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This sounds insane, but I'm really regretting not putting any effort into school.

Is it possible to rectify this at all? If so, how?

>> No.687962

You can test well on the ACT or SAT and transfer from a decent college to a better one with a good college gpa.

>> No.687963

Yes. Just do well in community college. I was on the same boat and am graduating in two months. You're golden OP.

>> No.687971

>>687962
>>687963

Ok, thanks. I'm really good at doing homework and taking tests.

How high of a bar can I set? I'm willing to move if greater universities accept community college kids from their area.

>> No.688044

>>687961
>>687963
NO and NO. You need to have been perfect without any fucking up to get into Harvard, Yale or Standford these days.

These schools are not taking some kid who has a 3.8 undeclared CC associates, sorry.

You can maybe pull it off if you have some great other attributes that these schools are looking for however. Like you started a homeless shelter, you found a computer security loophole in a major company;s website, you wont a Big 4 accounting competition, etc.

You legit need a 3.9-4.0 to even stand a chance at the top schools and they will take into consideration your ability to pay, believe me. If you apply for financial aide to NYU and youre not the most special snowflake in the world, they arent accepting you.

>> No.688049

>>688044

Can I at least shoot for something higher than a standard state university, or am I stuck with that because I fucked up in high school?

>> No.688051

>>687971
Here in the California it's relatively easy to go from a CC to a UC/CSU. UCLA and Berkeley are realistic goals as long as you're willing to work for it.

>> No.688053

>>688051

Definitely willing to work for it. Is it completely unrealistic to go east? I'm not trying to look down my nose at Cali, just wondering what my options are.

>implying a pleb like me could look down on a top-tier school

>> No.688060

>>688049

Are you trying to be part of the elite or political class? If so you already fucked up beyond repair by not being born into it then screwing up on your own and if not going to your states best school is all you would ever need for any type of career you can imagine, and you won't get shafted by the shitty private schools that are quite god but just prey on middle class people that have your mentality and are certainly not worth the premium you'd pay over your states flagship school.

>> No.688066

>>688053
I don't know much about East coast schools but I've read that Cornell accepts a decent amount of CC transfers. Transferring to the rest of the Ivy league schools is near impossible though.

>> No.688074

>>687971
Certain schools don't accept transfers for certain programs (I wasn't able to transfer into Purdue, ND, or Northwestern engineering programs), but other than that the sky is the limit. 3.5+ will get you anywhere. Remember: by the time you transfer you're not competing with the entire field, you are competing with fellow CC students for the seats left by dropouts.

CC is the better option anyway because colleges won't be able to fund themselves when no one is able to pay their debts in a few years and who knows what will happen then.

>> No.688076

>>688060
>If so you already fucked up beyond repair by not being born into it then screwing up on your own and if not going to your states best school is all you would ever need for any type of career you can imagine, and you won't get shafted by the shitty private schools that are quite god but just prey on middle class people that have your mentality and are certainly not worth the premium you'd pay over your states flagship school.
>this is all one sentence

Kek. Judging by your grammar, I don't think you should be advising anyone about education.

>> No.688080

>>688060

>Are you trying to be part of the elite or political class?

I knew from day one that I wouldn't get in in my life time, but I might be able to position my kids for better opportunities than I had.

So kind of, yeah.

>>688066
Sounds promising. I'll look into all the schools that will take plebs after this thread dies.

>> No.688099

Bro just do CC and then transfer to your local Uni after 24 credits. I don't even put my CC on my resume and I'm still going to get a degree in my desired field.

And another thing is if High School education was actually engaging and worth a shit, kids wouldn't be fucking around and actually learning a basis to go into college with. Shit is basically a daycare for teenagers.

>> No.688268

>>688049
Nah, maybe if you said you were working 3 jobs to pay for your mothers medical bills but then they might let you get away with a 3.5 instead of 4.2 needed in high school.

>>688060
This. I knew a kid at Yale who wasnt super smart but smart enough. His parents went to Harvard, his sister goes to Upenn. He lives in Bronxville NY (Where all the wealthy of NYC live if they want to live in an actual house with a lawn).
He did his internships at Goldman and Citigroup.

He is just an example of this elite class that goes to these schools.

>> No.688298

>>688044
NYU (outside of Stern) is not that competitive.

