I am considered a high school dropout. I am applying to Cal Poly, Berkeley, USC, UCLA, and UC San Diego this semester. I would be disappointed if I was not accepted into all of them, honestly. My advice is to make a decision on a major, and plan your classes accordingly. Put the time in, get above a 3.5 GPA, and you should be ok. You are at a critical point in your academic career. You have to show what you are made of when the chips are stacked against you. For most schools, if you take 60 college credits, your high school record becomes irrelevant. I would like to add that if you are at a CC, focus on the GPA. Universities really don’t care if your part of the newspaper or in a sport. A strong GPA will trump those qualities.