<p>Hi everyone, I happened to stumble across this forum on google and wanted to get some advice. I am at a point where I have no clue what to do. I have been mentoring a young girl since my freshman year in college. I have now been out of college for about 4 years now but I still keep in touch with her when I can. To give you a little bit of background, my mentee was reading at a 2nd grade level while in the 5th grade when I met her. She has since improved a great deal, but is definitely not an "A/B" student. I am a bit frustrated at this point while trying to help her get into a college. I know that she has no one in her family to help her, so I am trying the best I can. In December she told me that she had signed up for a free voucher at school to take the SATs. I stressed to her that time was already winding down and that she needed to make SURE that she was signed up for the Jan. SATs. Well, I did not hear from her until yesterday and she tells me that she was not able to take the SATs in Jan. because they were out of vouchers. grrrrrr! Needless to say, I was ****ed! She could have called me to pay for the SATs if that was an issue. So here we are at the beginning of March and no SAT/ACT scores or anything. I went online and saw that she still has a little time to sign up for the April ACT but it seems like it will be too late to apply for schools by then. I am just looking for some direction on what I should do next. On top of all of this, she doesn't have a good idea of what she wants to do. She just knows that she wants to go to college. *sigh. I'm hoping that someone will have some knowledge on how to make the best out of this situation. Thanks for listening.</p>
<p>Some questions: </p>
<p>how is she going to pay for college
is there a strong state system in place
waht about community college, at least for the fall, whlle she gets it all together test wise
can she live at home and go to college (thinkin g $ here)
does she need to work</p>
<p>There is a thread somewhere with schools that have rolling admissions, and many schools accept late applications (list somewhere for that as well)</p>
<p>It is wonderful you are trying to help, and by doing some research etc you can help her find some wonderful option</p>
<p>sign her up for the april test....no harm can come from taking it</p>
<p>citygirl--thanks for the response. She will not need to work unless she wants to do so part-time. If she stays here in GA, I think that she may be eligible for the Hope Grant. If not, she will probably have to take out loans. At this point we are trying to keep community college as a back-up if all else fails, but I would rather try to see if we can get her into a 4-yr college to start. I am worried that she would become a little complacent if she starts at a 2-yr school. :-/ I will do a search on rolling admissions/schools accepting late applications to see if we can think of a new Plan B. :) Thank you.</p>
<p>THis site has some threads somewhere that give you some info on rolling and late admissions</p>
<p>good luck and thanks for being there for this young lady</p>
<p>how about a gap year?</p>
<p>i missed a lot of deadlines in 2006 due to various circumstances (depression, death in the family, dad's lung cancer, near death experience, and late teen-angst; all too much in a year for a 17 yr old).</p>
<p>then my grades gravely deflated because of that.</p>
<p>so now i have no choice but to take another gap year. but this time i have a much better plan. i've joined oxfam, unicef and other volunteer groups. i also teach english as a second language to chinese students. and i am going to re-take the SAT 1 in June, with a much clearer head. </p>
<p>but then again community college isn't that bad of an idea.</p>
<p>Is she a senior now? Or a junior?</p>
<p>indigo--agree that a gap yr may be another choice if we're not able to find some schools this year. I just want to try to keep her as motivated as possible. With the help of a member here I've been able to find a couple of schools with late admissions that she may be able to apply for. So we will try to do the April ACT and go from there. </p>
<p>weenie-she is a senior</p>
<p>and I forgot to salute your great doing ma'am/sir.</p>
<p>i know how hard it is learning a language and how lost she must have felt.
it's nice to know there are still benevolent people like you. :)</p>
<p>advice:</p>
<p>if she doesn't know what exactly to do, why not apply to a good liberal arts college. Evergreen State College is a rather unique one.</p>
<p>well there you go. </p>
<p>you can look at the school I stated.
it's not an ivy, it's not private, it's not expensive. all a person needs is a little incentive. it's a small school and from what i've been reading, instead of giving grades, the profs write an evaluative essay on the doings of the students. </p>
<p>truly unique. it's on my safety school. and i want you to read an article. it really eased my apprehension on this whole college-frenzy and i think it might make you feel better.</p>