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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be honest. Might not be good enough for Mason. Definitely not good enough for Tech or JMU.

Not good enough for Mason? That’s a glorified community college. What’s the world coming to.

GMU is a very different place than it was 30 years ago. First pp, your age is showing.

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Anonymous wrote:NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Don't mean to sidetrack the thread from the OP but we have a kid with an LD and we're riding him like a rented mule to just get him to 3.5.

Not everyone is the same. Many parents push their kids to their fullest potential. I will admit, I laugh at these threads. I never even graduated college and have a very successful career in sales. Last year, my w2 was 617k. I make more than my DH who has an MBA.

That gives me hope but you obviously have a real talent. Not everyone has what you have. I think parents are playing to the statistics.

It's social skills and confidence. That's all. No amount of college will give you the confidence it takes to bear rejection without feeling rejected and to be comfortable talking to people you have absolutely nothing in common with. No amount of education will teach you to convey your passion about a product to skeptics.

Exactly. Sales is a very hard life and not something I want my kids to have to fall back on. It won't be for them. I want more opportunities for them, which is why I ride them on the grades.

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Anonymous wrote:NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Don't mean to sidetrack the thread from the OP but we have a kid with an LD and we're riding him like a rented mule to just get him to 3.5.

Not everyone is the same. Many parents push their kids to their fullest potential. I will admit, I laugh at these threads. I never even graduated college and have a very successful career in sales. Last year, my w2 was 617k. I make more than my DH who has an MBA.

That gives me hope but you obviously have a real talent. Not everyone has what you have. I think parents are playing to the statistics.

It's social skills and confidence. That's all. No amount of college will give you the confidence it takes to bear rejection without feeling rejected and to be comfortable talking to people you have absolutely nothing in common with. No amount of education will teach you to convey your passion about a product to skeptics.

Don't fret to much. There are plenty of good in state schools that a 3.4 will get you into. As well, there are a ton of private schools that are good schools (albeit lesser known) and they will give merit aid to get some of the NOVA students that are in the 3.4 range. I know this from my experience with one of my DS'.

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Anonymous wrote:NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Don't mean to sidetrack the thread from the OP but we have a kid with an LD and we're riding him like a rented mule to just get him to 3.5.

Not everyone is the same. Many parents push their kids to their fullest potential. I will admit, I laugh at these threads. I never even graduated college and have a very successful career in sales. Last year, my w2 was 617k. I make more than my DH who has an MBA.

That gives me hope but you obviously have a real talent. Not everyone has what you have. I think parents are playing to the statistics.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Don't mean to sidetrack the thread from the OP but we have a kid with an LD and we're riding him like a rented mule to just get him to 3.5.

Not everyone is the same. Many parents push their kids to their fullest potential. I will admit, I laugh at these threads. I never even graduated college and have a very successful career in sales. Last year, my w2 was 617k. I make more than my DH who has an MBA.

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Anonymous wrote:NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Don't mean to sidetrack the thread from the OP but we have a kid with an LD and we're riding him like a rented mule to just get him to 3.5.

Anonymous wrote:NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Anonymous wrote:NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

The Op asked specifically if her kid would get into Tech or GMU. Posters have asked some good questions and Op has yet to return to answer them.

Ex: if Bio is need to graduate from *HS* and the kid has not taken BIO, then it is safe to assume that the kid will not likely get into Tech and GMU. Now is the time for the Oo's son to figure this stuff out. It's good that Op asked this question...

NP.

OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry. He is doing the best he can. He will get into several schools in VA and be on his way to a great career. Don’t let the crazies scare you.

This. I would be proud of my son if he worked hard for these grades.

Anonymous wrote:Good enough for UVA ... in 1989.

No- it wasn’t!! I was 15 out of 550 at a Fairfax County HS with well over a4.0, #11 out of 556 students, high SATs and was waitlisted at UVA in 1988. We were told it was a huge application year and they had a NoVA quota. Justice Scalia’s son also didn’t get in.

Now kids with my stats (my nephew this year) are getting waitlisted at Tech.

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Anonymous wrote:Are these out of state scores OP or did you put the wrong grade in school?

Did you mean to put 9th instead of 8th grade?

The courses also look one year behind.

Op specifically lists 8th grade - Spanish 1 and then lists 9th and 10th grade courses.

What is his 11th grade schedule, Op? Did you/he talk to a guidance counselor before making his course selections?

Ah.

I see that now.

The spacing threw me off.

Anonymous wrote:Are these out of state scores OP or did you put the wrong grade in school?

Did you mean to put 9th instead of 8th grade?

The courses also look one year behind.

Op specifically lists 8th grade - Spanish 1 and then lists 9th and 10th grade courses.

What is his 11th grade schedule, Op? Did you/he talk to a guidance counselor before making his course selections?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be honest. Might not be good enough for Mason. Definitely not good enough for Tech or JMU.

Not good enough for Mason? That’s a glorified community college. What’s the world coming to.