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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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I wouldn’t let my kid attend that university. Our deal was you apply for all opportunities offered, or I won’t pay.[/quote]

So you know, OP, the comment immediately above is NOT from me (the person who posted about the "come to Jesus" talk above that).

The colleges aren't going to see every individual test grade, but the issue is that two Fs in a row indicate something is going on, whether it's pure senioritis or something specific in the coursework that is harder than he realized (or an issue with how it's being taught, which can happen--my DC has had some good math teachers and some duds, but "The teacher isn't good" won't wash as a reason for a flat-out F grade). I'd be concerned that colleges would see a strong math student dropping. If he goes below a B second semester they are not going to rescind on him but HE may be showing he's not aware how much responsibility is going to be on him next fall at college. The pulling up to a B last semester was fine, like I said, but the second F is the wake-up call.

Is he doing AP or IB courses? Those usually do keep seniors on their toes and can help stave off senioritis (as a PP notes above, quite rightly). My senior DC is in IB and well aware of the IB exams coming up in May, and friends at AP schools are also very focused on those exams. Does your son possibly think that as long as he does well on his AP or IB [i]exams[/i] he's good, so he doesn't care much about individual test grades because he can just pull those up a bit? What messaging does the school give? Our public HS is pretty emphatic about seniors not slacking and that message does get across to most (not all!) of the kids.[/quote]

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