<p>I could have gone to a community college this year - it was something I considered. Perhaps I will regret not doing so (if i don’t get into a UC this time around). But i thought my chances would be higher at getting into a better school if I did things this way rather than apply as a transfer. Also the idea of being able to take a step back and think and worry less about school and more about the things I wanted to worry and think about appealed to me. (i struggled with getting the grades that i did in hs, and I detested a lot of that struggling, and all the time, and the things it prevented me from doing). </p>
<p>aw, the one good thing about having lower grades but being fairly smart is you sometimes attract this positive attention that the smart, high-grades kids don’t get (though of course you also attract a negative attention that they don’t too).</p>