What is the best school I can still go to?

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<p>Before some personal problems I had a 4.0 and was planning on Harvard. But my grades dropped a lot and I graduated HS around a 3.3 and my first year of community college was really horrible with a 2.2 and failed 3 classes. I<code>m hoping to do another 2 years with extra classes and get back to my old 4.0 self. I would write essays about the personal problem to hopefully explain better why my grades weren</code>t good. </p>

<p>I understand that it won<code>t be Harvard anymore. But its still important to me to go to the best school that I can. Honestly, I wouldn</code>t be happy going to a school that wasn`t the best that I could get into.

When I first took the SAT I did nothing to prepare, didn`t really care about it, and got 3 or 4 hours of sleep the night before. I got a 1900, but I think if I take it again and actually try, I will get a much better score. I will be double majoring and getting an AS in Computer Science and an AS in Mathematics. I will be a transfer student, which changes the chances of getting in.</p>

<p>I work full-time, so I can`t add more than one or two volunteer or school activities. What one or two activities would make me look the best to colleges? I may join EMS or volunteer at a hospital, but it depends on my schedule so I need some other suggestions.</p>

<p>What is the lowest acceptance rate for schools I should even attempt to apply to? What are some schools that would be the best possible options that I could get in to? If someone wants to, I would like to have some examples of what my safety, match, and reach schools would be.</p>

<p>Thank you very much to anyone who responds!</p>

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<p>Transfer admittance is primarily based on your college GPA.</p>

<p>At the most “selective” schools, the rates for transfers are generally lower than for freshmen entrants.</p>

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<p>If you’re working full time, you don’t need any activities. Spend the time on your classwork.</p>

<p>And there are many possible definitions of a good school. What’s yours?</p>

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<p>You should talk to the guidance personnel at your CC about schools that have accepted students from there in the past.</p>

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<p>The Transfer Advisor at your own CC is the person you should be speaking with. If you can’t find that person’s contact information with a quick search at the website, pop by the counseling center and ask. </p>

<p>Your GPA will be critical for transfer admissions and aid. It is OK to study part-time while you work full-time if that is what it takes to get and keep your GPA up. If your CC has an active chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, once your grades are good enough for admission to PTK, join and participate. Many transfer scholarships essentially require PTK membership or the GPA that would get you an invitation if your CC doesn’t have a chapter.</p>

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<p>This first thing you should do is get over your regret about Harvard. “Planning” to get into a school that admits at most 7% of applicants and rejects plenty of vals, sals, and people with 2300+ SATs is wildly unrealistic.</p>

<p>Two years of 4.0 classes in CC will definitely improve your transfer prospects. But as others have pointed out, transferring into one of the most selective schools is even more difficult than getting in RD. I think that keeping your GPA up is the single most important thing you can do, and agree that going to school part time while working is fine if that’s what it takes. </p>

<p>As for what is “good,” that is all relative. What schools you should consider will depend on where you live, what you can afford, what your CC grades really turn out to be and which courses you have taken, what you want to study, and so forth. I would think that transferring to a 4-year public U in your state would be a realistic goal. Talk to the GCs about what is required to do that.</p>