Should I have any hope?

mom2collegekids
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:22:18 +0000

*My high school records are so scattered, that I honestly have no idea what my GPA was. And I don’t actually have any of the records to look back on…only my diploma. How am I to find my previous GPA without those documents? I -do- need to know that in order to apply to a college, right?

And as I previously stated…I was never required to take the SATs. Was that something I was supposed to schedule on my own? Can I still schedule an SAT test now that I’ve been out of school for years?

It would be absolutely humiliating presenting my high school records to a respected school, expecting them to let me in. What if I attended my local community college and did well? Would the higher ranking schools overlook my high school records if I had good college records to present as well?
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Your high school records are at the last school you attended. You could request a transcript be sent to your home to look at.

As for getting started.

you will likely need to start at a community college, if you sincerely think your grades are not “up to a 4 year” quality.

That’s fine. Many cc’s don’t require any particular high school GPA or anything.

Don’t worry about the SAT. If you go to a community college for 2 years (for a certain number of credits), most, if not all, 4 year universities won’t ask an older student for an SAT score. At that point, you’d be accepted based on your CC grades.

So, do your best and you’ll be on your way!