Colleges for C & D Students
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Anonymous
| My cousin had a 2.8 average in high school (with serious family issues leading to low grades) and he did over a 3.0 senior year and he is about to graduate from a lower tier state school- a 4 year school where he has done well and will graduate with a degree and will find a related job. It can be done and there are schools but not the ones talked about on dcum. |
Anonymous
| He's clearly not ready for college. Look into community college. It's not even that easy. I would suggest only taking a class or two at first. |
Anonymous
Well also he might not be ready for college because he's thirteen. Just a thought. |
Anonymous
Are most middle schoolers clearly ready for college?! đ |
Anonymous
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My ADHD teen had all C's and D's Freshmen year - except for a B in PE.
Sophomore year was better Junior year even better. In common app wrote about how learned to advocate, learned how learns etc etc Now at a SLAC that is frequently discussed. Throughout HS there were lots of nights / weekends / breaks spent supporting getting assignments done. |
Anonymous
| There is Facebook page called âAwesomely Average Kidsâ. Itâs for kids with below a 3.5w, 1100 sat etc. There is lots of info there. |
Anonymous
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My kid has a 2.5 ish with a non rigorous schedule and a 504. We worked a private consultant who was great putting together a list. You can see this list has small, medium, and large schools, and some them have significant support or non-traditional programs.
Got into University of New England University of Hartford University of Denver Queens U (Charlotte) U of Kentucky Colorado State Other schools that were researched and suggested (some applied and some not, some were definite reaches that we were hoping a strong senior fall would boost) - Furman College of Charleston Providence Stetson Appalachian State Delaware Lynn University of Colorado - Colorado Springs and Denver (Boulder extreme reach) Western Colorado Roger Williams Endicott Dean Ohio Wesleyan |
Anonymous
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My C student with ADHD applied to 10 colleges and was accepted to all of them.
He will be graduating from Christopher Newport next month magna cum laude with a B.S. in information systems with a concentration in cyber security. Yes, he has a job that he'll be starting in May, (He was an intern for three years at the company where he'll be employed.) We worked with him in middle school so he was better organized, focused on homework completion, etc. He worked hard in MS and HS and it's all paying off now. Good luck, OP! |
Anonymous
But OP doesnât need to join any FB parent college groups yet since her kid is in middle school! |
Anonymous
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teach your kid to make a list at the end of everyday of what is do, then body double them while they do it. Ideally they will need less body doubling from you as they get older. It's exhasting.
That said, community college isn't great for struggling students. No support. Faculty there have 125+ students or more if they are adjunts teaching at multiple universities. Classes start at 25 and end at 12 or fewer because most students just disapear. But there are a zillion regional state school and small nonprofit private colleges that will happily enroll a c student and support them. If by the time they graduate they don't need supervision of school work by parents, theya re ready for collehe. If they do, gap year and taking 1-2 cc classes of interest or trade school are better bets till they are 23 and ready for a 2 or 4 year college |
Anonymous
I am not sure why some posters on this thread feel the need to scold you while simultaneously patting themselves on the back for their own heroic efforts, when it is clear that you have and are working to figure our your child's learning challenges AND helping with their homework skills. You are a wonderful parent who loves your child, works hard on their behalf and cares deeply about their future. For goodness sake, you are on a college board filled with neurotic parents obsessing about college, and your kid is still in middle school! 1) I agree that neuro-psych evaluation can be helpful - sadly, it is crazy expensive and often not covered by insurance. The last time my son had a full NP workup, I think it was $10k. 2) I assume your child has some type of accommodation but IME you often have to push for more and or tweak it so it works for him. When my kid was in MS, he did not have an IEP, but we realized that he needed feedback (eg, on essays) in writing instead of the individual meetings his history teacher preferred. She pushed back but eventually she agreed to actually mark up his essays and he finally learned how to write a history research paper. If your child does not have an IEP, meet with the learning support office at your school and enlist their help. 3) Kids change a great deal - my son started HS with very weak EF skills and was a low B student freshman year. He was earning mostly As by junior year and all As senior year. He is now at a T20 university. One of his best friends almost flunked out of middle school - and would have if his parents hadn't sent him to summer school - was a solid C student freshman year of HS, started to do better in only the subjects that interested him, and is now at a great college pursuing some complicated tech degree I don't even understand. 4) We did not, despite the advice you are receiving, sit down with him "every.single.night after school, making a list subject-by-subject and going through the assignments and then checking in hourly to make sure things were done." And the thought of someone doing that daily for years just makes me sad for the kid and family as a whole. At some point, your family life and kid's happiness should be more important than making sure homework is done perfectly every night for years. Being a parent does not mean being a taskmaster for hours every single night of your kid's life FOR YEARS. There are better and more effective ways to teach EF, homework and study skills - and often engaging the help of teachers, coaches, tutors (if you can), and most importantly for us, putting strong, clear systems in place that worked for HIM, not standing over him every night. 5) By the time he is in HS, which is the only time his grades will even start to matter for college admissions, try to have a strong and clear IEP in place along with all the supports he needs. 6) And, yes, if he has a very low GPA in HS and wants to go to college, there are always good, accredited 4-year colleges that will be right for him. If you are full pay, you would have your pick of many. Good luck - I would focus on figuring out what works for him and not worry about college yet. |
Anonymous
I am PP that listed a bunch of schools, and I want to add a couple things. 1. I agree with posters saying keep up the support and skill building, hopefully HS grades will be better than you fear. MS is very early, but I wanted to answer the question and say that it is possible! 2. In the current landscape, I do think 2.5 is a bit of a break point. Below that is even more challenging, but there are paths. I think it's my kid's weighted gpa that's around 2.5 and that is with 3-5 grade replacements, and 1-2 Fs. (9th grade was a total disaster and then we had an evaluation. But grades are still not "good" by any means.) 3. I think my kid's essays were probably decent and tried to really get into why they believe giving a 4y school a try will be a good choice. Kid did not take SAT/ACT at all, but that's another thing only relevant in current landscape, could swing back for sure. |
Anonymous
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Are there 4-year colleges that accept students with gpas of 2 (or lower) or would community college be the only option?
My ADHD kid (HS Class of 2022) with a 504 plan (he did not qualify for an IEP) applied to and was accepted into the following schools: App State Christopher Newport U Elon GMU JMU Ohio U Roanoke College U of Mary Washington VCU WVU |
Anonymous
| I know a few kids like thisâŚ.consider the âlesser knownâ catholic schools Salva Regina, Albertus Magnus - i am aware of similar kids thriving at both |
Anonymous
Itâs a schools for troubled kids. What outcomes did you expect? |