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My brother was in a similar situation after taking a lot of drugs in early high school. He felt he had burned his bridges and didn''t want to try to get decent grades his senior year. My parents called a small, LAC in Kentucky. They found someone in admissions who agreed to take him for the day to tour, go to classes and experience the college and then the admissions officer told him...if you make a complete turnaround this year...show what you really can do...you can come to this school. The fantastic test scores showed the latent ability/intelligence...kid had to show his ability to take control and step up...worked like a charm. I would do it...at SR or at any other very small school that I could afford ... there are a thousand of these schools .... you don't care about college at this point..you want him to be motivated to do something, anything. He needs someone, other than his parents, to tell him..you are valuable, we want you, but you have to show us that you can do your part. Good luck.
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