NEED ADVICE/HELP: 4.0 student; Applied to 11 schools, rejected by all

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@melvin123

4- Take the time now to rethink everything. Be intentional with your next move.

• look at finances first. Finances for most families are a lot less stable than they were a couple of months ago. Can your family still afford the $20k/year you were planning on? Or do you need to take a gap year and concentrate next year on chasing for more merit money? It should be harder next year because I bet a lot of other kids will do the same.
• know that in the UC system there are good pathways to transfer from CC to UCs. Where you start is not where you end up.
  
• if you chose to take a gap year, think about what you can do with your time that would be a growth experience for you. It doesn’t have to be fancy. I know lots of folks that ended up going into their careers because of low-level HS jobs that showed them they like the field.

Thank you for such a in-depth reply! I know that gap year is a possible path. However, with the whole virus situation on hand, my parents are even more nervous than before and are pushing me towards going to a college. To be honest, they never anticipated this either and never really wanted for me to go to CC (even though I kinda think that’s the better thing to do right now because I really don’t even know what I want).