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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he hasn’t been motivated in high school, he would likely struggle in a CS or Engr program at any of these schools. Has he done any CS/Engr extracurricular with leadership roles, or extensive community service? [/quote]

No leadership roles, plenty of service hours but I think that's not going to be that impressive anymore, but he does have CS related extracurriculars.  But it's odd that people keep thinking he will struggle in a STEM program, when that's the only thing he doesn't struggle with in HS.  He breezes through math and most science courses, but struggles with anything that involves a lot of reading and writing (English and History mostly). He has A's in all math and science courses (except bio freshman year), and managed A's and B's in English and History until this year, when he is barely keeping it above F.  [/quote]

750 math is not wowing anyone, and getting As in HS math and science in high school doesn’t really mean much if he lacks motivation. I know you don’t want to hear it but my son had 4.0 UW, 800 math, leadership in robotics and still finds Va Tech engineering very challenging. Doesn’t drink or party and is extremely motivated. It’s not just about getting in, but also succeeding while you’re there. Consider ODU, JMU. [/quote]

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