<p>Cal State Monterey Bay is in a great neighborhood, right near the ocean. And it is easier to get into, I understand.</p>
<p>Cal State Channel Islands is also near the beach. Its a beautiful small campus but its close to the amenities of big cities.</p>
<p>Just a thought:
Sign him up for the ACT as well. It is shorter and some people do much better on the ACT. (Make sure he does a couple of practice questions from each section in advance so he knows what the questions are like - and knows that the science section isn’t really science, it is more “how to read graphs.”) All colleges accept either the SAT or the ACT. Good luck working with him and his dad, finding a place for him!</p>
<p>If your nephew remains uncertain about college, perhaps he would be open to the idea of Americorps. It would give him some independence and another year to figure out what he really wants, along with some $ for college. In any event, encouraging him to take the SAT and ACT just to keep his options open sounds like the right way to go. It’s great that he has you in his corner.</p>
<p>Thanks again, all. He bailed on our dinner last night, but I’m trying to be persistent and rescheduled to Friday. I’m invoking the motto from my son’s senior year craziness…“is it what it is,” but hope to lead him toward college. At this point, he’s thinking he’ll go later, and we all know that rarely happens, at least without some plan. In the past, he’d talked about the military, but I haven’t heard any more about that in the past year.</p>
<p>Another idea for you - my son had a D in his first semester of Algebra 2, junior year. We are also in So Cal and interested in Cal State Long Beach. Over the summer, he took an online course offered by BYU to replace the D, and now has a C for that class. The courses are very quick, and if you can get a tutor to work with him, not very difficult. This was suggested to us by both his varsity football coach and guidance counselor. Now his transcript will show a C to replace the D and he will qualify for Ca l State schools. His gpa is around a 2.9, so I empathize with your family. Look into it - the courses are not expensive at all (I think $120 per), and its worth it to get those D’s eliminated. He could probably get it done this semester if there aren’t too many D’s in the core classes. [BYU</a> Independent Study - Distance Education Courses - Online Learning](<a href=“http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/]BYU”>http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/) is the website. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>elizabethh - thank you! for the ind. study info!</p>
<p>Get a 2300+ on the SAT, you’re in at a decent college.</p>
<p>Pacific University at lovely Forest Grove, OR. Has typical SAT of 1100 and 66% female. He might be the most adored male on the west coast . . .</p>
<p>Also, Oregon Inst. of Technology – might love, love his construction background. Does a lot with green industries.</p>
<p>Now THAT might get him interested - 66% female!</p>
<p>Resurrecting after the first progress report…hope you don’ mind OP…</p>
<p>I’m looking for a CSU with decent soccer, that will be a good fit for my African American son. I’d like to see more than a 3 percent AA population, sorry… He’s a junior at a tiny Christian school, and probably wouldn’t be adverse to the likes of Azuza Pacific, Biola, etc ( but he THINKS he want’s UCSB or UCD…sigh…).He won’t be recruited but he could probably get some looks if we knew were to direct his efforts. He will have maybe an 1800 SAT but a barely 3.0 UC GPA ( no D’s, no honor’s, no AP’s) and an okay graphic design portfolio. I think a BS in a media/communications would be ideal, and accommodations for ADD would be a plus. A residential and NOT commuter campus is a must. Any thoughts?</p>