College or University?
Asked by jamesjamesjam1I have a few questions, if anyone out there could answer them for me or point me in the right direction. I'm a high school senior and I go to an international school in Korea, so my high school life's been a little different from most american kids. I did attend K-8 in California though and I am an American citizen. I have a GPA of 2.3. I'm the newspaper editor, been in Model United Nations twice, managed various sports teams. No honors/AP classes. I'd like to study creative writing/journalism/english Should I aim for a community college or a university? If I do go for the community college route, should I bother taking the SATs? Or are there state unis out there that will accept poor ole me? Courses I've taken are: English -4 years Spanish- 1 year Math -3 (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra 2) History- 2 (US/World) Science- (Earth Science/Bio 1/Bio 2) Social Studies-3 (Economics/Sociology/Psychology) Electives (Philosophy/Art 1/Drama/Health) HELP!
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Answered by justine lauren
My advice is that you consider a community college, obtain your AA degree then transfer to a major university. First, I don't believe a major university worth attending would accept you because you haven't taken the correct number of courses required for foreign language, science and math and your gpa is very low. Additionally, international schools tend to be very small and you get more one on one attention than most typical public high schools, therefore trying to attend a major university with freshman classes of up to 800 plus students might a bit of a culture shock. My dream was to attend a major public university that had an excellent psychology program, however I knew they would never accept me. So instead I attended the local community college obtained my AA degree and transfered to my dream university without a hitch. My classes at the CC were smaller and I received a lot more academic assistance than if I started off going to a university.
My advice is that you consider a community college, obtain your AA degree then transfer to a major university. First, I don't believe a major university worth attending would accept you because you haven't taken the correct number of courses required for foreign language, science and math and your gpa is very low. Additionally, international schools tend to be very small and you get more one on one attention than most typical public high schools, therefore trying to attend a major university with freshman classes of up to 800 plus students might a bit of a culture shock. My dream was to attend a major public university that had an excellent psychology program, however I knew they would never accept me. So instead I attended the local community college obtained my AA degree and transfered to my dream university without a hitch. My classes at the CC were smaller and I received a lot more academic assistance than if I started off going to a university.
