I have been spinning through @MotherOfDragons Class of 2018 3.0-3.4 thread which she started about this time last year… It seems like the time is right to fire one up for our juniors.
I’ve lifted the initial guidelines from previous 3.0-3.4 threads:
This is not a chance thread for students. It is for parents of kids roughly in the B to B+ range with any range of test scores. Of course, all parents are welcome, but it is not meant for the top of the line, applying to Ivies sorts of dilemmas. Advice from parents of other years is definitely appreciated!
Things to talk and think about now
Test Prep
School Visits & casting WIDE nets
Fit & LOVING ALL OUR SCHOOLS
Possible Financial/Merit aid
Books to assist our quest of the perfect school for our children.
Requesting LOR's before school gets out
And as we get close to and into senior year:
Applications (EA vs. ED vs. RD), essay prompts, etc.
Here is my S: bright ADHD/dyslexic/dysgraphic/CAPD late-blooming school hater. He showed his contempt for all things school by refusing to do various assignments quite regularly throughout grade 9 and 10, resulting in many 0s and in consequence struggled to achieve Bs and a couple of Cs. S spent all of his considerable creativity and brainpower eluding my attempts to make sure he was working on HW/studying/reading assignments during this time.
During the third quarter of 10th PSAT scores came out and all of the sudden, S started considering college/his future. He had (FINALLY!) hit puberty and matured mentally as well and suddenly absorbed my oft-repeated warning that he was only really hurting himself by refusing to do simple homework. He achieved a 3.5 in the last semester of 10th and again in 11th. He prepped for the junior PSAT and scored a 1370 and sat the October SAT with 700v, 740m. His GPA is now 3.3 but attends a small private school that is not particularly rigorous.
We are looking at CS/Theater minor-??(his predominant EC) at a small LAC where he can continue to get academic support services or possibly a small STEM college.