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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know, OP, kids change a lot from 9th-12th grade.  Mine certainly did -- 3 boys -- all had pretty lousy grades in 9th grade and all ended up at very competitive colleges.  On his own, each found an activity he pursued with passion and through which he became a leader.  On his own, each decided to pull up his grades and pursue a more rigorous courseload.  They were all good test-takers, but DH and I pushed them to do test prep to max out on scores.  I'm not saying you or your kid want to do any or all of this, but just noting that it's possible.      [/quote]

Yes, you're right of course.  He's still very young.  Of course the opposite could happen too and he could lose interest in school, drop out of extracurriculars and barely scrape through to graduation.

This came up for me because he's picking classes for next year, and I'm trying to figure out how much to push, and where.  I sometimes feel like the culture of the area, his school, and my family is that only the "top" will do.  In contrast, I happen to work in a field where I know a fair amount about options for kids who really struggle.  What I don't have is a great sense of options for well rounded kids in the middle.

As we take vacations, or visit family, I'd like to drop in to see a variety of colleges so that he starts to get a sense of what he might like -- big? small? rural? suburban? urban? etc . . . I don't want to do what my own father did and just show him schools I already know (in my dad's case this meant schools that had good football teams!), and I don't want to set up a situation where we only look at schools that might be out of reach for him.  I think that would be very depressing when it came time to apply.  So having these lists is helpful, even though he might end up needing something totally different. [/quote]

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