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This is somewhat oxymoronic. You need to ask - what’s the point in going to a ‘good school’ if he’s not willing to put in any effort? </p>
<p>Again, if he’s not willing to put in a lot of effort he should forget about pursuing engineering - especially at some of the schools you mentioned but if he slacks in HS this year and next he doesn’t have much of a chance of being accepted to the more selective colleges anyway.</p>
<p>The year’s just beginning so he can still do very well if he wants to. Now’s the time for him to decide.</p>