<p>Hello my situation is a little difficult. I attended brooklyn college in new york city in 2003, fall of 2004 my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer, with my job and extracurr. my gpa fell down to a 1.8, at that point i knew i couldnt handle school anymore and withdrew from all my classes. in total i earned 58 credits at brooklyn college. I would currently like to go back to school and finish my bachelors degree in washington dc, i had an excellent gpa in hs with honors and excellent recommendation letters from my professors at brooklyn college, im currently in dc looking for schools but what school would accept my transfer with a 1.8 gpa? im completely lost on where to begin and who to talk to, any input would be greatly appreciated. thank you.</p>
<p>Apply to UDC. </p>
<p>[University</a> of the District of Columbia](<a href=“http://www.udc.edu/admission/standards.htm]University”>http://www.udc.edu/admission/standards.htm)</p>
<p>Apparently if you don’t fulfill their GPA and SAT “requirements” you can take their placement test.</p>
<p>thank you Aufwiedersehen for your input, i actually went to today to the campus to go and apply at the school, unfortunately i wasnt intrigued at all, very poor mannered staff, did not like the atmosphere as well. i will keep looking, but it was a great suggestion thanks.</p>
<p>You probably have to be less picky to just get started somewhere.</p>
<p>have looked at state colleges?</p>
<p>No problem, I used to live in the area.</p>
<p>It’s too bad you didn’t like UDC. Look at the Community colleges in the area, such as NOVA Community College or Montgomery College. Unfortunately both are outside of DC, NOVA is like a few minutes depending on where you live in DC and Montgomery College is like 40+min. away. But both are good community colleges, and if you get good grade, you could easily transfer after a year into a state school or AU.</p>
<p>Go back to UDC and talk with them about the new community college division. It has lower admission requirements, and the tuition is much cheaper for DC residents than the tuition in the 4-year division.</p>
<p>Find out what the out-of-state policies for tuition and fees are for DC residents in Maryland and Virginia when you visit the campuses of NOVA and MC. For MC, you only need three months of Maryland/Montgomery County residence to qualify for in-state/in-county tuition and fees. The policy may be similar at PG-CC as well.</p>