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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every kid cannot have a 4.5 GPA and 1500 SATs.  It is okay.

I graduated HS with under a 3.0 and about 1100 SAT and ended up with a PhD in engineering.  Granted things were different 20 years ago, you can get by with pure grit sometimes.  I eventually got my sh*t together.

My son is like yours.  3.3 GPA, 1200 SAT.  Doesn't care. Doesn't study.  There are schools that will accept the average kid.  At a certain point, you have to let them be responsible for their actions or inaction and this is one of those cases.  His college choices will be limited but there are a lot of kids just like him who turn out okay.

Have a glass of wine and relax.  [/quote]

This!  I am a high school teacher (with 2 kids in hs myself)  At my hs about 20% of kids are striver/in all AP/studying for SAT, about 15% already know they won't be going to college and just want to graduate, and the other 65% are just like this kid.  They hang out with friends, play sports, and could really care less about school.  That does not mean college is not for them   If you're in MD, schools like Goucher, Hood, Salisbury and even Towson will take a kid like this.  They may even end up coasting through college like they did high school, but a majority of them that I see after college are all well adjusted, happy young people.  They may not be doctors or in finance, but they're solidly employed and productive members of society.  Show your son love and that you trust him.[/quote]

+1000[/quote]

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