My high school GPA was a 2.9 (3.9 senior year). My community college GPA, 45 credits, is 3.9GPA. Phi Thetta Kappa member. Have won scholarships. I have dropped in and out of community college a few times.
I just turned 23.
Am I hopeless? My goals in middle school were to get into an ivy school. It didn’t work out. Where do I go from here? I am scared because I feel like my destiny is some middle class life 9 to 5 job, which I don’t want. I feel like going to a top school can be a ticket out of this (not a guarantee obviously).
I get frustrated sometimes… If I wasn’t poor and from a broken family, I probably would be at a good school with a better future.
You have a 3.9 and are a PTK member. That’s nothing to scoff at. You’re far from hopeless.
Look up various colleges and their respective requirements, and apply if you’ve met them. Ivies are incredibly hard to transfer into. Apply far and wide, and talk to your school’s counselor. If you’re in CA, then the UC system is very welcoming - NY has many transfer-friendly colleges as well, I’m aware.
@funeralparty - You are not too old and you have a good CC record. You should be able to get into a very good school. The first thing you must get over though is your belief that only a “top” school is worth attending. There “top” schools have very low admission rates and even if you are eminently qualified, you might not get in. You need to start by analyzing what your goals for college really are. This includes a clear idea of your major and what you want to do after graduation. Once you know this, you can find a lot of very good schools which have the major you want and possibly even scholarships for CC students with a good GPA like yours. Getting a good job depends on your major mostly and the experience (internships, co-op) that you get while in college.