Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is going to sound terrible, but I'm looking for colleges, that have minimal entry requirements, & requiring the least effort. Back story. My DS CLAIMS he wants to go to college, but his behavior, & grades do not support that claim. We're in the 11th grade, & I know we need to start at least identifying colleges, to start visiting and applying next year.

NOT INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES! I want him to go away, get out of the DMV, which I think will help tremendously, & experience college campus life, hoping it will turn him around. But, starting out the gate, early signs point to him NOT getting into, for a lack of better words, a "GOOD or Highly sought after" college. Open to location.

Any thoughts or recommendations? If you can, please refrain from bashing.

OP, have him do his OWN research on a site like collegefactual.com or niche.com where he has to make a profile with his GPA. Chancing schools and seeing costs were a much needed reality check for my junior 2 years ago. Fast-forward, busted his ass and upped GPA enough to get into 3 of 11 viable options.

College is a really vague concept even for kids who think they want to get a degree.

Let him figure out some of it himself.

Anonymous wrote:Suffolk in Boston.

Anonymous wrote:I know this is going to sound terrible, but I'm looking for colleges, that have minimal entry requirements, & requiring the least effort. Back story. My DS CLAIMS he wants to go to college, but his behavior, & grades do not support that claim. We're in the 11th grade, & I know we need to start at least identifying colleges, to start visiting and applying next year.

NOT INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES! I want him to go away, get out of the DMV, which I think will help tremendously, & experience college campus life, hoping it will turn him around. But, starting out the gate, early signs point to him NOT getting into, for a lack of better words, a "GOOD or Highly sought after" college. Open to location.

Any thoughts or recommendations? If you can, please refrain from bashing.

Anonymous wrote:ODU
Stetson
LaSalle
Eckerd
Coastal Carolina
Goucher
Stevenson
VCU
Xavier Cincinnati
Drew
Seton Hall
Rowan
Stockton
Kean

Anonymous wrote:Christopher Newport

Anonymous wrote:Try entering your child’s GPA and see what recs you get.

https://www.collegesimply.com/guides/colleges-by-gpa/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of the Redlands in California. No letter or number grades. Comments/written assessments.

College of Charleston in South Carolina.

Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.

Goucher College in Maryland.

Suwanee--The University of the South in Tennessee. (breathtaking campus & location).

Salve Regina University in Rhode Island (gorgeous campus & beautiful location).

Rollins College in central Florida. (Country club like atmosphere).

Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania.

University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

Arizona State University in Tempe/Phoenix.

University of Kansas.

Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. (gorgeous).

Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Leans conservative & Christian).

Stetson University in Florida.

Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida.

Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Environmental Studies, Marine Biology, Biology, Psychology.)

Clemson University in South Carolina. (slight chance)

Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. (Myrtle Beach metro area).

Maybe the University of Denver in--guess where--Denver, Colorado.

Too many more to list. Would be helpful if more information about your son was shared.

Any interest in Maritime colleges ?

My 2023 kid that is going to a top 40 college with a 33 ACT was outright rejected from Clemson. There is zero chance for this kid to get into Clemson.

Have to wonder this was a case of yield protection as an ACT score of 33 is high for Clemson and within the past few years Clemson drove down its acceptance rate from 62% to 49%.