Although his GPA might be a bit low, I’d third the suggest of Marist. The school has tie-ins with IBM that I expect would make it attractive for a CS major. And they do have an outstanding program for kids who need some extra support.
Manhattan College would be another option – its location in Riverdale may seem too urban for him but it does have a distinct campus.
His reading score was a 640. While he performed with the marching band and other instrumental groups in hs, I do not know if he plans to pursue them in college. He is very driven with subject matters that interest him. Not so much with the others… The recommendations of SUNY and Marist have caught his attention. Thank you everyone for your continued support and assistance.
I believe in this student’s case in particular , it is more important to use his GPA as a predictor of how he will function in school over his standardized test scores. His test scores tell us that he is intelligent and for a short period of time he can rein himself in and focus in order to achieve a high test score. His lower GPA indicates that even with the structure of being at home supervised with resources, he is unable to sustain his focus long enough to use his intellect to achieve a high GPA . I agree that his senior year should be the test of his readiness to attend a school away from home. It was said in the original post that the poster’s son is refusing to take medication. IMO, sending an untreated child away to a school to fend for himself whether there are resources available or not , is not realistic for achieving a positive outcome. The poster’s child has a history of not using resources available to him. If this child had another medical condition such as diabetes, cardiac etc , how many of us would be encouraging her to send that child away untreated? I know that this will not be a popular opinion, and that it is truly a personal decision for the poster and her family, but I felt like it should be said.