What's a good college/university with low gpa?

Question

I just need some good suggestions about getting into a fairly nice school AWAY from home. I live in Chicago so a good school out of IL that offers computer programs. My H.S. gpa is really low like 2.1 ACT 24. I'm tying not to stay at home for school so any help on where to go would be quite a bit of stress off me!

Also, I don't know if it helps but I was in Prep, Performance, Marching, Concert, and Jazz Band for a couple yrs.


Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

All is not lost. I went on College Board.com, put in "more than 100 miles from Chicago" and your scores and grades in their college matchmaker section. Here are some of the possibilities. You can do this yourself with much more information and preferences about yourself that I didn't have:

Benedict College Columbia, SC
Edward Waters College Jacksonville, FL
Jarvis Christian College Hawkins, TX
Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH
Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH
U. of Maine at Ft. Kent Ft. Kent, ME
Anna Maria College Boston, MA
Centenary College Hackettstown, NJ
CUNY: College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY
Johnson & Wales University N. MIami, FL
Johnson & Wales University Providence, RI
Judson College Marion, AL
Morris College Sumter, SC
New England College Henniker, NH
Nichols College Dudley, MA
Penn State U. - Berks Reading, PA
Penn State U. - Lehigh Valley Fogelsville, PA
Penn State U. - Capital College Schuykill Haven, PA
St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL
Tennessee State University Nashville, TN
Thiel College Greenville, PA
Wesley College Dover, DE

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What's a good college/university with low gpa?
I just need some good suggestions about getting into a fairly nice school AWAY from home. I live in Chicago so a good school out of IL that offers computer programs. My H.S. gpa is really low like 2.1 ACT 24. I'm tying not to stay at home for school so any help on where to go would be quite a...

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Good Colleges With Low Gpa

Answer 4

Think about whether university is something you really want to do. The many suggestions already offered insofar as community college are good, but do they offer anything you are interested in? It is a good way to explore different options, but you are going to have to apply yourself there in the same way as if you were attending university. I would suggest you do some soul searching and decide what it is you really want to do in your life. You can spend four, eight, ten or more years in school and still not be doing what you really want to do. Think about what you do well and the things which interest you. Don't think about the money. Maybe instead of school, you could take a couple of years working for Americorps or some other national volunteer organization. You could travel, you could find what you are good at doing and what things you are not, but in the mean time you would learn a lot about the real world and your place in it. You would earn scholarships and credits and be in a much better position to decide where you wanted or needed further training or education.

Answer 5

It is untrue that a person who had difficulty in high school will be unable to succeed in college. I know several people who can attest to the opposite. Two of my friends did horrible all through school, but straightened out after they managed to get into college. One is now a dentist and the other just finished her PhD. You know how they did it? They were incredibly focused, worked really hard, got tutors when they needed help and didn't give up. They've surprised almost everyone who knew them when we were growing up because people thought they weren't smart enough to make it through college, let alone graduate school. Hard work goes a long way. And never underestimate tutoring - almost all colleges offer some form of tutoring, so use that resource to your advantage.

If you keep looking, you'll find a school that accepts you, preferably in-state to save you money (just try to find one that's a couple hours drive from home to at least give you some distance). neniaf (above) pulled out a great list of schools. If you don't, then the worse case scenario is that you'll go to a community college, live at or near home, and transfer to a university later, just as millions of people have done. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. But don't give up on going to college. Good luck.

Answer 6

University of North Florida would be a good fit. They have a special program for kids who did not get good grades in high school.When I was there you were required to take 3 courses during the summer. One of them being either English or Math. You must make a C or better or else you cannot get in for fall. It's in a good location right across the street from a huge mall and near the beach. Small like a private school and cheap.

By the way I had a 2.7 (maybe lower) and an ACT 21

visit:ww.unf.edu

Answer 7

Just a couple of thoughts. State public schools have lower tuition than private schools. However, you only get the lower tuition if you live within the state or you receive some type of scholarship that would qualify you for in-state tuition. So if you want to go outside your state it may cost you more to go to a public school. On the other hand some private schools are looking for anyone who will pay the tuition and thus you may be able to get admitted to a private school both within and outside Illinois that may offer the degree you are looking for if you or your family can pay the tuition.
An earlier answer said that schools look at your junior and senior year performance. That is not true because admission decisions are made before you finish your senior year so admission is based on what you have done through your junior year in high school. By the time you finish high school the decisions have already been made.

Answer 8

Sorry to say, but I think it would be difficult for you to get into a nice school with that GPA. However, if you are still in middle school or even in 10th grade I would say you might have a chance because college admissions really focus on junior and senior of high school. It's obvious that high school was tough for you and so I would recommend that you goto a community college before and then transferring into a better school. If you couldn't handle high school then you definitely wouldn't be able to come out of college alive.

Answer 9

Go to Eastern Kentucky University. Kentucky has a bad reputation, but, seriously, it's a great school at your grades and experience will get you in there. I know of a lot of people that go there who have horrible credentials and they've done great in their coursework. Give the Colonels a chance and check out EKU. It has extremely cheap in and out of state tuition and it's in a nice sized city that is conveniently next to the second largest city in Kentucky, Lexington. The education you'll get at EKU isn't half bad either.

Answer 10

Harvard University...