Colleges for a California Community College Student: Lost

Chance Me / Match Me
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I’m super stressed and pissed off. I have anxiety and I am kind of lost in my academic life. I don’t really know what to do but here is my academic history stance so far.
Finished all of my prerequisites for Business Administration and Economics
I have 2 Associate Degrees for Business
I have 5 Certificates of Achievement for Economics
I have a Certificate of Achievement in Advanced Business
I have a Certificate of Achievement in German
Finally I have a Certificate of Achievement in General Accounting

I am a Sr. HR Assistant Manager
I am Marketing Operations Manager
I created my own clothing designer business

I have completed 3 marketing internships
I have volunteered for 5 years at a library
I volunteered 2 years at the LGBT center

I am a gay Iranian whose in the closet from family
My parents didn’t go to college or high school
My parents are divorced and they got divorced during my college
My father is permanently brain damaged which happened during my college as well
I am in Disability Services for my extreme back condition

I have a 3.83 GPA
I am fluent in English, German, Azerbaijani, Latin, Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.

I am President of the German Club
I am President of the Entrepreneurial Club
I am marketing Co-Chair of Design for the Business Club

I was thinking about applying to these colleges but I need critique on it. Plus I never did the SAT or ACT

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
UCLA for Business/Economics
UC Irvine Business Administration
Cornell Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
NYU Stern Undergraduate
Brown for their business major
Carnegie Mellon for business
St. Joseph’s University for business

here are the two schools I am worried about
Columbia GS for economics
Upenn LPS for economics

These two schools of both Upenn and Columbia does not need SAT and ACT. I was thinking about primarily going to Upenn to study their BA in economics. I want to be in Upenn so that I can be around the business environment. But I need some advice.

thank you

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You seem like a strong candidate to me. Why haven’t you been in to talk to an advisor at your college? Does your college offer free counseling services? If so, avail yourself of them. Also, I am surprised you haven’t contacted whoever deals with transfer students at these colleges and told them about all you have achieved, and asked them if you should apply. Often adult learners aren’t required to,have test scores, especially if you have already been out of school for a few years and have worked.

Would you feel better if you told your family you are gay? Seems that is weighing on you, otherwise, why mention it? What exactly are you pissed off about? You need to talk to an academic advisor at your college. You seem to be pretty clued up about what you want in life, so what is holding you back? It’s very easy for me to say that you should come out to your family, but I think you should. That cannot be helping you. And I am sorry about your father, that is very sad. Good luck.

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To be honest I’m not an adult learner. I’m only 20 years old

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For UCs, transfer applicants must have at least 60 semester units (90 quarter units) by the time of transfer. However, high school GPA and SAT/ACT scores are not used.

Past UC transfer admission 25th-75th percentile GPA by major are shown at https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major . Course articulation from California community colleges to UCs is shown at http://www.assist.org .

UC financial aid needs only FAFSA, so only the parent you live with is considered. However, only California residents get need-based financial aid.

Other colleges may require financial information from both parents for their need-based financial aid.