Freaking out! I think all colleges will reject me

rhandco
Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:32:01 +0000

A very poor person who is a US citizen must have very high grades to get into a school that will be zero pay for the parents. A very poor person in the US would not have the money for SAT tests, AP tests, and 21 college application fees.

Again, which colleges you applied to matters. If the 21 colleges you applied to include all Ivies, Stanford, and MIT, I can tell you that with a 1920, you’d have next to zero chance to get in. But with a 2050, you’d have only a tiny bit higher chance - most of those schools are looking for 2200+ on SATs.

Look up the average SAT scores at each college, if you don’t want to reveal where you applied. And you can use CC or other free college search engines to find schools that have SAT and GPA scores in your range.

As for losing face and so on, I agree 100% with post #3. What kind of friends do you have who would mock you? Those are not real friends. I have one son who is very very bright in math but he is looking at a trade school to become a chef. It is no shame to get a job that does not require college.