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hey, ok, i just.

i really need to know if any college will take me besides community college. i had a genuinely **** time in high school, was diagnosed bipolar, drug addictions, physical abuse, not a fun time, so i ended up graduating with a 1.7 GPA. i spent a year in community college, was doing well, but was sexually assaulted on campus and. well, i let it get to me and my studies slipped, and i was put on academic probation. i then took a semester off, spent about six months in therapy and now, you know. now i really feel like i have my **** together. and i know i have talent, i know im smart, i know i could do this if a college would permit me to attend there. i have some money, am prepared to take out loans, work, do whatever i have to. i really just want, i dont want to have totally pissed away this opportunity, this period of my life. if anyone knows anything about this, anything at all, what colleges might take me besides the community one i attended. it would be brilliant if i could go to a real university, but that might be setting my hopes too high. i dont know. i just know i really want to learn, and to be given a chance. thanks for your help.

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nereidny offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (30 minutes after post)

I would s cope out Universities you’re interested in. Then go in, and talk to an admission’s counselor. Tell them your history, and explain that you’re willing to be taken on probation and such. Make them understand you’re being a little unorthodox, but are willing to do what it takes. The university I went to had “open admissions” which basically meant, bring in your papers, and we’ll let you know here and now. Most admissions have a heavily weighted interview segment, I’m sure you’ll find the place you will flourish in. Talking to people, following up with them, “hounding” them in the most polite way possible really does work wonders. Get to know them, and make sure they remember you. Names are amazing things that really do have power. Ask for the same person every time you call, make yourself a real person instead of a name on a paper to that person, and you’ll see results.

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1 year ago (1 hour, 36 minutes after post)

thanks, thanks a lot.i cant tell you how much your post meant to me. you’ve given me hope. i really needed something to just let me know that it might be possible.thanks again for your comment; im gonna give it my best shot.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 46 minutes after post)

I’m glad I could help. keep in mind though, that the first uni i attended had originally rejected me. I literally took my rejection slip in hand, and asked.
“Why?” I got a person who was chairman of such and such, asked him what I could do to get in, and was able to reapply for the following semester. I can honestly say that was my fav uni of the three I’ve attended to date. Lol…you could say I’ve some experience with the application process. Followup is golden. It shows you’ve got determination and are willing to put in effort. And if you’re willing to do that much to get in, imagine what you’d do when they let you in.

Good luck, and know I’m rooting for you to get it.

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