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[quote=Anonymous]Late to the party, but in a similar situation with my 19 yo son.

He was an ok HS student, but not a huge fan of school and topics he didn't have interest.  Diagnosed with ADHD since elementary and taking meds.

He went to a VA state school about 1.5 hours from our house.  Did pretty well for him in the first semester but put all his eggs in one basket from a social standpoint (fraternity) and it didn't work out which led to a disastrous 2nd semester and a lack of communication from him until it was too late.  He ended up dropping 3/5 classes and only passed on of the two remaining.  Ugh.

Ok.  So how does this relate to the OP?

Well, we had a long talk with him about expectations and our thoughts on returning to the state college.  Which was, we were not going to pay for another semester until he got his grades straight.

He was luckily receptive to that is now signed up for classes at the local CC.  He also has been working and will continue to do so during the semester.  Job is pretty lowkey - he has worked at a dog boarding place near our house since he was 16.

Did the CC signup go smoothly - no.  There were lots of reminders and a trip by him to the school to get things finally figured out, but it's done.

Good luck and continue to work through things with him.  It will work out.

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