<p>Sybbie has a wealth of info in her brain and at her disposal so please listen to her. Her knowledge about NY schools is deep. I, too, was concerned that your son’s URM status would not be enuf to make up for his scores last year because there are many URMs in NY that come to the table without a fallen GPA. </p>
<p>Have you met with the GC at your son’s school to make sure he will have enuf credits to graduate??? (I’m glad our state doesn’t require that much PE - just one year!) </p>
<p>You may want to consider this… Even tho the school’s upheaval last year was not your son’s fault, he is responsible for how he chose to respond to it (not going to class, etc.). It may be a wise thing for him to learn that there are consequences for his decisions - and one of the consequences is that he has to go to a community college so that those scores (and not his high school grades) will determine what college he’ll be able to qualify and get scholarships for. I say this because your son may learn a very valuable lesson . He’ll learn that upheavals that are out of our control are part of life. It’s how you face those challenges that determine maturity level…</p>
<p>I don’t think a gap year is best in this case because it still leaves colleges with only his high school grades to look at. If he gets high marks in a community college, most colleges won’t care what his high school grades were.</p>