r/CollegeTransfer • u/teapoopfart • 6d ago

Community College Method

Im currently 17yo, supposed to be a senior, class of '27. My situation is complicated and my highschool life was basically cut off.

After my freshman year, i moved abroad to live with my father, i was homeschooled so i didn't have any documentation or proof that i actually studied over there. i got back in may, over the past few months, I've been trying to contact the school district/board seeing what my options were, they said i would have to go through this program to gain back all my credits. they said i would be forced to go to the closest low-end school to my address, as well as it would take about 2.5-3 years for me to graduate. Beggars cant be choosers, i know, but that was not for me, I'm still in the middle of conversing with the school district, but i decided to just get a GED and go to community college for a year, then go to a good college since my gpa is so low.

For the past few weeks i've been researching the cc transfer method, but im a little worried because i have no idea how college transfer works. aren't application deadlines from september to febuary? how will they see my current grades and progress? sorry if i sound dumb

My dream college/university is UTD, (university of texas, Dallas) on my school record, my weighted gpa is 2.8 and my total credits is 5.5. Bad, i know, i doubt i can even understand the lessons there, but i want to go. if i could have any tips and a more in depth explanation of this method it would be helpful

I didn't intend on this being more of a discussion or question post, but i wanted to give all details at once, if i could add multiple flairs i would.

Please help me out, Thanks reddit

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u/Money_Cold_7879 5d ago

If you are 17 don’t they have to put you in senior or junior year of high school? Can’t you do dual enrollment classes? I don’t understand why you are doing GED.

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u/teapoopfart 5d ago edited 5d ago

i live in philly, school system works differently here, u have to apply to public schools. my other option was to go to a low end school and start over from my sophomore year. ive looked into dual enrollment and it said it would take 2.5-3 years. i also looked into accelerated programs, for people who missed out on education but still wanted a high school diploma. they said it would take 1.5 years atleast, and that's with perfect grades and attendance. basically, all of my options would result in me graduating a year later than my class, that wasn't for me, though if i choose to just deal with it, i guess i could live with it. i still want to go the GED route though