<p>"Pulling a C/D level grades in high school and/or scoring 15-19 on the ACT is not what most people I know regard as good evidence of being “a highly educated high school student used to challenging work.” </p>
<p>?I didn’t say that it was. If your kid was at a highly rigorous (private) high school and they were pulling that sort of overall GPA, not just in a few classes, they’d get booted for academics.</p>
<p>But people can spend their money how they please. Kids have all sorts of issues and priorities in high school, stress, illness and tragedy sometimes. If they are fortunate, they have at least one caring parent to help guide them through.</p>