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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Ugh. I have a DD with stronger grades but she also gets a ton of "support" from her independent high school. I'm starting to worry about her ability to succeed in college without the safety net. So we are also wondering if a small private college is better so she'll have smaller classes, etc vs say a JMU which I fear will just be a cesspool of bad opportunities for her. [b]No one here is a fan of CC, mostly because DD really needs to get put on her own so we can all see if she can make it[/b].[/quote]

For a student that you are describing, what is wrong with a community college or even a trade school?

Someone has to be the beautician, the plumber, the auto mechanic.  Not every child is cut out to go to college, and to dismiss those other educational opportunities really does some kids a disservice.

Quiet frankly, your child could make a very good living in the trades or at least an acceptable living as an administrative assistant.

She is more likely to make it if she had an opportunity that she can succeed in, like community college, than if you throw tens of thousands of dollars away at a private college that she is completely unprepared for.  Not to mention, many of the easier degrees at a university are not degrees which will produce jobs as an end result.  Given what you described, she is far more likely to support herself in the end if she goes the trade school/community college route.
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I don't want to derail OPs post but your post is sort of funny in that you think you know so much from the only fact that my DD gets her 3.8 GPA with a lot of school support.  My husband's father was a mailman, his mother a SAHM of 8 kids who never got her driver's license and my parents got college degrees late in life.  So in our family college degrees are essentially non-negotiable and something to be treasured.  Having said that, if my DD showed some strong ability or desire to venture out after HS graduation, to take a gap year, pick up a trade, etc., I'm certain we would support her.  [/quote]

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