I think you should have applied to some safety schools... none of those schools are that easy to get into. That being said, what's done is done so I would enroll in Jr. College and try to transfer back into a 4 year school. You'd still get the Bachelor's degree anyway.
The fact that you couldn't get into UCSB or UCSD means that you had no business even applying to those other schools.
I suspect you are trolling, but if you are not I suggest you go to a JC and transfer into a UC, preferably Cal. Get your general education classes done in JC and graduate from Cal in 3-4 semesters.
It is a very smart and cheap way to get a very strong degree.
Aks moms & pops for sum money to go to outastate schools. They'll take anyone with money and a HS diploma.
UCSB is dramatically easier to get into than all of the other schools you mentioned.
chicago bullshitters ! wrote:
definitely big10 schools have open enrollment. i took classes on w whim at North Western to join my wife when my FIL had a terminal illness and we moved in to care for him.
I call b.s. on this one. I don't believe it is a hyperbole to say that everyone knows Northwestern is no where near an open enrollment school. If you had actually even applied to the school you would know that it is Northwestern and not "North Western." Also your inability to structure a sentence or capitalize letters leads me to believe you are full of crap.
if you have money there is no school which won't let you in on a space available basis. decades ago after the army my fiancee was a student at a top 5 private university. i did not apply and went through open enrollment and took a full load. i did not get turned away from any class except freshman physics/calculus since the lab spaces were full, but i just kept going to different labs and finally got in. the profs look at you funny at first when you walk up thinking that since you are an open enrollment student 'like why the hell are you taking this class anyways do you think you can pass ?' after one year of credits i applied and was accepted as a sophomore. recently in 2007 and 2009 i took two graduate level classes over a three year period on my own for my career at another private top 5 engineering university. there were sevearl other older engineers who were in my class as well. people do open enrollment to keep up to date or to stay young. it's very common.
When I was applying to Econ Phd programs a few years back, the poster who was the cream of the crop (ended up going to MIT, got into every top 10 school in the country, and had numerous publications as an undergrad) started out at at least two community colleges in CA, and later transferred to UCLA. For financial/personal reasons he started in CC, took the hardest classes he could and killed them, then transferred to UCLA where he became the department's superstar. He's a legend on the Phd forums.
BTW I'm not making this up, someone even made a wikipedia entry about him.
try UCI, UCR, or CSUF, all pretty easy to get into compared to the universities you mentioned
the 112 ca jcs, cal states, ucs, etc. are packed, no place to park, no classes to add, teachers with Ph.Ds are being let go. schools outside of CA have empty parking lots the 1st day of classes and need students to get matching fed bucks. try neighboring states AZ, NV, OR, WA, or UT, ID, NM, CO. the publics in the b12, b10, sec, acc states are desperate for bodies. rutgers, sunys, ohio state, oregon, take any dummy especially ex-militants, truck drivers, parolees, battered women, trailer park trash, former homeless, i.e. they love students they can get extra fed sympathy money for.
The world needs ditch diggers, too.
an army of one would suit a young man like you just perfectly. the army is strong. thank you for your service. god bless.
Lets all have a drink and blame the non-white man, white men.
cal011316 wrote:
try UCI, UCR, or CSUF, all pretty easy to get into compared to the universities you mentioned
Application dates for most CSU's closed back in November. Nearly impossible to get into most of them now if you haven't applied without any special case.
That's an impressive list of rejections. Go big or go home, huh? Well, you've got stones kid, I'll give you that.
JC or the army aren't your only two options in this case. Here's 8 suggestions:
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/01/8-alternatives-to-college/
Use your imagination. Have fun. Think outside the box. It may not seem like it today, but this might be the best thing to ever happen to you.
Critical question: Assuming your grades are fine, how fast are you?
Post your e-mail and I may have a spot for you at a Juco.
eaedreff wrote:
go to jr college. Make excellent grades. Apply to a 4 year school in your 2nd year.
This does not work anymore. At least, not in California. I know kids that are trying this exact thing. With all the CA upper-level colleges for large part only excepting-in out-of-staters and foreign because of the larger fees paid and to maximize profits - JC's have become impacted to such an extent that you can't get the classes needed to get into a 4-year college in 2-years (average 3-yr now).
And, now, CA is trying to pass the "Dream Act" (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) so illegal alien students qualify for aid. Which will further impact CA colleges if it passes.
So it's blame "Alberto Salazar and his Mexican vatos", huh ?
I didn't take sides/place blame. And, didn't pick a race (Not jusr Mexican's are illegals). Just stating facts on impact to colleges. Facts are facts after-all.
A bit touchy are you? Illegal perhaps?
Stupid racists like you blame Mexicans like Alberto Salazar.