Frostburg or similar

[Anonymous]

My kid was a recruited athlete and engineering major- frostburg reached out to our kid and we saw a lot of red flags, low graduation rate, high transfer rate, the sports team didn’t have other engineers. Salisbury and College of Saint Mays- also a D3 state schools had much better stats than frostburg. Unfortunately for
My athlete neither of them offer Engineering. Salisbury business school got a lot of money from Purdue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP Frostburg is a fine place.

The issue is with a 2.7 I would be concerned about any four year school.

Does he advocate for himself now?
Does he have accommodations? If so does he use them?
Does he attempt to do all the work?
Does his sport interfere with his grades or does that help organize his time?

Depending on how you answer these will give your the answer whether he can complete at a four year school.

Being that he is coming from a private I am sorry to say that 2.7 is like a 2.4 or below compared to public school kids. I worry that he needs too much help unless he is very good at asking for help.

I would also suggest getting on Frostburgs website with him and seeing the courses required for the majors he's interested in. One that might help him decide on a major and two it might help see if he's motivated enough for a four year school.

I am concerned about whether he can handle college, too, but I think I should support him in trying. He won’t do any better living at home and going to CC - he doesn’t let us (or anyone) help him, really, so while we are moral support we don’t provide any organizational/reminders etc help. I am confident he’ll go to class and turn in his work.

Your belief that his 2.7 in private is equivalent to a 2.4 in public isn’t consistent with what I’ve seen/heard, but I’m sure you have reason for saying so. He isn’t good at asking for help and doesn’t get any help, essentially. Sometimes teens are really tough to help.

I agree. Public school grades are generally much higher than private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP Frostburg is a fine place.

The issue is with a 2.7 I would be concerned about any four year school.

Does he advocate for himself now?
Does he have accommodations? If so does he use them?
Does he attempt to do all the work?
Does his sport interfere with his grades or does that help organize his time?

Depending on how you answer these will give your the answer whether he can complete at a four year school.

Being that he is coming from a private I am sorry to say that 2.7 is like a 2.4 or below compared to public school kids. I worry that he needs too much help unless he is very good at asking for help.

I would also suggest getting on Frostburgs website with him and seeing the courses required for the majors he's interested in. One that might help him decide on a major and two it might help see if he's motivated enough for a four year school.

I am concerned about whether he can handle college, too, but I think I should support him in trying. He won’t do any better living at home and going to CC - he doesn’t let us (or anyone) help him, really, so while we are moral support we don’t provide any organizational/reminders etc help. I am confident he’ll go to class and turn in his work.

Your belief that his 2.7 in private is equivalent to a 2.4 in public isn’t consistent with what I’ve seen/heard, but I’m sure you have reason for saying so. He isn’t good at asking for help and doesn’t get any help, essentially. Sometimes teens are really tough to help.

I agree. Public school grades are generally much higher than private.

Please clarify. Thanks