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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think students should start thinking about trades if they're not top students. Welders, plumbers, electricians all can be interesting careers.[/quote]

Seriously?  For a 3.5 to 3.8gpa?  Those are still "top students" with an A- average.  So sure, if they are interested in trades, encourage that.  But 3.5 students have tons of options.  Look at privates schools (both In state and OOS) that offer merit.  with a 3.5 UW Gpa you can still get college costs of only $30-40K fairly easily (and that's equivalent to In state publics).  Search and you can get it even cheaper (hint: drop down a tier, find a school where your kid is at the 90% for stats).

Plenty of kids do not find their academic stride until college.  There are good colleges even for a 3.0 gpa in HS, just not T50 schools for them.

for reference, I have one of those 3.5 UW students, took only on AP in HS and got their first D in that class (first grade below a B ever) but managed a B + 2nd semester.  They graduated from a T90 university with a 3.4 GPA (and it's low cause they attempted to be pre-health sciences freshman year and killed their gpa before switching majors to finance/accounting), gainfully employed at a great company and succeeding at "adulting" and love their job.

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Thanks for your message. I agree with you.[/quote]

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