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[quote=Anonymous][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]

NP.  I agree, as well.  I think OP might be trying to say that the "mid" VA colleges are slowly closer to the bottom (lower stats and application information required), than the top (higher stats and application information required) of Virginia's list of schools, and that can be frustrating for some.  But this PP has a well thought out and pertinent post. [/quote]

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