<p>Okay, so if he needs a 3.4 for guaranteed entry to U of O, and currently has a 3.33, he needs a minimum of a 3.6 in his senior year.</p>
<p>He can do that. He had a 4.0 his freshman year.</p>
<p>He’s one of those kids who isn’t great at everyday maintaining of effort, but when his back is against the wall, he shines.</p>
<p>He has two months to finish making up three semesters worth of English. He’s been working on it for 6 hours per day and is cranking it out. </p>
<p>I’m not worried about him partying his way through his freshman year. We lived on a college campus for the last 4 years (2004-2008), amid partying freshmen (2 dorms within a literal stone’s throw from our place). He burned out on that scene long before he hits it for himself. Dorm life is old-hat to him, including strange 18-year-olds barfing in our yard. There will be no adjustment period, except maybe going back to the only life he really knows. That has to be an advantage.</p>
<p>Anyway, the military is out for him. He blew his knee (complete reconstruction surgery) in football and has to wear a brace for even minor exertion. His knee would never make it through boot camp, even if it got by the doctor at the enlistment physical.</p>