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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, there is still some time for him to mature and course correct. Don't write him off yet. A's and B's is not awful. You are likely just spending too much time hanging around DCUM where everyone's children are perfect and their poop doesn't stink. It is not like he has straight C's or is getting in trouble or something like that. Back in our day (the 90s) there were tons of kids just like your child who went to decent colleges and did fine. I had friends like that in HS who went to Maryland from out of state.

You know your kid. If you think he will go away to college and just screw around and fail out, then don't waste your time or money. It is an important life experience but not if he pisses it away.

Lots of kids find community college to be a great bridge for kids to grow up, figure out what they want to do, and they finish with a degree to show for it. Obviously you were not counting on him being home after high school but it is what it is.

Does he have friends? Is he social at all?

Hopefully his school counselors can give you more guidance on this? I'm sure he is not the first kid like this.[/quote]

Well it’s a competitive HS he is at, so DCUM is not the only source of my anxiety haha.

He does have friends and is reasonably social.

I have no idea how he adjusts to dorm life or to a far away college, but what I’d like to know is whether it’s ok to not encourage that if he doesn’t care. It’s actually more convenient for me if he stays home, I just don’t want to make him miss an important experience.

I also do have a clear picture of where he might get in, and between his relatively niche major and his mediocre grades these aren’t very high ranked schools. I hope he gets more info from his guidance counselor next year but I doubt it will change much.

I guess my main question is whether it’s ok for me to stop pushing him and let him be a mediocre student and college applicant [/quote]

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