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Anonymous wrote:One of the many colleges that take everyone who can pay tuition.

Not helpful. Was hoping for specific recommendations of not awful schools that are affordable.

What is affordable to you? No one on this board knows your finances so that's going to make it hard for people to respond intelligently.

For specific recommendations, you've told us basically nothing about what type of school environment is appealing to your kid. So, how about Gettysburg College, Muhlenberg College, or Ithaca College.

Thanks. Kid is introverted and has little interest in college. But has two Ivy League grad parents, one with a PhD. So we don't even know where to start with this. Money is not a huge issue, but we're not rich enough to afford some of the most expensive schools comfortably, but in any case my husband refuses to spend a ton of money on a kid who doesn't even want to go. Low grades are due mainly to working too much (he has a part time job he loves and he works as much as he can) and also just not liking school work.

In this case, maybe just let him work and take community college classes. Will have a lot more options if he does well there.

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Anonymous wrote:The issue isn’t the kid’s grades, plenty of schools would accept him. The issue is that he isn’t interested in going to college at the moment. Let him do something else but make sure it’s structured.

The ship building academy!!!

He can work with his hands doing important things, and the job prospects post graduation are really strong.

https://www.as.edu/

Mike Rowe gives some really good scholarships for trades education. Seach Mike Rowe Works.

What is the kid interested in?

There are lots of great options that are not 4 year colleges.

Anonymous wrote:Anywhere, almost! Not the Ivies.
Dickinson, F&M, Gettysburg, Allegheny, Marist, Wooster?

Dickinson and F&M aren’t generally thought of as colleges for C students. Both have about a 30-35% acceptance rate and 3.6-3.8 average GPA. These really don’t seem like the types of schools OP‘s child would be interested in, based on the details they’ve shared.

Anywhere, almost! Not the Ivies.
Dickinson, F&M, Gettysburg, Allegheny, Marist, Wooster?

The issue isn’t the kid’s grades, plenty of schools would accept him. The issue is that he isn’t interested in going to college at the moment. Let him do something else but make sure it’s structured.

I'd suggest 2 things: one: have your son take some vocational tests to see what he might be interested in. That's assuming you've already had him tested for learning disabilities, etc. Two: look at some co-op colleges.

I'd recommend SUNY Cobleskill. In the current era, I think its COA is reasonable. YMMV https://www.cobleskill.edu/admissions/financial-aid/tuition-and-fees.aspx It offers associate degrees as well as certificate programs. https://www.cobleskill.edu/academics/programs-of-study.aspx

Another possibility is Simmons University in Boston.https://www.simmons.edu/academics/departments/ifill/politics-and-policy/internship-programs

Gap year

2.5 GPA from NOVA public was accepted by
ODU, Radford, WVU, ECU and Ga Southern

Do you think your son wants city? Suburban? Urban? Driving distance from DC? Small med, large?

Anonymous wrote:DH was into "other things" and had below a C average. Fortunately at the time Cal let you into a satellite campus on test scores. Ph.D today.

There are programs like that in Virginia.

NVCC has a pathway to most of the state schools.

If you get waitlisted at UVA, you can go to UVA Wise for a year and there is a pathway to UVA from there.

Anonymous wrote:Va tech, Ohio state

I guess this is satire ^^

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm still unclear about the actual GPA. Your post suggests only one C and it's in an unweighted class? That's not so bad and is a far cry from a C student.

Honestly colleges do not look at a C the same way if a kid is also taking APs. Our kids had some Cs, and the original list we gave the college counselor was based on what that GPA seemed to translate into from our research. We were so far off! The counselor pointed at several of the schools and said, these schools don't see applicants who took AP classes, let alone 8 (like our kids). Kids are in schools in the 30-100 range with merit awards.

I think you misread her first post. Her title asked about C students. First sentence: she has one of those. Second sentence is that he has an unweighted C average, though because some classes are weighted, the GPA might be closer to a 3.0 than a 2.0.

To the OP: he needs some serious parenting right now. Asking what schools will accept him is ignoring the problem(s). Often jobs can help a teen with ADHD or maturity issues BUT it can backfire if they make too much money. This is especially true if there are tips. The tips become a dopamine hit and it is addictive. Even a well-paying job at 16 can seem more important than schoolwork if there is a maturity issue.

He may be better suited for the trades - something concrete rather than conceptual might be a better match. Is he money motivated?

Start with community college.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the many colleges that take everyone who can pay tuition.

Not helpful. Was hoping for specific recommendations of not awful schools that are affordable.

What is affordable to you? No one on this board knows your finances so that's going to make it hard for people to respond intelligently.

For specific recommendations, you've told us basically nothing about what type of school environment is appealing to your kid. So, how about Gettysburg College, Muhlenberg College, or Ithaca College.

Thanks. Kid is introverted and has little interest in college. But has two Ivy League grad parents, one with a PhD. So we don't even know where to start with this. Money is not a huge issue, but we're not rich enough to afford some of the most expensive schools comfortably, but in any case my husband refuses to spend a ton of money on a kid who doesn't even want to go. Low grades are due mainly to working too much (he has a part time job he loves and he works as much as he can) and also just not liking school work.

He is not you. You need to drop your expectations based on your experience and help him achieve his own goals. If he doesn't want to go to college, what does he want to do? Listen non-judgementally, making sure he knows that you'll love and support him even if he chooses a non-academic path.

He wants to play video games all night and sleep all day. If he had some other passion, believe me, we'd be encouraging it.

He has two "strong" extracurriculars and a job, so I don't see how that can be true.