<p>So I am a HS Senior that made the terrible mistake of not applying to many colleges. I am currently in a huge ditch which I have dug myself in and would like some advice on what my options can be. I applied to 4 UCs which I believed I would receive admission to at least one of, but to my disappointment I have been rejected by all 4. I have pretty decent grades 3.8 Average, got about a 1700 on my SAT and had plenty of extracurricular activities. </p>
<p>Now so far after a weekend of just contemplating where I went wrong, all I could think of were Junior Colleges. The only problem I face with that is I don't know if I can take 2 more years of my town. I feel as if all the work I have put into my HS is for nothing. My town is notorious for students that just stick around town after HS go to a JC and never get out. Senioritis is slowly kicking in for me and watching all my friends get into their colleges while I get left behind is very frustrating. ((especially when they assume you were pretty much going to college with them)) </p>
<p>Any help on what options I have at this point would be greatly appreciated. Thank You</p>
<p>There are several large state universities that will accept applications until april 1st.. however for those the financial aid ships have long since sailed. So if you can afford to outright pay for at least 1 year of college that may be an option.</p>
<p>Payments and Money are no problem at all for me. I need zero financial aid for all my years of college. I would not mind getting into a State College. I am going to talk to my counselor as soon as I can though. I have looked around on CSU Mentor, it seems that most CSU's have shut down their application process for all Freshman early this year. Any suggestions on where i can look and compare CCCs?</p>
<p>I thought that they were offering those rejected from all UCs they applied to but are UC eligible a spot at either Riverside or Merced. Maybe your counselor can check into this.</p>
<p>I will check into that. My brother who just graduated last year from UCD, has been telling me that I should at least get into one UC even if I didn't apply to every one of them. This weekend has just been a real downer though, with the whole wait and disappointment. Thanks for all the advice so far.</p>
<p>Every year in April, a list is released of schools that are still accepting applications. Many universities across the country accept applications on a rolling basis or have late deadlines -- one that I can think of is Lesley University. I can't remember their deadline but I remember posting about them to a student who was inquiring about universities still accepting applications just a couple of days ago.</p>
<p>Also, don't accept the misguided idea that "financial aid shops will have long sailed" for schools. Many schools who have later deadlines also don't package their students until close to their deadlines -- so their admissions works just like schools who have deadlines in January and February, just in April. You could get financial aid, possibly, but you should be prepared to pay for some or all because of the late date.</p>
<p>Is also a list of schools with late or rolling deadlines. Some decent colleges on there are Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, High Point University in NC, Seton Hill in PA, Valparaiso in IN, Adelphi University in NY, Arcadia in PA, Centenary College in NJ, Emory & Henry College, Loyola New Orleans, Oglethorpe University in GA, Philadelphia University, many SUNY campuses (Binghamton, Oswego, Old Westbury, Oneonta, Empire State), and all of the Penn State campuses included University Park/State College.</p>
<p>You might also consider taking a semester off and applying for the Spring term. It might give you more options. You can go to CC or work during that semester.</p>
<p>Yeah, but if you click through to see which majors are still accepting aps for Riverside, you'll see that all majors are closed to incoming freshman.</p>
<p>U of Colorado in Boulder is still taking applications. Boulder is really nice. Above is the link to the application page with the status informaton.</p>
<p>If you are interested in coming to San Antonio the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is still taking applications and the website says they waive the application fee if you apply by April 1st. Based on my D's friends experience last year they will notify you within a few weeks. </p>
<p>It seems like you have a lot of options especially if money is not an issue plus you have good stats. If you want to stay in California maybe you could check with some of the smaller private colleges. I'm not familiar with specific places but in general it seems like the bad economy resulted in increased applications to public schools with decreased applications to smaller less-well-know private schools.</p>
<p>You are so lucky that $ is nor object. There still are colleges accepting applications. In addition, in May, the NACAC will provide a list of colleges that are still accepting applications although their deadlines have long past.</p>
<p>You always also could go to a community college outside of your hometown.</p>
<p>Also, consider what UC you would like to go to, check out their transfer rates (usually exceptionally high and required gpa's seem lower) and attend a junior college nearby. As I recall, looking at UCLA stats they had something like a 66% acceptance rate for transfer students. Good luck!</p>
<p>Check out the UC you want to go to (or the area that you want to live in) and look at their specifics for transferring. I know several people who went to the jr college near the UC (Santa Barbara Comm Coll to transfer into UCSB or the Comm Colll near Cal...even Cuesta to go to Cal Poly SLO). They were able to live away from home and still get the classes they needed to transfer. And since they were going to CC it was a little cheaper (than paying for the university and a dorm...although rents in some of those areas are pretty high).</p>
<p>All is not lost for you. You still have your whole life ahead of you to do what you want to do.
Consider all your options.</p>