I got a 30 ACT when I was 22 and lived at a Job Corps in Montana. Wanted to apply as a frosh to San Jose State and San Francisco State (I was born and raised in San Jose, and wanted to move back to my home state). Neither would allow me to apply because I didn’t meet other admissions criteria (Didn’t take enough math, science, or foreign language classes in high school). I applied to the University of Montana, though I also didn’t meet their admissions criteria (lack of math and science classes again). They accepted me anyway based on my test scores and my time at Job Corps convincing them I was making up for high school. Didn’t go, though. Couldn’t get in state tuition. Ended up going back to California and enrolling in community college (I qualified to get non-resident tuition waived because I went to high school there). I applied for transfer to CSU Long Beach, San Francisco State, Humboldt State, and CalPoly SLO. Got accepted into San Francisco State, SLO, and Humboldt, got advanced to the second stage of admissions at Long Beach but withdrew my application because I’d already committed to San Francisco State at that point.