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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My junior is going to have a few Cs this year. It is what it is. Hardworking kid in AP classes, rough year due to a variety of circumstances. He will have around a 3.4 or 3.5 weighted GPA. ACT score pending, but practice was a 29.

What 4 year schools should he be looking at that can look past a few bad grades in a craptastic year? Anywhere along the east coast, and any price point is fine. [/quote]

You could be describing my kid. Junior year. Lots of AP classes, very strong until this year, but now likely two Cs.

First of all, please know there is at least one other family out there dealing with this. When you're lying awake at night worried, so am I.  And please don't listen to the trolls on this board. Not every kid "thrived" in DL and our kids didn't stumble because they are lazy or we weren't involved enough. Schools weren't "handing out As" this year. Eff people who keep saying these things.

Now, the good news. There are a ton of four-year colleges that will take our kids. Good ones, even. They don't have the cachet that the snobby side of DCUM likes, but they are great schools. My son is currently looking at VCU, JMU, GMU and CNU in Virginia. My son is also looking at Penn State, Pitt and U Del out of state. He's even going to shoot his shot at VT because one area of study he is considering is super specific and not very popular on the east coast. They might take him just to fill out the program.

We have also planted the idea of two years of community college to him, then a guaranteed transfer to VT or UVA, in case he doesn't get in anywhere he'll be happy to go. We don't want him to feel like he's "settled" for anything or is being punished for working his butt off during incredibly tough conditions.

It'll be fine. It'll be fine. In a year and a half, we are going to be sending both our kids off to wonderful schools where they will embark on new adventures with a clean slate and this craptastic year will just be a bad memory. 
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OP here. Thank you. DL has been horrible. Some teachers are great at it, and some really aren’t. Some kids do well with it and some don’t. Mine does not want a community college because after missing most of high school, he is just ready to move on and do something different. He left a small private school because he wanted a big high school with tons of kids and tons to do...and then covid happened. He desperately needs the social interaction and campus life of a 4 year college for all 4 years. Glad to hear it wasn’t just him that struggled with this past year and a half. [/quote]

Hi, it’s me. I understand about the community college hesitancy. We’ve raised the idea, but I’m not sure my son is onboard. He’s really liking the idea of being somewhere other than here. He’s had enough togetherness at this point.

It wasn’t just your son who struggled. It was tons of kids. Smart and hardworking kids for who DL was not effective. We can’t feel like our kids somehow messed up. That’s not going to help. They survived and we need to count the blessings we have and keep moving forward.

Good luck to your son and whole family. [/quote]

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