Expert: Susie Watts - 10/19/2008

Question
right now a junior in high school bad GPA i plan on finishing high school with a 2.8,.. i do good at math and business i will take AP statistics in 12th grade.. plan on scoring above 1800 on SAT... however if i am not accepted could i go to a community college in hawaii??? then after 2 years of great performance there lets say > 3.5 GPA could i then transfer to one of these??? i want to major in finance/ and or economics... i live in Pennsylvania i come from Russia too.. and if i cant get into hawaii period right out of high school could i then just do college in PA do good then transfer?? please help thanks

Answer
If you continue to work hard and bring your grades up, you may have a chance to get into one of the two schools in Hawaii.  If not, you can always go to a community college or another school in Pennsylvania, make the best grades you can in core classes and then try and transfer after a year.  Schools then will be much more interested in how successful you are in college level classes and your high school grades will be far less important.