$60,000 gives you $15,000 per year for a four year degree. Less if you think you’re going to grad school. Every single California public university is out of reach at that price.
Is an in-person high school or community college an option, or is the only available schooling online? Because online schools don’t give you a chance to really connect with teachers for letters or participate in activities that look good on your application.
What are your grades and test scores like?
A degree from any decent university gives you a much better shot at a well paying professional job than no degree at all. If you prefer to live on the streets than attend a state university, that’s your choice.
I’m sorry if everyone here thinks I’m a fail and don’t know what i’m doing. That’s what I’ve been told my entire life. I guess community college here I go.
We have little idea what your academic qualifications are, so no idea if you’re failing. But, we certainly think you don’t know what you are doing in college search and selection. And you don’t seem to be receptive to feedback and concerns at the moment.
Go to community college. It’s a fine place to start. Make time to visit with academic and transfer advising to find the right school to finish at.
Good luck.
Then, someone gave you a really misguided view of life. Is this a cultural thing from someone who didn’t know that other schools exist?
There are more than just two schools on the planet that will accept you.
Berkeley and Stanford may not be doable for a number of reasons and if you don’t go there, it is no big deal. My children didn’t go there, but they attended other great schools, and they have been very successful.
Oh boy. I’ll jump in.
I’m with @AroundHere; are you failing? Why are you considering CC if it seems that your misguided fears of failure have earned a half-decent GPA?
You apply as a freshman for college if you have not yet graduated from hs. A lot of kids in Ohio earn an AA or AS through dual enrollment and graduate with that before they walk for their high school diploma. They are not considered transfer students when they apply to start college and are eligible for all the first year freshman renewable scholarships and housing options just like a student with a ton of AP credits or an IB diploma is.
First, you will apply as a freshman. Then the university you choose to enroll in will decide how many of these credits to transfer and will give you advanced standing.
Second, it doesn’t matter what you’ve been told forever and ever. You’re old enough to read and think on your own. Borrow a Fiske Guide or Princeton Review’s Best Colleges. Start reading. Write down 10 colleges you hadn’t heard of and like. Run their NPC.
Third, what’s your GPA? any test score? What AP/IB/AICE/Dual enrollment classes have you taken?
Fourth, $60,000/4 = $15,000 per year. Add your $5,500 loan and any savings from your job, and that’s your budget. All NPC results (“net price”) should be within that budget.
Fifth, kind of suspicious about people who may brainwash you into thinking Stanford/UCs but would ignore Ivies/Little Ivies.
Just for some clarification here, I have a 4.0 and I am enrolled in mostly AP classes. When I said failing, I didn’t mean failing at school, I meant failing at life. Because i feel even though I have a 4.0 and AP credits, that I’m still not good enough for a private school. The only reason I’m considering community college during high school is because I felt colleges might be more impressed if they see i have 2 years of college already done.
And I really don’t care about the Ivy League. I’ve got all my focus set on California and European schools.
What we are trying to get into your thick skull is that there are schools outside California that are worth attending and much more affordable. Have you studied economics yet? The supply-demand in California is just not in your favor. Even Californians are flocking to schools in other states for more affordable choices! There is no major or career plan which is only available to students from Calfornia or Europe.
You have a very limited budget: Have you calculated your EFC yet or run any net price calculators?
Also, please clarify your educational plans: Are you talking about doing a full load of online high school and a full load of online community college at the same time? Or would community college replace your high school classes? Do you have any course plan besides “looking impressive to colleges”? Do you have any preliminary major or career plans? When exactly do you graduate?
Talk to your counselor about a strategy applying to other institutions. And most importantly, seek some mental help. In my opinion, you’re in no position to attend a college environment.
Great thanks. I’ll live in a box I guess because my dreams of college were just crushed by you.
Nothing’s being crushed here.
Your dreams of attending one specific university – one that is NOT very accessible to out of state transfer students who need financial aid – that is what is being questioned.
Berkeley is a HUGE crap shoot for you. That’s life. Get over it. Look at other schools – there are probably 1000 very good universities in this country. Or aim for Europe, if you’re so inclined.
Being snarky or petulant isn’t going to help you, and in theory, that’s what you’re here for.
I’m going right back to what I said before. Berkeley and Stanford and prestigious schools are the only ones that will provide me with success in life, at least from what I’ve been told. I haven’t seen examples of successful people (presidents, world leaders, etc.) who didn’t go to these schools. If I go to “one of the average 1000,” I’m going to be an average Joe until my inevitable death, accomplishing nothing but the ordinary sad average expectations of educational standards.
And then when I apply for a good job and don’t have Stanford or Berkeley, etc, they will just throw my application away. Honestly I don’t know if I’m just taking this way out of proportion, but I feel like my version of what I see in success is limited to less than ten schools in the world.
Bill Gates didn’t go to either school.
Mark Zuckerberg didn’t go to Stanford or Berkeley.
Neither of those two graduated from college. I haven’t seen them be homeless yet.
Agree with the previous posters and @TransferStalker is ABSOLUTELY correct:
You won’t be able to go to those schools because you don’t have a quarter of a million dollars to attend.
Done with this absurd premise.
Please, talk to a counselor or a therapist. What you’re saying is contradicted by any proof you could care to look for, which means you’re actively discounting evidence to remain within the mindset that causes you anxiety, and that’s a sign of a serious problem. Take care of your mental health please.
Once you’re healthy enough, read _ where you go isn’t who you’ll be_ by Franck Bruni.
Then, ACTUALLY read the bios for executives at companies such as Disney, Cocacola, Baines, Cargill, Microsoft, Nestle, Axa, PwC.
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