<p>While not Ivy material, I am a talented and smart high school grad with above average SAT scores. I am also a top performing rower who has won medals on the national level. However, my high school transcripts do not reflect this, and apparently my writing is not good enough to cause admissions officers to overlook them. Due to the guidance of people who did not know my maturity level (I was a young student, two years younger than my peers) I took community college classes during my senior year of high school and failed two of them. Said classes dropped my GPA about a whole point to a 2.8. I was not able to retake these classes or rectify this situation while I was still in high school, or at least I was not informed of being able to do so; I was smart, but not necessarily mature at the time. After graduation, I applied to a number of schools, most of them generic state schools, nothing too picky; the University of Washington in Seattle was my main goal. I’ve been declined everywhere, and from the UW, multiple times. I’ve fooled around in some community college classes, replacing my failed grades, but I have yet to commit to going there full time, mainly from money issues. I am 18, and feel like there has to be a decent four year school in a nice clime that would admit me. I’ve stopped being picky, as I really don’t care. I feel like I’ve wasted two years of my life and am about to go join the military. I don’t feel like I have any real ties to anywhere, so all I really want is an architecture program and a nearby beach.</p>
<p>That is all I want, a place with an architecture program and beaches and late deadlines, where I can prove that I am an intelligent and capable student. I am giving the UW one last shot, but I don’t think anything will come of it, I think it’s a drain of $60 most likely.</p>
<p>So does anyone have any suggestions? If it helps, my stats are 2.8 hs GPA, 3.08 college GPA (some B’s and C’s while I was learning to transition to community college, all later classes are A’s), 25 college credits (10 outside of high school, so sadly, I don’t think I can apply freshman most places) and a 2000 overall SAT score (740 verbal, 620 math, 640 writing)</p>
<p>Money does not matter too much, no matter where I go, I can’t really afford it. Like I said, community college causes money issues. Unfortunately the local one is not very helpful with financial aid, or even loans. </p>
<p>As for weighted GPA, I believe so. 2.8 is the number that is printed on my official transcripts. I was homeschooled for part of high school, so those grades, while nearly all A’s, went onto the transcript as P’s, and do not count towards GPA. But no one has cared so far anyways.</p>
<p>Wherever I go, I will need hefty loans for at least the first year. My EFC is ~$15k, but my parents intend to pay nothing. If they will let me get loans, that’s all I need.</p>
<p>The most you can borrow by yourself is with a Stafford student loan…</p>
<p>$5500 for frosh
$6500 for soph
$7500 each for jr and sr</p>
<p>if your parents apply for a Plus loan and are rejected, then you can apply for about $4k more per year.</p>
<p>To borrow larger amounts, then you’d need co-signers. Will your parents co-sign? I’m doubtful of this because if they won’t help with your education, then they might not be willing to co-sign - especially if you have other siblings.</p>
<p>You probably will have to start at a CC, use a Stafford loan, and work as much as you can to save for the last 2 years of your education.</p>
<p>Why do you think that you’d only have to borrow for the first year?</p>
<p>If you can’t afford CC, then you can’t afford college. If you are going to take out loans, then take a loan for CC, and transfer after you have 30 credits.</p>
<p>That said, I seem to remember University of Arizona has a late deadline (no beaches though)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, nothing in your original post points to a student with serious intentions. Perhaps getting a job and going to CC part time will help you develop the discipline you will need to go to university.
Stop throwing your $ at UW, they said no.
While it would be nice to have a campus near a beach you realize you have very few choices in locale, but should go to any good school offering you admission, if you can afford it.</p>