Is it possible to get an IB offer from UCI?

I'm currently a community college student with an abyssmal 3.5 GPA and wanted the best business school that I could trasnfer to any recoomendations ? I think I can get into UCI's paul merage school but the thing is I really want to work in SF bay area. Am I assed out? Any other school that I can get a good offer that I can transfer to with my GPA? Any advice?

EDIT: Should I just give up on life?

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Hi, its been 6 years now lol. Did you end up going to UCI? Also, were you able to break into a finance role out of whichever college you went to? I'm currently a high school senior and have been a bit worried about what will happen if I don't get into a good target school.

 

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