Anonymous wrote:I flunked out long before Covid. I went to community college for a year then graduated from the state flagship. That's what your son will do.

Did you just pretend that year did not happen or did you have to submit grades from your failed year?

I flunked out long before Covid. I went to community college for a year then graduated from the state flagship. That's what your son will do.

Anonymous wrote:He should start with community college instead of jumping straight into another expensive university. Suggest he take a full-time schedule (5 classes) to see where he's headed and go on from there. The community colleges also offer advising on how to transfer to a university.

Nope. Don't start with 5 start with 3 or 4. Small successes and then possibly ramp up, or not. Nobody cares if it takes 5 years or 6 years to graduate.

I flunked out of freshman year in the 90s. No COVID, I just wasn't ready and partied way too much. I went to NOVA my sophomore year, put a portfolio together, applied to 4 year universities from there and graduated from VCU two years later. Landed an assistant job in my field after grad, director job 2 years after grad.

It's not too late for your son to figure out a career path.

Don't listen to the A-Holes!

20 is not an adult biologically and not everybody is 100% ready for college Freshman year but also 80% is nowhere community college level. (P.S. I love community colleges) COVID was brutal, my friend works at a college and the number of Juniors that are failing out on his is exponentially higher than any other age group.

Are you in Maryland?
What does your son want to major in?

My son has a medical condition that was not managed well, and he failed a semester. He will request a medical waiver for that semester but maybe it won't be accepted, who knows so we have researched Plan B's.

For example, in MD he can go to the universities at Shady Grove and major in something there and his degree will say University of Maryland as if he went to college park.

How bad are his grades 1.5 or 2.8, just gaging what "flunked out means" to you, to some <3.0 is flunk out due to the specific program.

How many passing classes/credits does he have?

Anonymous wrote:Which college is this OP?

Why is this remotely relevant to the issue? Assume it's one of the 4000+ universities in the USA and he didn't do well and wants to go somewhere else.

He should start with community college instead of jumping straight into another expensive university. Suggest he take a full-time schedule (5 classes) to see where he's headed and go on from there. The community colleges also offer advising on how to transfer to a university.

Which college is this OP?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son went to college during the beginning of Covid. Complete disaster. He stayed 3 semesters. He was at school with online classes. He didn't even meet with a counselor until his sophomore year.

He is now 20 and ready to return to college, but wants to go somewhere else. Any other parent dealing with this. How do you explain grades? Is the horror of Covid a good excuse. What are kids doing.

I know there were a lot of kids like him. How are colleges looking at them?

Please help.

OP thousands and thousands, tens of thousands hundreds of thousands kids attended college during covid and did not flunk out.

While covid was a thing it is not the only reason your kid failed out. It is not even in the top five. Try again.

Grades they go to community college for two years. Then they transfer.

With all due respect, he was always the type of kid who would need hands on help his freshman year. The school he attended handled covid VERY poorly. He was not even assigned an academic advisor. They offered very help and professors were not available. You are right, covid was not the only reason, but he would have done much better if covid had not happened. Some schools handled covid much better than others.

Have him do a year of community college and apply to some easier colleges. Do not let him get lazy and not get a degree. Insist on going to college.

He should just take a few classes and record some good grades. Then apply for a degree program. His early transferred grades will not count against his final GPA. My DH flunked out of college and ended up graduating Suma because he got his act together after transferring.

Anonymous wrote:My son went to college during the beginning of Covid. Complete disaster. He stayed 3 semesters. He was at school with online classes. He didn't even meet with a counselor until his sophomore year.

He is now 20 and ready to return to college, but wants to go somewhere else. Any other parent dealing with this. How do you explain grades? Is the horror of Covid a good excuse. What are kids doing.

I know there were a lot of kids like him. How are colleges looking at them?

Please help.

OP thousands and thousands, tens of thousands hundreds of thousands kids attended college during covid and did not flunk out.

While covid was a thing it is not the only reason your kid failed out. It is not even in the top five. Try again.

Grades they go to community college for two years. Then they transfer.

I feel you so much. Now that I have a freshman in college I really cannot imagine how difficult that must have been for the kids of the class of 2020.

My kids' stepbrother was among this group. He is doing ok now but he left school when he was offered a job spring of his freshman year. He was completely miserable being a college freshman online.

Anyway, I absolutely think there are plenty of schools who will understand. But my heart goes out to all of you in this situation.

Honestly he’s 20 now this is his problem. He needs to explain it himself in his application. But he should also consider starting at a community college, building a track record, and transferring.

My son went to college during the beginning of Covid. Complete disaster. He stayed 3 semesters. He was at school with online classes. He didn't even meet with a counselor until his sophomore year.

He is now 20 and ready to return to college, but wants to go somewhere else. Any other parent dealing with this. How do you explain grades? Is the horror of Covid a good excuse. What are kids doing.

I know there were a lot of kids like him. How are colleges looking at them?

Please help.