Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA

[Anonymous]

Education Advocates College Consulting in Brookline, MA was just recommended to our family

I assume they do tele-appointments

They seem knowledgeable about all different types of colleges and appear to meet the student where they are at.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I really think your DC will be admitted to some of the schools they already applied to and you won't need to worry. If you want to be strategic, look for target schools that usually admit a large % of international students-that pool has tanked this year, so schools may be admitting more domestic students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really think your DC will be admitted to some of the schools they already applied to and you won't need to worry. If you want to be strategic, look for target schools that usually admit a large % of international students-that pool has tanked this year, so schools may be admitting more domestic students.

Good point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't understand the people who keep posting about community colleges. The OP asked specifically that you not do that. If you want to start a thread on the benefits of community colleges, go right ahead.

The point is it can be a path to a much better college than the 4 year options one might have out of high school with a low GPA.

So is another 4 year college. The child does not want to go to a CC.

Don't not push them in the CC option. My DS has a 3.0 after climbing up from the low 2.0s. If we tried to discourage him from going to a 4 year and instead pursue a 2-year program, I think he would not have been motivated to work hard to get to a 3.0. He has already received college acceptances and is waiting to hear from his top two picks. He will need to work hard and may struggle a bit, but I want to give him the opportunity to succeed rather than assuming he won't or isn't cut out for it. Don't crush your child's spirit. Choose 4-year colleges that offer good academic support if he needs it.

[Anonymous]

NP here.

Totally agree that CTCL has a lot of great options. Among the best might be Beloit, which is easy to get to (an hour from O'Hare airport), beautiful, diverse, nurturing, and had the best interaction between artsy students and athletes of any school we toured. It's not hard to get into compared to other colleges of that quality, and it has lots of smart students who did poorly in high school. Quite a few of them end up getting PhDs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don't understand the people who keep posting about community colleges. The OP asked specifically that you not do that. If you want to start a thread on the benefits of community colleges, go right ahead.

The point is it can be a path to a much better college than the 4 year options one might have out of high school with a low GPA.

So is another 4 year college. The child does not want to go to a CC.

Don't not push them in the CC option. My DS has a 3.0 after climbing up from the low 2.0s. If we tried to discourage him from going to a 4 year and instead pursue a 2-year program, I think he would not have been motivated to work hard to get to a 3.0. He has already received college acceptances and is waiting to hear from his top two picks. He will need to work hard and may struggle a bit, but I want to give him the opportunity to succeed rather than assuming he won't or isn't cut out for it. Don't crush your child's spirit. Choose 4-year colleges that offer good academic support if he needs it.

Doing well in community college usually guarantees admission to state flagships which is probably a better situation than doing well in an open admission school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don't understand the people who keep posting about community colleges. The OP asked specifically that you not do that. If you want to start a thread on the benefits of community colleges, go right ahead.

Posters have their reasons. Why don’t you stop being a Forum Karen?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don't understand the people who keep posting about community colleges. The OP asked specifically that you not do that. If you want to start a thread on the benefits of community colleges, go right ahead.

Posters have their reasons. Why don’t you stop being a Forum Karen?

Thank you. I wish they would stop. Whomever keeps posting about CC, you pursue it and be happy.

[Anonymous]

My D.D. had a girl on her rowing team with worse state O.P. The girl went to St.Mary's public university in MD. + loved it. Is successful now. Another underperformed went to H Del. + another Miami of Ohio. Good luck! I think he will get in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don't understand the people who keep posting about community colleges. The OP asked specifically that you not do that. If you want to start a thread on the benefits of community colleges, go right ahead.

Posters have their reasons. Why don’t you stop being a Forum Karen?

Thank you. I wish they would stop. Whomever keeps posting about CC, you pursue it and be happy.

+1. While OP may not want to hear it, community college is a great way to work on educational skills in a safer environment. And if the student takes the required credits and gets certain grades, they can transfer, thus saving money and perhaps the child's ego in the process. It's a very generous program that too few people in this area take advantage of because they think they MUST send their child immediately into a four year institution. They don't. And sometimes it is better for the child to start at the community college level and live at home. or take a gap year. All of these suggestions go directly to what OP needs to think about for her child with a 2.6.

[Anonymous]

To OP: After reading some of these responses, I can see why you indicated "please be kind".

I am reading the book "Who Gets Into College and Why" - 2020 book. He mentions that adolescent brains keep on developing into their 20's. One month of a teenage brain is the equivalent to a year of an adult's.

I would like to think that a HS GPA would not be the final say on your potential development. Who would want to peak at age 18?

I'm wishing you support on your journey.

[Anonymous]

My 4.0 dc with all the above average extras, is on their second university, with a semester stop at cc in between. College is a stop on your life journey, not the final destination. There is a college for everyone and hope your dc finds it.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. I love hearing these stories of successful people who started out as substandard HS students. When I posted, I never expected so many DCUMers to come out of the woodwork and admit to lackluster beginnings. Thank you so much for giving hope!

+1. I have been following this thread with great interest because my son (12th grader) is just like your son -- mediocre GPA, private school (not top 3), full pay, etc. We have hope that one of the lower tier LAC's will accept him, and that he will thrive there. We plan to continue to offer support with executive functioning and tutoring.

I wish that those of us with kids like this could form a support group of sorts, to chat about what is helpful and what is not.

[Anonymous]

I swear someone is paid to come on here and promote community college.

Or, most likely, tons of NoVa parents who renovated their kitchen, yet again, or bought that 2nd suv, and ... surprise ...no longer have money for their kid's college. "They really aren't ready. Community college is best"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I swear someone is paid to come on here and promote community college.

Or, most likely, tons of NoVa parents who renovated their kitchen, yet again, or bought that 2nd suv, and ... surprise ...no longer have money for their kid's college. "They really aren't ready. Community college is best"

if your kids can't even get into a even tier 3 college, doing well in community college and transferring to UVA or VT is going to set them up far better than going to some random SLAC in rural ohio that no-one, including graduate school admissions officers and hr professionals, has ever heard of. The bashing seems to be from people who have been able to buy little larlo and elite education all their lives and are now realizing that doesn't work for college