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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are his grades like? Unweighted GPA?
No EC leadership?
Favorite subjects?
Public or private HS?

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UW 3.8, 8 IB classes
High level participation in sports with leadership experience 
Doesn’t seem to have a favorite subject, how he feels about a class seems to depend more on how well he connects to teacher and other students in the class.
Public school

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What makes you wonder if he should even go to college? He seems to be a strong student. UW 3.8, IB classes, a 1380 SAT. If you were striving for an Ivy, I would say it would probably be difficult but otherwise, he would be a strong applicant for the majority of the remaining colleges/universities. I'm honestly bewildered why you don't think he's college material.   [/quote]

It just seems that other kids have more pointed interests or passion in academic subjects or know what they want to do.

We aren’t wealthy either, don’t have lots of connections. Both parents are feds who worked their way up the ladder, and DS has been in kind of a bubble not being able to see what all is out there in terms of careers.

I hope good colleges would help with that, but his dad and I both were first gen students who graduated with debt but no real help getting launched into a career, and I don’t want that for DC. At least we are in a position to pay for DC to attend without accruing debt. [/quote]

Most kids change their majors. Tell him to go undecided or pick one for now that he is most interested in. There's a high likelihood he'll change his mind, which is okay. He'll figure it out but don't discourage the poor kid from going to college because he doesn't know what major to pursue at age 17 or 18. Good Lord. [/quote]

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