I’m in my senior year of high school, but my freshman and sophomore year wasn’t so well I got a couple C’S and D’S but also B’S Now my freshman year i had one D and same my sophomore year. But junior year i busted my ass i even took my American History 2 class over the summer and passed with a high A. My GPA is a 2.3 or 2.4, it could be better i know. But the school i want to get into there GPA is a 4.3 and the sat scores is math:410-480 reading: 400-480 writing:380-460. Now i made math: 350 reading and writing: 440 and my total was 790. I’m just stressed and scared i won’t get in even though i applied to many schools this school is the main one i want to get into. but thank you guys for taking the time out to read this.
You need to prepare for the worst and hope to be pleasantly surprised. That’s just a good motto for life in general.
If you can’t go to the college you want to go, try going to a community college. I went to a CC, and It was by far the best experience. I did three years there because I started with math remedial. If I were you, I would consider CC. In two years, you can go to your dream college. The good thing is that CC is so cheap and you’ll be spending at your dream college for three or two years depending on the major.
yeah no thats not good advice, thanks tho nice try.
NVM
Nobody’s going to give you a second “try” if that’s how you treat people who are trying to help you.
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It was actually very good advice.
You may have no other choice.
what do you mean about that? please explain thank you
i guess
Asking for advice then rejecting solid, well-meaning advice as “not good advice” sort of defeats the purpose of asking for advice, no?
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i mean i don’t think its nice to say prepare for the worst.
I don’t think the advise was meant to hurt your feelings. Even top students need to prepare for the worst - hence safety schools, everyone needs a mix of schools. Without knowing what your dream school is, it’s hard to say. Many kids set their hearts on “dream” schools and have no plan if they don’t come through.
We don’t know what school it is, but you can to the math. If the school is a top 50 school, your gpa isn’t going to get you in.
yeah thanks your right, my bad
no the school isn’t a top 50 & the school is North Carolina Central University
What does your guidance counselor have to say about the likelihood of your admissions there? If you haven’t asked that person yet, do so the first day yiu are back at school in January.
thanks
OK. I’ve taught a number of kids in your shoes.
Here’s the reality. It’s December 26 of Senior Year. There’s nothing you or anyone can do at this point-- you application is what it is. If you’re on Naviance, you can take a look at the stats-- how kids from your school with similar stats who have applied to the same school have done in the past. But at this point all you can really do as far as NCU goes is sit and wait and hope and wait some more.
The point that others have made is a good one… you need a backup plan. You say you’ve applied to many schools. Have you also applied to other schools where your acceptance has better odds? Ones that you could see yourself happily attending just in case you don’t get into NCU? I understand that you have a strong number one choice, and that is you’re not accepted you’ll be hugely disappointed. But once you get past that disappointment, after a day or two, do you have alternatives?
Since no one can help with the real issue-- will you get accepted or not?-- we’re trying to help you to get a backup plan in place. Like all insurance policies, we’re hoping you won’t need one. But it’s a really, really good idea, just in case.
For what it’s worth, my daughter is also hoping and praying for her number 1 choice. Her scores are a little better than yours, but still nowhere near what most of the kids on this site post. And, like you, her scores put her in the “wait and hope and pray-- but have a backup” group. It’s amazingly rough on the nerves checking the mail each day, waiting for that envelope and fearing it at the same time. Until it comes, there’s still a chance… once it arrives it may be an end to her hopes of attending that school.
And if that does happen she’ll survive. It may take some ice cream therapy and there will definitely be tears, but she’ll survive. She’ll bloom where she’s planted.
I suspect the same is true of you.
Good luck-- and let us know when you know.
You would be a good candidate for community college. There is nothing wrong with going to community college. I know it’s hard, but try not to compare yourself to other students. Why? Because after your 2 yr at community college, you can transfer to a great 4-yr university and when you’re done with all of your required classes for your BA/BS degree and when you graduate from 4 yr-university, you know what’s NOT on that diploma?
The community college.
What IS on that diploma? The 4-yr university.
Attending community college is also a really smart thing to do financially speaking. It costs MUCH less to attend. MUCH lower tuition. It will NOT cost you an arm and a leg. No paying upwards of $70,000/year to attend. Yep, that’s what some liberal arts colleges’ full cost of attendance is. Almost $70,000/year.
You know what you just might be able to do? Graduate with your bachelor’s degree debt-free. That will give you a whole lot more freedom than any of your peers who will graduate college owing tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. Or their families paying up to $280,000 for that 4 yr degree.
Community college is a really smart choice for a student like yourself. You can rock it there with your grades. Work hard, get good grades, maybe even qualify for a transfer student merit scholarship at your state flagship university (depending on what your home state is).