I could say so.</p>
<p>I think resolve the depression issues before returning (take this off period and do that). You’ve said several times you were depressed and there were other issues going on so there’s something going on here that’s stopping you from being your best (I don’t think it is pure laziness). Also your scores put you in the lower 25% range so what’s the problem with Holyoke’s admissions (since they do admit students in the lower range, right?)</p>
<p>CA: you sound motivated, but you aren’t doing the job. Why didn’t you study for the anthro class? Go and talk to the instructors in econ and anthro immediately and tell them where you’re having difficulties. See what they recommend. If it’s an issue of not studying, then you need to work on that and get some counseling. I would think there are a fair number of resources at your CC. I think CMG is right on when she says you also need to resolve your depression issues. Good luck whatever you do.</p>
<p>@cmgrayson Yeah, but I’m way out in the lower range, making it very hard to convince myself I was accepted based on merit. </p>
<p>Admitting lower range kids sounds like a euphemistic labeling for accepting “stupid people.”</p>
<p>@cmgrayson And we all know it.</p>
<p>Well I guess MHC saw potential and decided to give you a chance.
I agree with cmgrayson: get the depression treated (therapy!) and focus on your studies once you feel better.
Would attending UCLA after sophomore year at a JC be that bad for you?</p>
<p>Well you are clearly not ‘stupid people’ but you seem stuck on the fact that they accepted you despite your not deserving to be accepted for whatever reason (being on the lower end of the stats which STILL makes you an excellent student). It’s not like being on the lower end of stats for Harvard but certainly better than being on the lower end of stats for my local commuter college - Holyoke IS a great school. You sound pretty functional so like MYOS said, THERAPY! I don’t think you need meds, but I’m not a doctor so…yeah. You will still be flopping around trying to figure out why you are at a 2.5 if you don’t resolve the issues. It might be something as simple as going east for school when you are from California - I seriously believe that kids don’t get enough light in the winter when they move east for college and it affects their study habits and mood. They can’t quite figure out what’s wrong … take a happy lamp with you when/if you go back. </p>