What are my best chances? (Stanford, Georgia Tech, Duke, MIT... etc)

Chance Me / Match Me
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So… first off, sort of a long story,

I dropped out in 10th grade due to a parent’s death & declining mental health (thanks, public school !). I was in Science & Reading honors before that and did fairly well, A-B average… I would have liked to continued my education like normal through the local college, but they would not enroll anyone for under 18 for HS unless they had very special conditions where they couldn’t return to regular school. Jump forward a few years later, I turn 19 and finally get my adult highschool diploma.

I’m lookng to go into the biomedical field, and obviously I’d like to go to a very good and reputable school for it. These are colleges I’m considering, I’ve sort of ordered them from most to least desireable, and probably also most to least difficult:

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology
  2. Stanford University
  3. Duke University
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  5. Johns Hopkins University
  6. North Carolina State University
  7. University of California, Los Angeles
  8. University of California, Berkeley
  9. University of California, San Diego

I’ve considered doing my main classes at the same community college I got my diploma & then transfering out, but honestly I don’t like my community college (took them almost half a year to get me my diploma due to signatures, is that reasonable?) and I would also like to move out of state already and get my life started. They also didn’t tell me my GPA or really say anything at all near the end… I’m sort of concerned about them being serious enough.

I haven’t actually trialled the real SATs, but if khan academy’s practice tests are at all reliable, I’m starting out around 1200… I still need to study to boost up to my best scores.

What would be the best route for me? Should I do the real SATs & ACT, and if I fall within a good score range try to apply? Or do 2 years at CC and then transfer out? Do I even have a shot either way?

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I would suggest going to CC and then transferring to a four year university like UCLA,UCSD, UCB if you are instate to California. The first 5 colleges you listed are incredibly difficult to get in out of high school alone and with your SAT score and no track record of college level mastery you’re going to have an insane time at any of those listed let alone get accepted to one. CC and transferring to a good instate college is the move though and I have a few family members who’ve done it who actually graduated with GPAs much higher than students who entered the same school as freshmen. They were able to get great jobs based on their good performance and not have to pay the full price of a 4 year for the first two years!!