I'm trying to get into college, any college really. My GPA is really bad though, like ridiculous. It's my senior year and I'm gonna take my SATs soon. Do you think theres any way to get into a college? Good essays, recommendation letters..?
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Easy. Community colleges will accept almost anyone as long as you have the minimum SAT/ACT scores or pass their placement tests. Once you get into one of those you can get the good grades and get in anywhere else. You should go to a community college first anyway so that you don't waste money on expensive tuition for the first two years.
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Well there is one thing you can do, and that is to do great on your Sat's, you do really well on this, alot of the grades can be thrown to the side, but you better do really well, or you will end up going to a lower end college.
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That really depends on just how bad your GPA is, and how well you end up actually doing on the SATs. I suggest talking to your school guidance counselor. They'll have more information for you. But if your GPA is really that bad, and you don't get into a college/university right out of high school, go to community college for a couple of years, and do well there. Then you should be able to transfer to a college/university. Good luck!
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The SAT is a predictor of college grades. So the solution is to get ACTUAL college grades. Go to a community college and get terrific grades, apply for a transfer to the college of your choice. It's as simple as "buy low, sell high."
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The best thing for you to do is to go to a junior college first. spend two years there, get a great GPA, save yourself thousands of dollars, most of these JC's have transfer agreements with state colleges. Get on one of those and transfer. In my area students who spend the first two years in a JC, do better in their junior and senior year than their counterparts who started at that 4 year college. Hope that helps.
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I second that community college reccommendation, if you cannot get admitted to a good 4-year. There you would be exposed to a lot of working students who are paying their own way to a second chance. In many areas community colleges have transfer programs by which you can go on to a 4-year without losing earned course credit.
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Well, you can always have mummy and daddy give a whole boatload of money to their alma mater...that's worked well for several well known politicians.
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That depends severely on your personal situation. If you (a) are disadvantaged for socioeconomic or health reasons, (b) have low grades because you have an extraordinarily high IQ and rejected normal schooling in order to properly educate yourself, or (c) are really good with people, then a really high SAT/ACT might get you into a good school. However, in addition to good test scores, you will need to talk to the dean and make one hell of an impression. If you can't meet the criteria above, don't freak out. Go to a community college as suggested, get a good score on your SAT/ACT, and after at least two years you will be able to get in to a decent university no problem.
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