<p>Hi! I'm currently facing problems and frustrations these days. My situation is very odd...I was a senior high school student who was close to graduate, but was withdrawn from high school due to a family emergency. Now I want to reapply college, but I can't get the high school diploma from my high school which surely would effect my application. In addition, since I withdrawn the second semester of my senior year, I wasn't able to get the credits required for UC schools. Is it possible that I make up my credits at a Community College, and apply with GED? I was accepted to UCLA, USC before I was withdrawn from high school. In this case, if I reapply... would I still be accepted to colleges at that standard? Also, how am I suppose to get teacher's recommendation, if I no longer have contact with the teachers. (there's no way I can contact them).... Lastly, is it possible if I retake SAT since I have nothing much to do...and in hope for a higher score, will college accept them? Even if I took it AFTER my senior year? .... THANK YOU SO MUCH.....</p>
<p>i feel really bad for u, sorry but i know nothing about what you just asked.
can i ask what was your family emergency.</p>
<p>That situation sounds quite odd indeed, so I doubt you will receive any answers here. I would recommend contacting UC’s and your high school and talking to them about it.</p>
<p>Idk, it sounds like to me that you might have to retake the 12th grade?</p>
<p>First, contact your old high school and find out what would be needed to complete the needed coursework so that you can graduate.</p>
<p>If you learn that that would be impossible to arrange, and you are at least 18 years old, take the GED. [General</a> Educational Development Test (GED®) - Testing (CA Dept of Education)](<a href=“http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/gd/]General”>High School Equivalency (HSE) Tests - Testing (CA Dept of Education)) If you aren’t 18, you will have to take the CHSPE [California</a> High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE)](<a href=“California High School Proficiency Examination - Testing (CA Dept of Education)”>http://www.chspe.net/) It is better to take the GED, because the CHSPE is only recognized in California. With the CHSPE or the GED you can enroll at a community college in California. </p>
<p>Unless you are in the Federal Witness Protection Program, I can’t imagine any scenario in which you would be unable to contact your old high school teachers to ask them for letters of recommendation. There really isn’t any reason why you can’t reapply to the universities that you applied to last time around. What you will need to do is explain what happened in your last semester that made it impossible for you to graduate on time.</p>
<p>You may have to start at a CC and then transfer.</p>
<p>Agree^: first step is to contact your high school and ask them. I am unclear on whether you have tried this yet. (Do you mean you can’t get the diploma because you did not finish? Or because they refused to help you?)</p>
<p>How long ago did you leave?<br>
Btw, the UCs don’t require letters of rec for freshmen- but they may be needed for certain awards or grants. You’ll want to check. </p>
<p>Learn aboout your hs options first, then work on the rest.
Good luck.</p>
<p>ps. I can imagine plenty of reason why you would be pulled out of school at that point, especally if your family is international. I don’t think you need to reval any more here than you wish.</p>
<p>Righttt… but under the Fullerton School District Rule, I am not legal to return school after I withdrawn, according to my age (over 18). This means, I can’t get my high school diploma… If I can’t finish high school, I couldn’t get the credits in which I didn’t finished. I withdrawn 26 school days before graduation, and had left school for 2 weeks already… </p>
<p>on the other hand, if I choose to take GED, I heard it has certain disadvantages when I reapply colleges…</p>
<p>I’m still stuck out-of-state, and wouldn’t be able to make it back until the end of next week, which would be 2 weeks before school’s graduation…</p>
<p>Save your money for 2 years and attend UT. It sounds as if you have excellent plans to pursue your filmaking while in school, and that can be done wherever you attend. You will have great exposure to a wide variety of subjects at UT. Taking out a huge amount of debt will cripple you when you get out of school. You are attempting a career that doesn’t immediately bring in the kind of money that would pay off student loans. You shouldn’t have to take a job that you hate to pay off loans. Depending on your film goals, you may want to work with your parents to put aside some money to help you produce films while in school.</p>
<p>Are you saying all this happend within the past few months?
You actually left school about 6-8 weeks ago?</p>
<p>Try asking the CA State Board of Education what you can do to finish somehow, somewhere. Make sure you explain all the details. Good Luck.</p>
<p>USC does not actually require a diploma from your high school as far as I know. You might want to talk to them.</p>
<p>They have a program where they admit 11th graders a year early. So if you left in the middle of second semester of 12th grade, they may still take you. However, I cant figure out if you dropped out this year or few years ago.</p>
<p>I dropped out this year, like around three weeks ago…
I contacted USC admission, they don’t require “diploma”, but they do require a final transcript of the second semester senior year from school, which I won’t have.</p>
<p>We don’t know what effect it has that you officially withdrew. CA can have its own unusual regulations. If the hs told you they cannot let you return for final work and final exams, then I believe you should call the state Bd of Ed. Ask what options you have. They will know the laws and the possibilities. Good luck.</p>
<p>Would you have enough credits without the final semester?</p>
<p>ciestlavie16,</p>
<p>The transcript as it stands, with the withdrawals, is your “final transcript”. Send that one. Include a letter (from your counselor would be best) detailing why you had to withdraw that close to graduation. Your situation is unusual, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t start college in the fall.</p>
<p>My concern would be that given this family crisis, you won’t be able to pay for your education. Don’t forget to discuss that with the universities in question.</p>
<p>You dropped out 3 weeks ago? </p>
<p>Anyway…you don’t need a diploma to go to a CC. Are you instate for Calif?</p>
<p>As others writing on the thread have mentioned, I think you should contact your Board of Education to see what can be done.</p>
<p>If that does not help, and your other related efforts don’t work out so well, do not be disillusioned. This is a thread on how a CA student managed to go from a CC to UC Berkeley - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/admissions-hindsight-lessons-learned/940151-different-success-story-please-read-if-youre-still-high-school.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/admissions-hindsight-lessons-learned/940151-different-success-story-please-read-if-youre-still-high-school.html</a></p>