I want 2 go back 2 college after getting bad grades, where should I start?

Question

I wanna become a teacher.

Answer 1

Take a couple classes at the community college and get good grades. Then demonstrate through the good grades in the classes, your current work, and you application essay that you are not academically mature enough for college.

Answer 2

Depends :) How long were you in college, and where were you going?

A general answer (I am assuming you only went for a semester or two) would be to go to your local community college and make up some of the courses and take some study skill/time management courses. I am a college professor, and the usual reasons I have seen for bad grades are immaturity of the student, too much sudden freedom and therefore too much partying, and poor prep from high school. A community college is good for all three of these, and most other reasons for having trouble in school. After succeeding there, you would have many more options for transferring to a college with a good teaching program.

Remember what you are going through right now, so that when you become a teacher you will have some good insight into what is going on with your "problem" students. It will help you help them. Go for it!!!!!!

Answer 3

Your best bet is a community college because you can be admitted no matter what your past history has been. If you have deficiencies, the community college entrance test will indicate what those deficiences are and courses will be suggested for you to take to make up those deficiences, called remedial courses or developmental courses. Once you have gotten your grades up, then you begin taking college level courses and from there, you can move on to the 4-year college of your choice, provided your grades are good.

I teach at a community college and I have taught all ages of students (16-72), all nationalities, ethnic groups, and people who have been incarcertrated, alcohol and drug dependent, and high school dropouts, the whole gamut. I know that if you want to go to college and strive to do well it can be done. It requires a commitment and hard work, however. If you need financial assistance you can apply for scholarships, grants, and workstudy.

As for how you should start, begin by assessing why you got bad grades in the first place, then set up a plan to correct those mistakes so that you do not repeat them. Decide if your grades suffered because of work, not being serious about school, playing or partying and having too much fun so that it interferred with your school work, illness, or family problems, etc. You can even take a college prep. class to acclamate you to college expectations such as time management, study skills, and how to make the most use of your efforts and abilities.

Lots of teachers started out at the community college level. Once they get into teaching, they know what is is like not to be the #1A student so they have more compassion for those students who are not necessarily the brightest but who do have a commitment to learning, achieving, and bettering themselves.

Everybody has a right to get a good education regardless of what grades they have made in the past. Maturity and discipline come at different times to different people. Perhaps you were not interested in school early on and now you are. So go for it. Try the community college. Call the admissions office at a community college near you and talk with someone. They can give you all the information, including application forms, that you need. You can even access community colleges via the WWW and brouse and see what you find. Once you locate a college that suits you, take the next step and visit the campus. It won't cost you anything.

At the community college we believe in equal opportunity for all, and we believe that learning should be a life-long process. We work to satisfy the community and its needs.

Good luck to you. By the way, I teach communication and I like to help students to understand that "going to" is more acceptable in a formal setting than "gonna." So fix yourself up and figure out how you are "going to" go about getting into that teaching career that you want. I hope you are a male because we really need male students. They make wonderful role models for students who don't have a father figure in their lives.

Answer 4

The requirements for a transfer student are entirely different than an incoming college freshman. Pick a community college and do one year of classes keeping your GPA as high as possible. They have to be core classes, not just electives.
One you have the first semester taken care of, begin applying to the four year college you want to attend as a transfer student. Submitting an essay with your application explaining how you have matured and why you will do better this time around will help.

Answer 5

Okay, first of all, community colleges are not easy. My mother is a teacher and she took some classes at a community college and it is harder than the college that I go to. Second, you need a bachelor's degree tp teach kindergarten up to 8th grade and a master's for high school grades, a doctorate's for college level. You need to really focus on if you really want this. If you have already been to college and start applying to go to a new one, you need your college transcripts and high school transcripts and they will see your grades. Choose your schools wisely because chances of getting in are slim due to your grades.

Answer 6

Same things happen to me for 3 times. I just get into any available college which I prefer to be then. :). I want to be a biologist so I go to science school, college or university. Myabe you should do that too upon your ambition to become a teacher and going to education & literature school, college or university. Start with foundation/diploma like I do now. Now I am going taking a 1st semster in Diploma In Biotechnology by March this year if my application is approve.

Answer 7

Start at a local community college with some general classes to boost your GPA, then decide if you want to get your Associates, or transfer to a different school. Plan on at least 2 semesters though, or 4-5 classes.

Answer 8

I dropped out my first year, I was not ready to study, it was just all about the partying.

Ten years later, when I decided that I really did need a college education, I started at the local community college, and it was an excellent place to start, graduated with honors, and transferred to a University...

Answer 9

The first thing to do is make sure that you're really committed this time. I took a year off from school because I was too burned out and I couldn't fully committ myself to school. College is too expensive & too time-consuming. Don't waste your own time & the professors time.

If you're sure you're ready to go back, try finding financial aid. It may be harder to get scholarships because you do have a bad GPA, but there's always student loans. Find yourself a good advisor and make a plan of action. Make sure the classes you're taking are something your interested in. If not, you're bound to get lousy grades again.

Also, a good idea would be to brainstorm with your advisor about ways to keep you motivated. Maybe check in with him/her regularly to make sure you're still on track.

Hope this helps!

Answer 10

start back at your local community college, take a light load initially, and concentrate on doing the coursework well. After you have a couple courses successfully under your belt, you will be able to go just about anywhere you choose.