Do I even have a small chance

https://www.reddit.com/r/USF/comments/1igsccf/do_i_even_have_a_small_chance/

created by Commercial_East_7050 on 03/02/2025 at 15:59 UTC

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Comment by USF-ModTeam at 03/02/2025 at 21:37 UTC

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Chance me post.

Comment by Strawberry1282 at 03/02/2025 at 16:11 UTC

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Your ACT is decent, I’m seeing that equates to around a 1360 SAT. That being said, that GPA and level of coursework doesn’t really indicate being college ready.

If you got in, which tbh I really wouldn’t bank on, it would realistically be for a summer or spring semester, not fall.

*College classes are harder than HS, especially moreso for certain majors. There won’t be anyone to really handhold you. Tbh even if you got into college, based on your gpa with that curriculum of mostly regular classes I wouldn’t really expect you to graduate college unless you did a 180 with whatever your approach is. If you want to go to college then I’d say you need to look at why you struggled with what you did because tbh they weren’t really in that difficult of classes. Figure out how to study, get any possible mental health issues impacting school squared away, fix any time management issues, etc.**

There’s no shame in starting at a community college. It can also be a lot cheaper and have somewhat more individual resources. Find a CC close to home and start by working towards getting your AA. From there it’s pretty easy to transfer to USF or whatever. But you also have to do well academically there, better than whatever you were doing in hs.

Comment by altflash at 03/02/2025 at 18:22 UTC

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Go to community college for two years with a fuse program. I had worse stats then you and now I’m enrolled at usf.

Comment by Grubnation66 at 03/02/2025 at 16:52 UTC

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You’ll never know unless you apply… try not to compare yourself to others. It’s good to obviously hear other people’s application experiences, but focus on yours primarily and do what you need to do to separate yourself from others. Best of luck

Comment by Responsible_Brick_35 at 03/02/2025 at 19:19 UTC

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I would def try. Is 2.75 the weighted or unweighted? 30 is a good ACT - I got in with a 2.9 unweighted 3.6 weighted and 26 ACT score. I had good extracurriculars in HS. Was admitted to summer and graduated last spring :)

Comment by miaavegaa at 03/02/2025 at 20:56 UTC

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My gpa is a little higher and I have an 1160 sat and got rejected