I have a 2.7 GPA and got a 930 on my SAT. I know that those are not great but I do really want to go to a college with a good reputation.
Home state? College budget? Intended major?
What kind of schools would you consider having a “good reputation”?
Have you considered community college first, doing well there and then a transfer to a good 4 year university?
Massachusetts, Maybe 50,000, and English as a Major.
For a good reputation, just a school that when the public hears the name they aren’t like “Ugh, that school.”
And for community, I feel like for who I am personally a community college wouldn’t be the best for me. They are great just not right for me.
But a community college is make an excellent safety school. I am not familiar with any schools on the East coast that would fit your profile so hopefully other CC posters can offer some suggestions. Any plans to retake the SAT?
York College Lycoming College, both in PA. Castleton University in VT.
You would have some good options within the MA public system if your stats met their minimum requirements. Since your GPA is below the 3.0 threshold, you would need a compensating standardized test score to qualify to attend even the less-competitive four-year public U’s in Massachusetts - at least a 950 SAT or a 20 ACT. (That’s assuming your 2.7 is weighted. If that’s unweighted, then go by your weighted GPA. The info on minimum requirements is here: https://www.mass.edu/shared/documents/admissions/admissionsstandards.pdf )
If you can get above that threshold, then take a close look at MCLA, which is MA’s public liberal arts college and could be perfect for an aspiring English major looking for a solid, reputable program, on a lovely campus in the Berkshires, with relatively non-competitive admissions. http://www.mcla.edu/ On the coastal end of the state, UMass Dartmouth could also be worth a look.
@laxgoalie1221, If your academic strength is in reading rather than math (which I assume is the case for a future English major) you might do better on the ACT than the SAT because less of the total ACT test is in math. ACT math is also said to be more straightforward. Also, the science section on the ACT has more to do with reading comprehension than prior knowledge of science. The main difficulty of the ACT is that it moves very quickly, but if you are a relatively strong or quick reader that may be to your advantage.
It might be worth getting an ACT study book and doing a practice test to see if the ACT would work better for you. I just ordered the ACT Black Book study guide from Amazon for my daughter that was recommended here on CC. It talks about specific strategies for understanding how to approach the test questions for best results.
Please ask your parents how much they’ll spend each year so you can know what the limits are.
Kansas State u.