Underachiever in High School, what options

[Anonymous]

Does he have good people skills and high EQ? Then he should go into STEM. It will be very difficult and he can nearly flunk out but do really well careerwise. You might be amazed at some of the people who make it into STEM management that are average or below average IQ-wise but have high EQs and parlay that into great careers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does he have good people skills and high EQ? Then he should go into STEM. It will be very difficult and he can nearly flunk out but do really well careerwise. You might be amazed at some of the people who make it into STEM management that are average or below average IQ-wise but have high EQs and parlay that into great careers.

It's not just STEM. A lot of people in many careers who aren't super smart but are good with people do well.

[Anonymous]

What is her gpa? How far from a 3.0 and what high school (ie how competitive)? Would you send her to college if she got in? Would she want to go?

How much can you afford for college/would you be willing to pay (are you a full pay family)? You say you can't afford tutors, can you afford college?

[Anonymous]

Arizona State U.

[Anonymous]

What community college requires a GPA of 3.0? That's not the case for the community colleges here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What community college requires a GPA of 3.0? That's not the case for the community colleges here.

+1

[Anonymous]

Tutors in high school made a big difference for my A- child and my C+ child. In our FCPS high school area I would not recommend an AP science or AP math class without getting an outside tutor to supplement.

[Anonymous]

You just sign up for community college. You don't have to get accepted.

[Anonymous]

If your kid does not want to go to school, community college may be a waste of her time/efforts/money. My brother (now 28) was a terrible high school student and is still working on his bachelors, after spending 5 years in community college doing remedial math and dropping a couple of classes per semester. He was able to move to a four year university after finishing his associate degree but cannot get through the college graduation requirements after another five years. I feel that he would have been better off working a few years to get better settled than just pushing forwarding for with school that he had no desire to do. Sometime, people see school as a chore that they don't want to do, and they need to see how terrible the world is when you are working based on a high school degree.

On the other hand I have seen some people mature and want to excel after working a while, including one high school friend who went to medical school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does he have good people skills and high EQ? Then he should go into STEM. It will be very difficult and he can nearly flunk out but do really well careerwise. You might be amazed at some of the people who make it into STEM management that are average or below average IQ-wise but have high EQs and parlay that into great careers.

I seriously doubt many of these people have average or below average IQs. I probably just appears that way compared to the STEM folks they're working with.

[Anonymous]

My brother never finished college. He ended up working in tech support and worked his way up. He's now an IT project manager working at a big name company and making $150k/ year.

[Anonymous]

Community college and many 4-year colleges are open enrollment. That is not to say they are the right option, but they are an option.

DS had less than a 3.0 and was accepted at a state school. He did have decent SATs, but 3.0 is not the magic number. His GPA is actually now higher in college than it was in high school.