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[quote=Anonymous]My S22 isn’t your typical DCUM kid but is finding his way through high school. His junior year was extremely challenging both academically and personally, which negatively impacted his grades. He had a 3.31/3.66 going into junior year and now has a 2.87/3.31, with two E’s on the transcript (AP Chem-2nd semester, Spanish 4-2nd semester). He also has a 504 plan at school based on his ADHD diagnosis. We worked with an executive functioning coach last year which seemed to help.

He does play a sport year round, which takes up a lot of time (no aspirations of playing in college). He has also had a job since the summer of 2019, where he works nearly 20 hours per week. Not a lot of other EC’s. He’s taken the SAT once and scored a 960. We have since pivoted to the ACT, which he is taking on 9/11. Recently took a practice ACT and scored a 22.
Hoping that maybe a strong start to his senior year will help if schools defer until 1st semester grades are in. He is taking a somewhat rigorous schedule (AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Env Sci, Honors English, Honors World History, and a double period internship).

He was been generally uninterested in college until recently. They just started back at school in person this week and I think being around friends again and talking has sparked some interest.

He has expressed an interest in majoring in business and possibly finance. The current list of schools is LONG and many are huge reaches (please save the "no chance of getting in responses", I get it) and also varying sizes. What I’d love at this point is any feedback. Of course if there are others you want to suggest, happy to hear them! The only schools he has visited are the ones he tagged along when we did this with D19 (Delaware, Elon, McDaniel, Pitt, Duquesne, College of Charleston).

Thinking about playing ED card if it improves his chances at one of the better schools he is considering.

Here is the current list.

Salisbury (in-state)
Towson (in-state)
McDaniel
Mary Washington
Susquehana
Xavier
Purdue
VT
Duquesne
Roanoke
JMU
St. Joseph’s
Dayton
Ithaca
College of Charleston
Auburn
South Carolina
Delaware
Indiana
Pitt
Miami OH
Fairfield
Providence
Also we’re full pay and so not chasing merit. Just want to find a place that my boy will thrive and not fall through the cracks. It is clear to me (not so much to him) that he needs a bit of hand holding, smaller classes, and attention. Also, not interested in community college.

Thanks and look forward to everyone’s input.[/quote]

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