<p>Freshman year 3.00
Sophmore year 1st semester: 2.64
Sophmore year 2nd semester:
-english:A
-geometry:B
-chem. H: B
-spanish 4:C
-ap world:B
-p.e:A
-photography:B </p>
<p>I really want to get into a decent college, but I have been having problems with depression for the past couple of years. Even with treatment, I don't think I am doing the best I can. I live in california, but I don't think I qualify for UCs. I am going into my junior year. Can someone tell me what types of colleges I could possibly get into? I do not want to go to community college. I will work hard for SATs and my grades for junior year but I doubt that things can improve.</p>
<p>Keep it at B and above, and take a course to study for the SAT’s (do NOT take them cold, take a class). Try to do some volunteer work doing something you like, you’ll do better if you enjoy what you do, and then get a couple of great recommendations. You can then make it into the CSU system, and possibly with the right recommendations one or two of the UC’s.</p>
<p>BTW, I wouldn’t completely walk away from the CC’s. They are great transition schools where the teachers work their butts off to try and help folks who want to go from less then stellar backgrounds into good schools. Saw one girl go from CC to Stanford. You can even try these while in HS (for example, photography over the summer, something fun but disciplined).</p>
<p>If the option exists try talking to your current teachers and see if they can help guide you into better study habits, or places that can lend an extra teaching hand. That’s what they are there for, and that’s why they get paid, so use them if you can.</p>
<p>Your grades aren’t incredible, but if you put aside the college confidential effect, they aren’t crappy either. You could get into a CSU no problem, and they are all pretty good schools.</p>
<p>Wait you’re in cali. why wouldn’t you go to a cc? That’s a great way to get into schools like UCLA and Berkeley where you would have a near small chance of getting into from high school!</p>
<p>but if you raised your gpa and scored very well on SATs and explained your situation to the universities, I would say youd have a shot at some pretty good ones.</p>
<p>If your goal is to graduate from a UC, then if you are not UC eligible, attend a CC first. CC transfers get first priority for the UC’s. If your goal is to attend a four year university from the start, then you have the grades to get accepted at some of the CSU’s. If the reason you do not wish to attend a CC is due to a desire not to live at home while in college, you can always apply (early) for one of the private dorms adjacent to UCSB and attend the CC there. It’s cheap and you can get in regardless of grades or test scores. Your junior year will be the most important to the college admissions people so go for the “strong upward trend” and apply at three reaches, three matches, and three safeties. You look like you are on your way to a 3.0 overall GPA, which is good enough for lots of four year schools in CA. Good luck.</p>
<p>Would is be embarrassing to go to a CSU? Everyone expects me to go to a UC or better. I’m serious. Even my other students at school. I don’t want my community to look down on me or make me feel like an outcast, just because I could not make it into a good college. I stress out a lot about this, and have even ended up in the hospital for suicide attempts. I think I would be happiest if someone told me that it is OKAY, regardless of what college I go to. Now, I don’t care as much, honestly. But why is it SO important to everyone? I mean my parents, I understand. But even people at school who don’t like me ha thatve been insinuating that I am NOT going to community college because I am somehow “above” that. That scared and confused me at the time. Why will my parents not stop pressuring me, even after they have been threatened with my death?</p>
<p>You aren’t going to go to a community college, because there’s no reason you would need to. Based on your grades, you’ll be able to get into a perfectly fine CSU, and the CSU system is emphatically NOT bad.</p>
<p>Honestly, it doesn’t matter where you go to college. It matters how well you do in college, and how hard you work. I went through depression in hs also, and my grades dropped drastically my sophomore year. I ended up at a community college. However I’m a straight A student now and I’m applying to schools I never thought of before, compared to my friends at “good” schools with 2.9s and hangovers. Don’t stress about what others think. Because once you start college, it doesn’t matter anymore.</p>
<p>Done them all, top schools, CSU’s and CC’s. Loved them all and thoroughly enjoying currently going to a CSU. IT’S OKAY TO GO TO A CSU. My degree from the CC stands proudly with the other degrees on the wall, as will my CSU degree when I get it. </p>
<p>You’re gonna love it wherever you go, just remember to be yourself and embrace with a smile making mistakes. Life is way more fun when you get good at makng mstakes. </p>
<p>Tip - Broaden your horizon. People from California seem to believe only California has schools, and this limits their choices dramatically. There are a lot more choices out there and your grades can get you into many of them. Imagine studying whales in Alaska, the law in Maryland, or the weather in Kansas or Florida. You can do any of them.</p>