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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm still unclear about the actual GPA. Your post suggests only one C and it's in an unweighted class? That's not so bad and is a far cry from a C student.

Honestly colleges do not look at a C the same way if a kid is also taking APs. Our kids had some Cs, and the original list we gave the college counselor was based on what that GPA seemed to translate into from our research. We were so far off! The counselor pointed at several of the schools and said, these schools don't see applicants who took AP classes, let alone 8 (like our kids). Kids are in schools in the 30-100 range with merit awards.[/quote]

I think you misread her first post. Her title asked about C students. First sentence: she has one of those. Second sentence is that he has an unweighted C average, though because some classes are weighted, the GPA might be closer to a 3.0 than a 2.0.

To the OP: he needs some serious parenting right now. Asking what schools will accept him is ignoring the problem(s). Often jobs can help a teen with ADHD or maturity issues BUT it can backfire if they make too much money. This is especially true if there are tips. The tips become a dopamine hit and it is addictive. Even a well-paying job at 16 can seem more important than schoolwork if there is a maturity issue.

He may be better suited for the trades - something concrete rather than conceptual might be a better match. Is he money motivated? 
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