<p>hmmmmm my dream is to become a u.s. marine, but i want to go to college first but idk if i can get accpeted to college
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Stats:
GPA Weighted: ~3.33
Unweighted: 2.58
SAT: 1090, going to raise it t
act:16 im going to raise it
ECs: varsity baseball (jr, and hopeful senor yr)
im in rotery club i was sectory (jr) and senor yr i will be p or vp
Volunteering hours like everyone else…
and i work at fast food place
hmmm im kinda a bubba i do take ap, h classes</p>
<p>the dream: is to get accpted to sdsu and major in business… join marine for 4+ then open business</p>
<p>You should have a meeting w/your schools guidance counselor and see how other kids from your HS fared in terms of colleges. Your GPA and test scores aren’t going to bowl anyone over, however. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>I also understand that internet posts can be casual but your posts are rife with typos (I count six). If this is how you normally present yourself, you need to slow down.</p>
<p>There are many colleges that would take you. Take the time to talk to your GC, and also read at least one of the many guidebooks about applying to college. You can get them at many newstands and bookstores.</p>
<p>I agree with the others here- talk to your guidance counselor, fix your typos, raise your scores.</p>
<p>Furthermore, please do some research if it’s the U.S. Marine corps you’re considering- they can help you get through college, but the Marines aren’t (from what I understand) a four-year sort of deal. They are the toughest, most rigorously trained, frontliners. You are considering this during ‘the Iraq war’ and while we are still stationing/fighting in Afghanistan. I personally could never be a marine, but if you know all the drawbacks ahead of time, and can do this, you are a brave person, and I would commend you.</p>
<p>Joining the Marine Corps is a truly commendable goal. But you also need a solid back-up plan. You are very wise to choose to do college first before you enlist. I have two young relatives currently serving in the USMC. Another enlisted, but fell seriously ill during basic training and was given a very early and permanent medical discharge (I don’t know the precise name for the type of discharge) from the service after only about a month. It took a good six months for him to begin to recover his health, and a year after that, he still has some emotional issues due to his sense of personal failure. His illness was not something he could have predicted, and is nothing over which either he, or the US military, could have much control, but still he feels that it is his “fault”. He is legally a veteran, but doesn’t feel like a veteran. In some ways his current life is tougher than the one he would have had had he made it through basic training. </p>
<p>This is something that no one talks about, except the families of the young people who experience it. Please be aware that this can happen to any recruit, and that it is not your fault if it happens to you. Finishing college first will give you better options than my young relative currently has.</p>