<p>yell at me if I’m extending this vassar thing too long… but I found this sort of thing helpful back then… Agreed: my older son had 750 math but 620-ish verbal, and a zillion AP’s, and we were hoping they would find that an interesting mix for a gung ho applicant, but NOT.</p>
<p>Hudson, thanks for he mountain range correction. And yes, none of the eastern mountains compare with the Rockies, but if someone wanted to leave the Rockies area or go to a small college but still have access to mountains, there are not a lot of choices. For beautiful autumn scenery, hiking in quiet hilly woods or beginner level skiing, the eastern mountains are fine and have many good small colleges nearby.</p>
<p>Thank you for this thread. My D is only a HS freshman but we really are encouraging her to think ahead and keep her GPA up. I hope and pray for a 3.5GPA but she’ll probably end up in the 3.0 - 3.3 range. She plays three sports and is active in church so can’t complain because she is a good kid. I’m so please to find a site that makes me feel like I havn’t failed as a parent because she’s not a 4.0 student with a 2300 SAT. Thank you.</p>
<p>Newfaith, welcome and best of luck</p>
<p>grrrr…interim reports are in and as expected, my son got them for 3 classes. So in addition for preparing for the end of quarter exams, papers, and projects, he must also make up his missed assignments. Is it possible that he just enjoys having to come up from the rear??</p>
<p>reeinaz–I doubt he enjoys it-I suspect he just doesn’t care.
For your “monthly” college lists, have you looked at small schools where any issues will be spotted early? It might help you sleep better when he is on his own</p>
<p>Hang in there!</p>
<p>Mazewanderer…sorry for my very tardy reply. Had to travel for work and was swamped at night. Several weeks, no CC. Anyway, we live in Texas and some of the schools that seem like a good fit for DS are OSU (Oklahoma), Texas Tech, UNT. All of these schools welcome high test score/low GPA kids. Plus, the general atmosphere is much less competative that what we saw at UT, A&M, TCU etc. In our area Baylor is also a school that admits this GPA level but I don’t think these kids thrive there. </p>
<p>Downside of OSU, Texas Tech etc. is that some have the “party school” reputation which makes me a little nervous. DS is very social and would much rather be with a fun group than studying. However, after watching very disciplined DD for the first semester I think A&M and UT would be a really bad choice for DS. </p>
<p>Up until this week DS has been consumed by golf. Until the hockey coach asked him to come skate a practice. He made the varsity hockey team last night. He is very excited - I am very worried that we have reduced the hours he is available for me to nag him to study…nagging not always successful but now I’ll have to consolidate my nagging into the small windows available in his schedule. Arghhhh…</p>
<p>I am also back in heart attack mode - he is a fairly newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetic. I was just getting confident in his ability to manage his blood glucose levels on the golf course while walking 36 holes…hockey will be a whole new challenge. It would be so much easier if he loved Harry Potter and sat quietly in the big comfy chair. Apparently NOT his destiny…</p>
<p>yabeyabe2-yes, definitely small schools. I’ve even spoken to him about the local community college as a viable option, which it truly is, especially given his interests, and not just a last resort. I just want him to really have options when the time comes.
And of course he cares. Everytime I ask if he cares about his future, he swears he does :P</p>
<p>Texasmom14-I’ve put a daily nag alert on my phone to remind me. My heart goes out to you regarding his diabetes and his activity level. You certainly don’t want him to see it as a hinderance but it is very much a concern. Maybe google search successful pro/college athletes with diabetes and see how they managed? Would that be at all helpful to either of you?</p>
<p>reeinaz,</p>
<p>If the small schools yo are looking for are not too far from PA, I would be happy to help, having conducted a similar search. My son is a freshman at Susquehanna</p>
<p>Folks may be interested in the new Campusvibe trip reports on Drew and Muhlenberg by a prospective theater major</p>
<p>Texasmom, Adam Morrison, college basketball playr of the year 3 years ago and now with the Lakers has diabetes</p>
<p>Yabeyabe I am interested in Susquehanna for DS12 who fits in this thread(well the 3.0-3.3 part not the class of 13 part). I have been trying to understand their central curriculum. It seems pretty complicated, and extensive. What I read also suggested that they require 3 classes in foreign language. Any insight?</p>
<p>Septmbr, the core curriculum seems to have a fair number of options built into it–for example, an introduction to logic class helps meet the math requirement. I believe testing for language can lower the number of classes you need to take.</p>
<p>I have not examined the language requirement in depth yet, but know my son did not have to take it his first semester (despite not placing it out of it and having split his HS language studies between Spanish and French), but will his second. I will ask him.</p>
<p>To my surprise, despite the workload being more intense than he would like, he loves Susquehanna–the kids are extremely friendly and down to earth; the campus is beautiful; there is lots to do; the classes are small; the facilities excellent. He has become much more independent and mature while there–he had never been away before college.</p>
<p>yabeyabe2
Thanks for the info about Adam Morrison, there is also a golfer on the PGA tour with diabetes. DS will be playing in his first ice-hockey game tonight. We hope we have a plan to account for the amount of energy he expends while playing. It is always a trial and error process as he tries new things. I am nervous, he is confident so we seem to have a good balance between us.</p>
<p>yabeyabe2 - Since we live in PA, I actually do like a lot of the schools in the state. But price is going to be a major consideration since I doubt he will qualify for merit aid. So he will need schools that give good (excellent) need based aid.</p>
<p>This thread is so quiet! I lurk in the 2012 and 2011 threads. I know we are very early in the process and probably really hoping our kids will eventually no longer fit the description of this thread. But 1st quarter grades will be in soon and I am soooo ansty. My son refuses to give me his user name and password to access his online grades 
Right now, he admits to 2 Cs, a few As and the rest Bs which would be a fantastic start for him. Going over his grades from 9th grade, I realized it was the electives that bumped him up to a 3.1. Upward trend will be my mantra.</p>
<p>Hi. Just discovered this thread and plan on following it (and hoping to be informed and inspired by it) as it relates to my S2 (high school freshman). S1 is an achieving high school senior waiting to hear from colleges, and I am expecting a very different process for S2. 1s Q grades came in at a 3.3, which is fine (at least there were no Cs), but this will probably be his easiest grading pd. as it’s his 1st (transition) semester of high school. They took the PLAN for practice this year and the results came in today…terrible. If I wasn’t so focused on college w/ S1, I never would have been looking around on here, but am hoping that I found a like-minded/situated group of parents to go through high school with. Thanks.</p>
<p>reeinaz - I am a big fan of following on-line grades and staying on top of my 11th grade son - although I am trying to tone it down a bit. I am sure if you call the school you can get your own user name and password to access the on-line grades - that’s what I did!</p>
<p>reeinaz…can you tell me what vocab books you were talking about back on p. 1. That sounds like a great way for my son who spends no time reading for pleasure to actually read and learn SAT vocab at the same time.</p>
<p>Parents of B students, I suggest that you all lurk on our B students thread for seniors. All three of my kids were/are B students (they did/do take honors and AP’s) and all three have gotten merit aid at Private colleges. So far my current senior student has been accepted and gotten good merit aid at Hartwick College in NY, Arcadia in PA, Florida Institute of Technology and University of New Haven in CT. He’s also been accepted at Drexel. My oldest son graduated from Roanoke College in VA and got substantial merit aid all four years. Being a B student does not always mean a slacker. My son has never done well on mid-terms and finals but does fine on projects, homework and most tests.</p>