Anonymous
Post 01/20/2021 00:00     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beloit. Fabulous for my HS classmate who was pushed ahead in school when he wasn't ready. Now an in-demand software engineer with a great life. That's a high SAT IMO.


Lots of middle tier liberal arts colleges will take kids like this. The SAT score is fine and a small campus will keep the kid from slipping through the cracks and help them mature. Besides Beloit, Augustana College in Illinois, Knox College, Monmouth College, Trinity College in CT,
Whitman College, Lewis & Clark College, Rhodes College.

If the kid is interested in engineering, do 3-2 engineering at the liberal arts college and then transfer to an engineering program.



Whitman? What are you smoking?


OP here. This is pretty hilarious. Whitman indeed. But in addition to High Point, my son now has offers from two respectable SLACs . . . with merit scholarships. Yep, you read that right. Merit scholarships. I’d rather not say the names, for his privacy’s sake, but not Whitman. 😀


No one is going to figure out who your son is. What are the schools?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 23:57     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beloit. Fabulous for my HS classmate who was pushed ahead in school when he wasn't ready. Now an in-demand software engineer with a great life. That's a high SAT IMO.


Lots of middle tier liberal arts colleges will take kids like this. The SAT score is fine and a small campus will keep the kid from slipping through the cracks and help them mature. Besides Beloit, Augustana College in Illinois, Knox College, Monmouth College, Trinity College in CT,
Whitman College, Lewis & Clark College, Rhodes College.

If the kid is interested in engineering, do 3-2 engineering at the liberal arts college and then transfer to an engineering program.



Whitman? What are you smoking?


OP here. This is pretty hilarious. Whitman indeed. But in addition to High Point, my son now has offers from two respectable SLACs . . . with merit scholarships. Yep, you read that right. Merit scholarships. I’d rather not say the names, for his privacy’s sake, but not Whitman. 😀


That’s awesome OP, congrats to you and your son!!
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 23:49     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beloit. Fabulous for my HS classmate who was pushed ahead in school when he wasn't ready. Now an in-demand software engineer with a great life. That's a high SAT IMO.


Lots of middle tier liberal arts colleges will take kids like this. The SAT score is fine and a small campus will keep the kid from slipping through the cracks and help them mature. Besides Beloit, Augustana College in Illinois, Knox College, Monmouth College, Trinity College in CT,
Whitman College, Lewis & Clark College, Rhodes College.

If the kid is interested in engineering, do 3-2 engineering at the liberal arts college and then transfer to an engineering program.



Whitman? What are you smoking?


OP here. This is pretty hilarious. Whitman indeed. But in addition to High Point, my son now has offers from two respectable SLACs . . . with merit scholarships. Yep, you read that right. Merit scholarships. I’d rather not say the names, for his privacy’s sake, but not Whitman. 😀
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 20:22     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beloit. Fabulous for my HS classmate who was pushed ahead in school when he wasn't ready. Now an in-demand software engineer with a great life. That's a high SAT IMO.


Lots of middle tier liberal arts colleges will take kids like this. The SAT score is fine and a small campus will keep the kid from slipping through the cracks and help them mature. Besides Beloit, Augustana College in Illinois, Knox College, Monmouth College, Trinity College in CT,
Whitman College, Lewis & Clark College, Rhodes College.

If the kid is interested in engineering, do 3-2 engineering at the liberal arts college and then transfer to an engineering program.



Whitman? What are you smoking?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 17:37     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:CC should not be excluded. Your kid (and you) will have swallow pride and reset path forward. I’d also definitely include more lower tier schools.


That will not make the private happy
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 14:08     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
That's great news pay not attention to the haters on here who think you have to attend a top tier school. everyone of my successful friends went to schools that were not well known and the only thing that makes one successful is hard work.

It is by far the best campus, best dorms, best food on any campus anywhere.

Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 12:13     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Wonderful news! Glad for your son & your family!
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2021 16:17     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Son was accepted EA at High Point with caveat that he must attend 4 week summer program that will help him transition to college rigors ($$$, but the summer transition program sounds terrific). We are thrilled. Deferred from a couple other places but at least he has an option in the bag. Thank you all posters, for being kind and helpful!!! Good luck to all your DCs!!!


Congrats! My son visited the campus and said it was the most gorgeous campus of them all. Good luck!
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2021 10:02     Subject: Re:Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Yay!

My middle brother was a B/C student with good test scores all the way through high school and college. He got a CS degree and made bank working for start-ups as a programmer. GPA is not destiny.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2021 10:00     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Congrats!!! High Point appears to market itself to students that need the extra help to stay on track. Keep an eye on your child while they are there but its worth a shot.
Dean College, Curry College & Lesley College in MA, the special program at Marist in NY and Hofstra might be considered too.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2021 09:11     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
OP-- I am typically "Team Community College", but it sounds like you are guys are really happy with High Point and that is fantastic!

It is great that CC is an option for those that can't afford High Point, and great that High Point is available for those that can afford it.

High Five to you regarding High Point!
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2021 21:01     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Son was accepted EA at High Point with caveat that he must attend 4 week summer program that will help him transition to college rigors ($$$, but the summer transition program sounds terrific). We are thrilled. Deferred from a couple other places but at least he has an option in the bag. Thank you all posters, for being kind and helpful!!! Good luck to all your DCs!!!


That is wonderful, OP! One of my friends went to High Point and loved it.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2021 19:32     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
This is exciting, OP! Good luck to your son.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2021 19:21     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Wonderful news! Congrats to your son!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2021 18:34     Subject: Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA
Anonymous wrote:Hooray! Congrats to you and your son. Nice to hear a success story on DCUM (that’s not, hooray my amazing kid got into Duke or whatever).


+100
Congratulations to you and your son, OP!