<p>I’m from Pittsburgh PA & I’m currently a senior in high school. I have a 2.8 cumulative GPA and I scored a 1400 on SATs (all 3) . so basically I’m a little below average when it comes to my grades. I would really like to go to a big university but I don’t know where to even begin. I have interests in majors such a criminology or psychology, I still am not sure what to do about that either. what university’s would be good for me? I’ve researched a lot and I was really interested in ASU it’s just so far. I need help!! </p>
<p>What can your family afford? Go to the ASU web site and look up the Common Data Set, section C, to see what the school uses for admission and what the average stats are for admitted students. Then look for the Net Price Calculator to see how much it will cost your family. Then talk to your parents about what they can afford.</p>
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<p>allow me please to suggest that you give some thought to going to a community college and giving yourself some time to improve your academic performance before going off to a 4yr. Or taking a year off from school and getting involved with your community, serving others, and/or working. </p>
<p>Just give it some thought before jumping in to do what everyone else is doing or someone else wants you to do. You do not appear to me to be a competitive student right now and you may not succeed in a large uni with all its outside-the-classroom opportunities, high student to faculty ratios, large classes, and weaker, generally, personal attention. A large school could be a waste of time and money. Give yourself some time to grow into a successful college student.</p>
<p>There are many colleges the OP can get into, especially if he or she can pay some or all of the tuition. Some unmotivated students will continue to coast wherever they are. The 2.8 student may remain a 2.8 student at either a 2-year or 4-year college, getting by with the minimum effort required. Why not do it at the 4-year college? Rachy - have you completed all the typical academic requirements for most public universities? If so, maybe WVaU is possible for you. A number of other state colleges and universities would be also, and many aren’t much more expensive for out-of-state students than the PA public universities are for in-state. Look at Iowa State, Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, et al.</p>
<p>It’s not a matter of can but should, @woogzmama. this is a student who in August doesn’t “know where to begin” the process of college selection. Yeah, there are a lot of students in this boat. Not all of them should be going to college right away. I get so many in my classroom; more precisely, I get them in my courses and don’t see them everyday in my classroom. I’m getting the sense that there’s not a lot of support at home for college or the OP has been ignoring it to pursue something else. </p>
<p>I take a contrarian position, jkeil911: getting away from home and the usual stuff might provide a catalyst for this OP. He or she isn’t necessarily going to get the GPA necessary to transfer from a CC to a 4-year college, but can graduate with a BA/BS after four years with similarly lackluster grades at a 4-year college. . . or not . . . I think the very experience of getting away from home is valuable in and of itself.</p>
<p>fair enough, @woogzmama, but it’s a pretty expensive way to find out if abandoning your support network will lead to self-motivation or collapse. </p>