<p>My child is attending one of the top schools in the country and has had a very hard time succeeding after a stellar high school career (in a smaller, rural school). He has been asked to leave, and we don't think his appeal will be accepted. Does anyone have any suggestions, either for the appeal or tranferring? We're thinking no one will accept him now with his very low GPA.</p>
<p>well if the GPA is low enough to get him kicked out for academic reasons, you may want to consider a community college, so he can get back on his feet and then transfer to another 4 year school after completing his cc, because there are very few 4 year schools that will take him on the heels of an academic dismissal.</p>
<p>yeah i second that. Even if he's at the top university there has to be a good reason for why he is performing so poorly. (maybe he's homesick, etc...)</p>
<p>If his gpa is so low that the university wants him to leave then the best bet would be to transfer to a CC or a state university.</p>
<p>He says that he is working as hard as he can, and just can't master the material. He loves the place, and really wants to stay. Homesickness isn't the problem in this case. He has too many credits for junior college.</p>
<p>then a state university is the way to go. If he's smart as you state and if the private school is too difficult then he should really look into a public university.</p>
<p>Is he intending to go to med school or grad school? Either way it would be better if he has a high gpa from a state school than a low gpa, i'm assuming this from the fact that his current school is asking him to leave, from a top private school.</p>
<p>btw if you don't mind telling.... what school is he currently attending?</p>
<p>I'd prefer not to say--it's a small, very highly-ranked private school. He originally planned to go to grad school, but I don't know that that's in the picture now. I'm wondering if any schools will waive their transfer GPA requirement on a trial basis, considering the known difficulty of this school.</p>
<p>well difficulty is relatively subjective.</p>
<p>It would be about 10 times easier for us to give you advice if you would tell us what school your son goes to. Difficulty, and resluting GPA varies A LOT from school to school. At a place like Harvey Mudd or MIT, a 3.0 is a FANTASTIC GPA, but at other schools with grade inflation (such as Harvard or Stanford), it certainly isn't.</p>
<p>I know I personally can't assess the situation without knowing what school he's going to.</p>
<p>It's a technical school of similar standing to those you mentioned. I don't mean to be difficult, and I do appreciate any and all advice.</p>