Worried for my DS academically, is this as bad as I think it is?
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Anonymous
| My DS just transferred to a Catholic high school from FCPS, and his Quarter 2 GPA is 3.3. He is currently taking no Honors or AP classes. Everybody else around him is higher. When it comes to college, how do these kinds of kids fare? He had a 3.6 in public, so this is worrying. |
Anonymous
| Radford |
Anonymous
| (I'm joking by the way; get your kid the help he needs. A bad semester after transferring isn't too unusual) |
Anonymous
| There’s often a learning curve when transferring into Catholic schools from public. If he needs a tutor, get him one, but it may simply be a case of needing to learn new expectations and better study/homework habits. |
Anonymous
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What year/school? I have a DS at an all
Boys Catholic high school who struggled first semester and ended up with a bout a 3.4. I think he can get it up to about a 3.6 by end of the year which I will be happy with. Is he having trouble adjusting to the amount/rigor of the work? I’d look there First. But I don’t think it’s the end of the world, he will land somewhere. |
Anonymous
| My kid had a 3.3 and went to a top 20 university. Near perfect SAT and rigorous courseload helped. |
Anonymous
| There are 4000 colleges and universities -- he will find one (or more) that is a good fit. With no honors or APs, he already wasn't in the running for top 20 schools, and that's ok. My daughter graduated with a 3.4, no honors or APs, and was accepted by her first choice school, a top 100 university that is a perfect fit for her. |
Anonymous
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Your first mistake was transfering him.
Why in the world would anyone do this? |
Anonymous
My son did not like the environment of his previous high school. |
Anonymous
2028 and Ireton. |
Anonymous
You clearly know nothing about the state of public schools or it seems the power of the Catholic for most students… |
Anonymous
I have a sophomore at BI also. The 2028s received access to Scoir recently so I would encourage you to click around on the scattergrams for the schools your son might be interested in and see what GPAs are getting in. |
Anonymous
What does “power of the Catholic” mean? |
Anonymous
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I have son at BI in regular classes and has a mixed bag of As, Bs and Cs with the Cs starting to increase. Sport season doesn't help. But honestly, I'm tired of dragging this one over the fence and just proud he is managing it all by himself. I rarely help with homework anymore and try not to micro-manage (although keep an eye from afar to avoid crisis mode.) Having done the college thing 2x now, I'm significantly calmer about Bs / Cs than I would have been previously. I'm delighted that while he isn't a great student, his achievements are his own and I know he will still have plenty of colleges to choose from that align with his skill level.
Your student may be more of a natural student and just adjusting to the new school. If that is the case, I'd recommend connecting with specific teachers and asking what he is / isn't doing to get less than great grades. Going to office hours after school should be a must for reviewing bad tests, difficult homework or heck, even just to reinforce personal connections that make a teacher sympathetic and more likely to round up than down! Keep the faith - it will all be fine. |
Anonymous
| DP but just being really clear, that last paragraph above is great advice but the student needs to be the one reaching out, etc, not the parent. |