<p>2bizee…good job ! i know someone else who was an underachiever in high school and nearly 20 years later…graduated college and changed careers. was definitely a wise move !</p>
<p>So is there something someone could have done or said that would have had the late bloomers bloom earlier?</p>
<p>Wow-I a was surprised to see this thread back on the front page after so long! </p>
<p>ihs76-- I am not sure S is a “late bloomer”, his level of interest or achievement didn’t accelerate- just wasn’t quite the typical high achiever (as he just doesn’t weight grades very highly).</p>
<p>I love the story of the poster above that was able to produce excellent grades as soon as he decided on his goal (and his goal required them).</p>
<p>S is attending the lowest “ranked” school that accepted him and that may, possibly, have been an error. Not sure. He loves the city he is in, he likes his room mates and generally, his fellow students. He is having a great time socially, but does not feel challenged academically. He came in with 65 hours of IB/AP credit (school will allow 32 towards graduation, but has credited 65 hours to his transcript for other purposes like placement and satifying prereqs), which has allowed him to opt out of basically all freshman classes, except for honors seminar. He has met with a proffessor about accelerating a bit-- He is being allowed to enroll in a graduate level chem class in the spring.<br>
He has also gotten a pt job and is learning how to live independantly. He is looking at an internship in our congressman’s office next term.
All of which is great. He just seems a bit disappointed at not having work that “excites” him.
Perhaps, I am just hard wired to need something to worry about…</p>
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<p>Deirdre, I certainly don’t think your son is a late bloomer, rather a bloomer that requires/required particular set of conditions. I was actually asking the two poster above me who referred to people blooming 20 years after HS.</p>
<p>Vis a vis your son, if he has graduate courses available to him, that’s great. Those were some of my favorite courses in college.</p>
<p>DeidreTours, it must feel good to look back at the posts on this thread and see how far you and your S have come. Just looking at mine regarding S’s lack of interest at looking at schools and making a “list” was a big concern last spring.<br>
Now, he’s in the fall of his sr. year and things have changed. He has his “list” and his #1 choice which is a school that would be a great fit. On to the next round of worries - applications and acceptances…</p>
<p>lilmom- That is wonderful that your son is now excited about a particular school! That should make the process much easier, in that, at least he knows what he is “working” towards with those applications. For my son, I think the actual application process helped to clarify, somewhat, what he seeking. He never got “excited” about a school, although he did get excited about the city of Washington, DC.</p>
<p>Now, it is pretty much all in his hands. We’ll see…</p>
<p>Deirdre, thanks for coming back to update us on your S. </p>
<p>My D. is currently in the midst of the application process with a list that is “mostly” finalized. Stories like yours are very helpful. I was able to read the thread from beginning to end and see the application process, followed by results (very useful!) and then the outcome once he matriculated. He had an impressive list of acceptances and merit money, congrats!</p>
<p>And, good for him to have taken the initiative to get permission to enroll in a graduate level course as a freshman. Very impressive!</p>