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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a lower middle class family. We rent in a good school district. I never went to college and my wife works at a daycare. We don't have any debt. We have been putting $50/month over the years for our only child. He is a Senior. He only has $20k in his 529. He gave me a list of schools he would like to attend to. I have been googling them. Some of them include Duke, UCLA, Georgia Tech etc. we can't afford any of these schools. Thankfully he is aware and he says he can go to community college. He is a good kid. He works hard, makes his own money. I hope he gets some scholarship but from my understanding it's hard. He took calculus this year and finished with an 80% average. I thought it was good but apparently not. He also took the SAT and he obtained 1400 but he plan to take it again next year. He wants to study chemical engineering.[/quote]
go to a small less elite private, like T80 and below. They give more merit aid.

[b]80% on calc is low, but it's still a B. [/b]Colleges won't know if it was an 89% or 80%.

My kid is interested in Chem and got a C in AP Chem, in part because of a LD that we had not realized until they had finished the first semester.  This was their hardest class, and it showed.  They dropped it second semester.  That will probably hurt DC's chances in some colleges.  But, they did get a 1440 SAT (with extended time after the LD diagnosis).

You did good not having any debt. That can be crushing for LMC people.  My parents are immigrants, and they started out as low class, moved onto lmc.  I went to a no name regional state u and worked my way through college. It was tough. But, I picked a major that enabled me to make good money, and I started to earn six figures when  I was 30, and this was in 2000.

Your son's and your work ethic will help him get far.  It can be discouraging, and at times, your kid may want to give up.  But, don't let  him.  Make sure he keeps his on his goal. He can do it.

Good luck to you guys.[/quote]

Unfortunately for admissions purposes it's true. It's unfortunate because when I was a Teaching Assistant nearly all students who failed or had the lowest grade in calculus 1 were the kids who graduated with honors but never took calculus in HS. On the other hand the kids who easily passed calculus 1 were the ones who took calculus in HS and a handful had grades in the 80 range. I know this before I took a survey of the kids at the start of the class.

Some colleges do weigh your grades in harder classes. They are not going to punish a kid who challenged themselves with harder classes and got B versus the kid who took regular classes.[/quote]

The problem is not all schools offer calc or beyond.[/quote]

Also, it's ok to struggle through a class. Kid just has to understand that there are resources for help.[/quote]

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