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Was the university that offered the paid trip a university where he has been already accepted, or one where he has applied and is awaiting their decision on acceptance? Either way, blowing that was a very bad move. He's signaled to that university that he doesn't care about going there enough to pay attention to what sounds like a huge opportunity they dropped in his lap.

That alone would have made me have a real "come to Jesus" talk with him. I'd do it now, OP, and if you need to, tell his school counselor he's putting applications at risk. Is he telling colleges that he plans to study anything math-related in college? If so, those Fs will get noticed even if he thinks they're fine if he pulls grades up again. The first F is one thing--stuff happens, he recovered, a B in a difficult course is going to be fine--but getting that second F  in the same class is a big red flag. He and you need to figure out if those Fs were because he really did hit content he totally didn't grasp or if he was just slacking/not handing in work. Involve the counselor because HS counselors do not want kids from their school losing college acceptances in the spring of senior year. 
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Thanks PP for the frank opinion.

university already accepted where the scholarship interview was missed.

Do colleges really look at each test grade? can you let me know how colleges interpret these 'F's.
first semester was a different math class (a dual enrollment) where one of the tests was a F and a B average.
after failing one test in the first semester, every test after that was a A. so I thought that student somehow learned and overcame the failure.

second semester is a different math class, and an F in first math test.
very disappointed with the grades.
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