A thread for 2.5 to 2.9 GPAs...

JoyG
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 03:01:22 +0000

I know there’s not too many of us here, but if you are the parent of/ or a student with a GPA in that range, can we discuss what your college options are? Strategies for success?

I’ll start…

My son is at the beginning of his junior year with a 2.57 unweighted GPA. He has ADHD and attends a private college prep high school. He does not take honors or AP classes because he pours all his effort into doing well in the regular classes he takes. I am going to have him take a college composition class this summer at our local community college between his junior and senior year. It won’t reflect on his high school transcript, but I’m hoping colleges will see that he’s tried some advance coursework. I think he will do better if it’s just that one class he has to focus on, instead of handling an advanced class in the middle of his already full schedule.

He was tested in 1st grade for learning disabilities and at that time nothing other than ADHD was found, but I think I will have him tested again now. If we find something significant, it might help explain the low GPA to colleges.

He wants to be a physical education teacher and the colleges we’re looking at are Westfield State in Massachusetts (learning disabilities program, and reduced OOS tuition), SUNY Brockport and SUNY Cortland. I’m also looking into community colleges with dorms in New York as his safety schools.

Here are some colleges we ruled out but might work for other students in this GPA range:
Beacon College, FL
Landmark College, VT
Dean College, MA

Please chime in C students, share colleges you’ve found, strategies for acceptance, etc…