>> No.688346

>>688298
Ur a faggot

>> No.688366

Hard mode /biz/

Is it possible to transfer to a better college from a large state university, with a sub 2.75 GPA? I have a LOT of personal projects and unique work experience.

>> No.688385

>>688366

Maybe. Depends how good of a place you plan on transferring to. You won't get into any Ivy League places, that's for sure.

>> No.688391

>>688346
I'm sorry the truth hurts your feelings.

>> No.688394

I have a 3.9 at a CC and have good work exp, I'm applying to columbia, NYU, Cornell, University of florida when I finish my AA this semester.

Anywhere else biz? I want to work in IB

>> No.688396

>>688394

UF will not help you get into IB. It's a decent school, but IB is 99% about connections and all the connections are at northeastern schools.

Just apply all over NY, maybe Rutgers too.

>> No.688400

>>688396
>Just apply all over NY, maybe Rutgers too.
will do, UF is just my fallback cause its my flagship state school.

>> No.688402

>>688394
i hope you didn't blow your wad, because your CC GPA gets reset when you transfer.

protip to you CC guys. do the bare minimum to get into the school of your choice, its literally a waste to put anymore effort into it.

>> No.688405

>>688402
a 3.9 at a CC is pretty ez tbh, It would be 4.0 but I failed a 1 cred class which is Army ROTC and I cant do that shit again. IT was like 5 years ago before I started school again.

>> No.688413

My hs gpa at grad was a 3.2 my 1st semster and midterm grades are all A's at a top 40 uni and i have a 2210 sat and im a spic.

Will my hs gpa still hold me back from top uni's if i apply to transfer this? All the transfer acceptances rates are so low I feel the only thing i have for me is my spicness

>> No.688424

>>688413
>i have a 2210 sat and im a spic.
is this a serious question?

>> No.688429

>>688385
Yeah not Ivy League by any means, but somewhere in the UC system would be ideal. Or San Francisco State. I'm out of state.

>> No.688431

>>688394
Campbell?

>> No.688436

>>688424
yes columbia has a transfer rate of 5% george town ~15% uva 30% I only have one year of good grades and meh ec's. I really don't know if i have a shot

>> No.688440

>>688424
and your right outside of stern nyu is a joke. That being said stern is top teir

>> No.688447

>>688298
Agreed, Its better than most but Stern and Law are what makes NYU. Otherwise NYU is for kids who want to have a city experience and can pay 60k a year.

>> No.688786

Is SBCC a good community college?

Will I be able to transfer to some place like Berkeley or UCLA? I'll be studying business with an emphasis on finance.

>> No.688792

Nope

>> No.688815

>>687961
I did but I'm not at a top school. My school is ranked decently in my country but nothing special.
I did shit in high school and almost barely passed. Went to community college and scrapped by. It wasn't until after I graduated there that I decided to go hard in school. Applied to university, got in, got transfer credits and am now one of the top in each class. I graduate next year.
It can be done but it will take more time than the direct to university approach from high school with good grades.

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>>688815
How did you improve on your grades. I've got into a decent University too and all I have to do is get at 600+ gmat score. Im ok with everything else but math. Avoiding it like the plague.

>> No.690018

>>688080

You squandered the opportunities you had, you admitted as such in the OP. If you're in a state that does Regents testing and you tested well, you can probably swing a better than average State University. Other than that, better prep them SATs and rev up those "why you should pick me" letters.

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>>687961

I was a complete fuck up in highschool, went to juvey, got expelled from one, even went to an outbound youth program for over a year.

But I scored really high on the ACT which got me into a mid tier state school, which I'll be graduating this year from with a computer science degree.

I also own a business that's grossed 20k in the past two months.

follow ur dremmssss OP

>> No.690277

>>688044
>this guy
>lol no

I went to school in germany.

Smoked weed throughout my whole time in high school (no pun intended).

Fucked up my first 3 semesters in a german university and I still could make it to princeton.

>being as pleb as you
>my seids

Everything is possible.

>> No.690385

>>690277
>I went to school in germany.

>Princeton Admissions
>oh wow, we have some special kraut snowflake, we dont have many krauts this year, lets take him

>> No.690444

>>690277
>fucked up 3 years of uni
>thinks he can get into Princeton

Keep smoking weed.