What happens if I get rejected from every college I apply to?

You've got another year and a half to beef up your resume before you even start applying to colleges. Your stats are good, not Harvard good, but I don't see why colleges wouldn't accept you, especially if you make an effort to improve. That said, a state college is the best plan, especially if it's close enough to commute. Spend the first couple years living on campus to get that experience; but personally, I would move back in with my parents the last two years just to save money. After all, you'll be going to your parents' house all the time to eat and do your laundry! A state college is SO MUCH CHEAPER than a university, especially an out-of-state university! The last thing you want to do is start life with a huge debt burden. Stop expending energy worrying about it and find out what you need to do in the next year and a half do be ready for it. Good luck!

In high school I was going to have the money to apply at three colleges. I looked up one I was certain to get in, once I was probably going to get in, one I just might get in.

When my PSAT scores came in high I shifted those three. I dropped the bottom one as I was then certain I would get in to my second one. At the top I added my dream college.

When my SAT scores came in high i already had my dream college application ready so I sent in all three.

It was still certain that I would get into at least one becuase I exceeded the average applicant at my third choice by a hue margin.

Translation - Don't only apply to Ivy League or top 10. Apply to some local state college you are certain to get into, plus some regional place with a good reputation you think you will probably get into, plus a dream place that you think you might get into.

Apply for a university with a higher acceptance rate. That’s the only way I got in.

It’s cause you are a sophomore. Try again in a year once you have taken more upper level courses

Find out and see.

There are schools that will accept you such as a state college. However you can always get into a jr. college to build up some credits and then transfer into a four year institution.

Apply to community college, which by the way can be a great choice because after you complete community college it's often quite easy to get into a four year school, and they might even provide some financial help.

Your college guidance counselor will help you find colleges that are "match" and "safety" schools. As long as you have over a 3.0 GPA and over a 1000 SAT score, you ought to get in somewhere.

And just in case, here is a list of four-year colleges with 100% admissions rates, at least at the time the article was written: https://blog.prepscholar.com/open-admission-colleg...

But to answer your question, if you are too ambitious in your applications and are rejected from everywhere, you could 1. send in additional applications to schools with rolling admissions that haven't filled their class yet, and 2. if you still had no luck, you would typically would go to community college for two years and then transfer to a university.

Do your research first. You should be going on college visits wiht your parents. Get an appointment with the admissions office. Talk your stats over wiht them. Take a tour of the campus.

You can go on web site and see what the average GPA and SAt score is for incoming freshman.

Like this

https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Purdue-...

Wiht a 3.0 + unweighted cumulative GPA you will get into a university. You just need to research and apply to the right schools. Apply to 3-6 schools. Make sure to apply to a safety school and a reach school.

Students who don’t get accepted directly into a four year university, can go to a community college and transfer

That would only happen if you made very foolish choices about the school to which you applied. You can use websites like Niche and BigFuture to find schools where your GPA and probably SAT score will get you admitted. It is important to have conversations with your guidance counselor and your parents about what schools are good target schools and how much your family can afford to pay. There are hundreds of small private universities that take students with 3.0 GPAs.

Also, now is a great time to look at how you are approaching your classes. Should you be studying more? Do you need a tutor for some subjects? Should. you spend some time this summer working through an SAT study guide? What can you do to improve your probably SAT score and your GPA in the next two years? Even small improvements will significantly improve your odds of acceptance to better universities.