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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a kid who got a C and rather than fight it he just made a college list with less competitive but still solid schools. It wasn’t a refreshingly unstressful application process.  I would do that rather than retake if it’s going to mean missing something important to him.[/quote]

My kid was similar. He blew a couple of classes his sophomore year and we took a deep breath and took very selective schools off the list. The kid was perfectly happy with that, which was the biggest clue that was the right decision. He is now perfectly happy with his not-very-selective college and we are happy we didn’t spend his junior and senior years stressed and nagging him.

There are schools with engineering programs that will accept him with a C in pre calculus. Once you stop believing that only the top 25 or 50 or 100 colleges are acceptable, and realize there are thousands of colleges where a young person can get a good education, the application process is a lot less frightening.[/quote]

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