Keshira

SAT doesn't measure intelligence exactly but it does correlate with intelligence quite a bit when you take it without preparation. It does validate to me that you could be doing better with more effort.

Yes, by all means, buy some study books, take a couple Blue Book tests and then test again. You could probably hit the 2300s and that could help a little.

You should try community college and transfer. California is a great place to do that.

SomeGirl

Missouri Western State University has OPEN admission, they admit EVERYONE. Seriously. Apply there when the time comes, you're garunteed admission - I promise you that. It's also a good school with a nice student body, I'm sure you'd love it.

Some "Reach" schools for you would be Howard University or (if you're a male) Morehouse College - which are excellent HBCU's (Hold on, are you Black?).

Good Luck,
SomeGirl

Narcissa

^haha open admission...interesting

applejack

My girlfriend blew off high school - not as bad as you, but pretty bad. She just didn't care.

She got accepted to a small private school in another state that accepts like 85% of applicants. She took a year off and really found her passion and purpose in life. She went to this school for a year, was way more mature than her classmates, got almost a 4.0 and had professors pulling her aside after class offering to write recommendations for her application to a major top 50 university, where she wound up quite happily and pursuing her passion.

You need to grow up and start caring about learning or give it up and work at Taco Bell. Seriously. The only hurdle is the fact that you still really don't care. You seem to only want to go to college because that's what you're supposed to do. Take the year to find yourself.

eeeeric

you could've easily gone to a state school.

i have a friend w/ similar stats to you, 2ish GPA and 2300 SAT w/ 36 ACT and he is going to Madison. He was in ARML though....

pamavision

I suspect the OP might be a troll. However, in the event that he truly is looking for advice, here's some:
Yes, it is possible to qualify for the UCs by examination alone, with qualifying SAT and SAT 2 scores. Here is the link:

UC Admissions

And please note that this would just make you ELIGIBLE for the UCs. It is beyond unlikely that you'd be admitted to any campus except Merced (or maybe Riverside) if you went this route, and all campuses of the UCs are currently closed to freshman applicants for fall 2008 anyway. In most years, the UC system can admit all the students who are eligible (though not necessarily to their first-choice campus), but with the current budget crisis in Sacramento, who knows if they will be able to make that commitment for 2009. If you truly have your heart set on a UC, the CC-to-UC route would be your best bet (the UCs don't look at your high school record AT ALL once you complete the required 60 units at a CC). BUT if you intend to apply to the UCs next year using the "by examination alone" route, taking even a single course at a CC after your HS graduation will make you INELIGIBLE to apply as a freshman. You'll have to complete the full 60 units and apply as a junior transfer.

I know that Towson State University in Maryland had a program at one time which targeted high-SAT/low GPA kids, but I know nothing about the school. You'd have to research it yourself.

I'm sure your school has a competent college counselor who could help you explore your options, but the question remains - why do you want to go to college? You don't seem to enjoy school, or get any satisfaction from learning. What makes you think that things will be any different at college?