<p>I have a question, this is kinda random for the post but I didnt know where to put it, and you guys might have been throw this with your older kids
My friends dream school has not made a decission on her app yet, and the problem is that the " mandatory orientation" is coming up and she doesnt know what to do
Her grades are above the average of the school and she was accepted out of high school but wasnt ready to leave home and got her aa at a community college.</p>
<p>Long time lurker, new to posting.
This thread gives me hope. You and your kids have done so well finding schools they love and that they can get in to. Would love some wisdom/advice!
Here’s my D:
3.3 UW, 3.5 W with more like a 3.0 if you take out the “fun” classes, but trending upward
29 on the ACT, but will take it again next week
extracurricular: some community service, and school clubs, but no consistency or leadership positions
Junior at a pretty competitive suburban high school in the midwest - that doesn’t have Naviance
She’s hoping to attend a college in California with a real residential feel with at least 2000 kids, preferably more. No idea what she wants to study.
Money is an issue, we’ll need financial aid to make this work!
Any thoughts would be so appreciated!</p>
<p>She made a mistake, she wanted to wait for the mail cuz she thought it would be more exciting to get it that way then on the portal, so she hadnt checked, she didnt see that there was a message on there asking for transcripts, only reason she saw it was she got tired of waiting, she called and they will complete it but not by the orientation, so shes stuck</p>
<p>MomofCagirl; Loyola Marymount…not sure about the money though. Maybe St. Mary’s if she doesn’t mind a little bit of religion. Also, there is a 3.0 west coast thread.</p>
<p>Thanks Shrinkrap! She visited Loyola Marymount and loved it. I think with her stats she’d be lucky just to get in, I doubt they’d give her $$. I’ll research St. Mary’s, do you think she’ll have a better chance there? I will post on the west coast thread as well.</p>
<p>So third-quarter grades are on their way and S informs me that they are going to be bad. I think he will graduate, but barely. My husband and I are strongly suggesting that he take a year off before starting college. I told him last night that I want him to give more thought to RWU, because I think there will be more academic support available – I’m sure it’s there at Hofstra, but they seem to really emphasize it at RWU. Anyway, he would consider deferring admission but very much wants not to live at home (under our oppressive regime, sigh). Any ideas for non-academic gap year programs that he could still apply to? I don’t think he’ll go for it but you never know.</p>
<p>My D’s unweighted GPA at the end of Jr year was 2.8…mostly B’s with a couple A’s and peppering of C’s in math/science. She earned all A’s & B’s the 3 quarters of Senior Year… so showed an upward trend.</p>
<p>Played HS sports - but no desire to compete in college, lots of volunteer/community service experience, no paying job until this summer. Solid college essay and likely good recommendations.</p>
<p>1510 SAT - 540/440/530 - Debated withholding …but sent them to all schools.</p>
<p>Applied EARLY to 14:<br>
Le Moyne, Adelphi, Alfred, Assumption, Curry, URI, UME, U ME Farmington, Univ of New England, Champlain, St. Michael’s, Sacred Heart, Syracuse, Catholic University</p>
<p>Accepted at 11 with between $5,000 - $9,000 per year merit/discounts;
Waitlisted at 2: Catholic Univ & Assumption (declined further consideration);
Rejected at 1: Syracuse.</p>
<p>Will be heading to St. Mike’s in VT this fall :)</p>
<p>Does anyone have any advice/opinions on how college admissions react/reflect on their opinions about seeing a “withdraw failing” on the transcript? </p>
<p>We are in the position that a final grade of a “d” or even a “f” is the only option. We are thinking that it might be best to raise the red flag of “withdrawn failing” and retake the course online. (this is geometry!) </p>
<p>or is it better to hang in and then take credit recovery? This option to me looks like a slacker student and it is not the case at all.</p>
<p>There are so many variables as to how we got into this mess - school, student and parents missed so many opportunities to pull it together. Now as the parent, I have to make a decision and my gut says withdraw but I know no one who has ever done this.</p>
<p>cherryhill,
Can you get a tutor? Maybe it would be possible to speak to the teacher and get an extension on the required work. Seems like geometry might be a reuired course to graduate and for college admission. I’m personally not sure how an on-line course would work to give credit, etc. But to answer the question, I’m not sure how a W looks on a transcript although my guess is that it is better than an F. Regardless, either would need to be explained on a college application or during an interview.
BTW, I know a student with several Ws and Fs during F and S year who was accepted last year into SUNY New Paltz. I was surprised because NP’s acceptance rate is not that high.</p>
<p>My son withdrew from his math class mid year. We were told that he had to take the semester test, but that then the class would disappear from the transcript as if he never took it. He did notify his colleges that he had withdrawn, but was then wait listed at the two schools he was waiting to hear from and rejected at a third. When his grades came out, there was the class with the grades including the midterm he took after it had been determined that he would drop the class: not an A. Anyway, just make sure you understand what will show on the transcript.</p>
<p>cherryhillmom- I agree with MD Mom- find out what will show on the transcript if there is a withdrawal and subsequent completion vs. an F/D plus retake. At my D’s school, the earlier grade was wiped if the student retook the class.<br>
But generally I would say take the withdrawn failing, with a retake and passing/good grade, would be best IF that is not somehow factored into GPA. Don’t want GPA to be significantly affected.</p>
<p>simpkin - I feel for you! And I agree with you about RWU - they really seem to emphasize helping the students academically. They stressed it more than any other school we visited.</p>
<p>S apparently will be sharing his decision with his dad and me at 3pm on Sunday. It sounds like Ohio Wesleyan has been eliminated, even though we both liked the campus, programs, and so much else about the school very much. Not to mention, they came through with a very generous merit scholarship and institutional grant early on in the process, basically eliminating most of the stress. I would recommend OWU to any solid students interested in a small school.</p>
<p>So, at this point, S is deciding between RIT and Bryant University. We visited the latter again today, and S sat in on a mid-level statistics class and talked to someone in admissions about their gap year policies - just in case he decides to go that route. Admissions gave us tickets to eat in the main dining room so we enjoyed an excellent selection of food (FAB salad bar & clam chowder for me and pizza & chicken nuggets for S) and just watched the students for a while. Most seemed quite content or occupied, but not in a stressed way. On the way home, S said something similar to your daughter, newtothismom (eg, “I’m more like the people who go to Bryant”) but I know he also was very taken by the technology, facilities, co-op emphasis, and overall size of RIT. I really don’t know what he will decide. We are very grateful that both schools came through with extra grant funds when we asked for reviews; basically, we told them exactly how much we could pay (considerably more than the FAFSA EFC) and exactly how much of a gap remained. If S chooses Bryant, he’ll have to borrow about $1,500/year more but his dad and I are both committed to keeping his total loans below $20K. Knocking on wood on that one…</p>
<p>I want to take a minute to thank everyone for their participation in this thread and on CC generally. I have learned so much from everyone - even today, I picked up new info on how scholarships and grants are handled for tax purposes. What a GREAT resource! All the best to all of your ‘kids’ and to all of you as well.</p>
