<p>Alright I’ll tallk to him about it.</p>
<p>You should also have him consider the University of Kansas. It has a good business program, beautiful campus, lots of tradition and is in a great college town. He can be admitted with a 24 ACT or 1090 SAT.</p>
<p>Check the Net Price Calculators for each school. For instance KU will cost $33-35K/year [Financial</a> Aid & Scholarships](<a href=“http://financialaid.ku.edu/publications/12AYcoa.shtml]Financial”>http://financialaid.ku.edu/publications/12AYcoa.shtml)</p>
<p>Hanna’s suggestion is a good one. </p>
<p>Though if he truly wants to begin school in Louisiana has he considered any of the other regional schools as a stepping stone or even the U of Louisiana as an option? I have not checked the admission requirements lately but I thought the U of Louisiana was a little easier to meet the minimum requirements.</p>
<p>He is considering going to UNL as a start but his first choice is LSU. He said if he doesn’t get accepted next year he will apply again as a transfer student.</p>
<p>I’ll have to check and see about his GPA around the 21st when his new report comes in.</p>
<p>Our school’s GPA scale is set up differently than the rest of the schools around the area. This has become very difficult for us because he has recieved a lot of 2.7’s for B’s when he could have been getting 3.0’s all through high school.
4.5 (A+): 97.50% - 95%
4.0 (A): 94.50% - 92.70%
3.7 (A-): 92.50% - 91%
3.5 (B+): 90.50% - 88%
3.0 (B): 88.50 - 87.50%
2.7 (B-): 86.50% - 85.50%
2.5 (C+): 85.49% - 83.50%<br>
2.0 (C): 79.50 - 78.00 %
1.7 (C-):77.50 - 75.50%</p>
<p>While the other schools go by a different scale
4.0 (A) 90–100
3.0 (B) 80- 89
2.0 (C) 70-79
1.0 (D) 60-69</p>
<p>His counselor said that the different grading systems can possibly put him in a bind for college applications. Any opinions?</p>
<p>There are good kinds of gap years where the kid does something academic, interesting, unique, or different such as traveling, working, volunteering. But the problem with a gap year is that your applications are due again in either 11/1 or 1/1, and most kids don’t really start with their gap activities until graduation, and thus will spend 6 months maximum building up their experiences for their new apps. You also run the risk of your kiddo becoming not really motivated to continue on to college, depending on the personality of your kid, but only you would know if that is a real risk or not.</p>