I know it’s probably too late at this point and I should look toward community college, but please guide me in the right direction. (Also I can take three extra courses next year online if that helps).
Yes, community college is your best bet. Some have dorms and everything like Richard Bland, college of the Siskiyous, TC3… - what state on you live in?
There ARE colleges for C+ students but they’re very expensive. What’s your budget ?
Why do you have such grades? How can you be sure you won’t perform badly in college?
Community College is certainly an option, but there are other choices out there as well. I was surprised when I learned that there are lots of CC’s with dorms, so going away to school is absolutely an option for you and for anyone else with a high school diploma. Minimum, they’re your safeties.
I agree, though, that we need more info;; where do you live, what’s your budget?
And, most of all, why do you think you have a 2.3 GPA? Immaturity, something else?
Do not take extra courses next year. If you have 2.0 with normal course load, you are not going to do better with extra course load.
Given looking at the average cost of CC my budget should be able to handle it. I believe i will do well in CC, as I did well junior year, it was freshman and sophomore year that tarnished my GPA mostly.
OK great. Are you thinking of staying home or going away?
This can get you started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_community_colleges_in_the_United_States_with_campus_housing
I think it would be best to stay home so I can save up money while working and going to go CC. No real point in going away and spending extra money.
Sounds like you have a concrete plan.
The best of luck to you!
Is that really it? Concrete? Seemed pretty simple. Anything else I should look for senior year besides boosting my gpa?
Where are you located? You don’t have to do much planning for community college, but it would help to research what schools your CC feeds into. You should also do as well as you can on standardized tests, plan to do volunteer work and get some ECs while in CC… you know, stuff to help you look good if you need to do a transfer application later on.
Do you have more than one community college choice where you live?
What are you interested in studying/doing? If your goal is to transfer to a four year school, where would you most like to end up, and in what kind of major?
Do you like high school? Do you want to take a full schedule at school? Are you involved in extracurriculars and wanting to spend your last year of high school fully involved there? Or would you rather take one or two classes at the community college and start getting your feet wet there? (Recognizing that those grades will “count” when it’s time for transfer applications.)
Basically, while it’s important to raise your standards and build good habits for the future, you’ll get a clean slate grades-wise when you start community college classes. The most important things are 1) to meet all your HS requirements and graduate and 1) to set yourself up for success beyond high school, both academically and in terms of carrying over other pursuits you enjoy and/or finding new ones. Be proactive so that you’re prepared to get the most out of community college and plan the most effective path to wherever you want to go next.
Some of the state schools have satellites - that might be an option as well. So here in Connecticut - UConn has commuter campuses.
What are your SATs? What is your financial situation? What state do you live in?
If you are lopsided, just late to the game in terms of academic prowess, there are often other options than CC.
I am located in South Florida, can somebody list some of the best CC’s down here? My SAT scores were 1100 and 1030, with a third and final SAT coming up this year. I really like high school, and attribute my failures to immaturity, I just want to find thee best route possible from here. I’d like to major in computer engineering.
I would suggest that you post on the Florida Colleges forum http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-colleges/ where you will find people who know the particular ins and out of the FL system very well.
Are you near Miami Dade College? I don’t quite understand how it’s positioned, but it seems to span both community college and four-year offerings, and it doesn’t look as if there’s a GPA barrier to admission. And it has far more engineering offerings than most pure community colleges. http://www.mdc.edu/admissions/ That’s often the sticking point for students in your position - it can be hard to get a good start on engineering classes because of the limited course offerings at most community colleges. It looks as if Florida may be better than many other states in this regard. But definitely go ask the experts on the FL system. Good luck - it sounds like you’re on a good path now!
Depends on the number of credits you’ve taken so far and the number of credits from senior year.
I’ve taken 21 credits. Requirement is 24. Getting 5 from this year.
I have to look at all the articulation agreements first, but is this a solid plan?
Some of the Florida schools have community colleges attached to them, and share the dorms and college life of the big school. UF has Santa Fe, UCF has Valentia. A girl I know went to FSU/FSC and she did very well. What she really wanted was to go to college with her friends, and she did. I think they even shared a dorm/apt although everyone else was registered at FSU.
There are a lot of really good programs in the Florida CC system. Some of the CC’s even give 4 year degrees in a limited number of majors. Some of the 4 year colleges have programs to start in the summer and work your way into the main academic like. Look at FIU.
I’d rather stay at home to save money, as some of the college dorm fees I’ve seen range up to 3-6k$ dollars. I’m currently looking for some good CC’s with transferable credits to major Florida universities.