Boarding school dropout needs college counseling advice

2prepMom
Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:22:28 +0000

My older D left boarding school after sophomore year, with dismal grades. In public school she did fine and had good test scores and ECs. She got into her first choice college.

The advice that was very helpful that we received here on CC was to talk about what she learned in her essays. Not very many kids have gone through this, so it is interesting to college ADCOMS. She talked about learning independence, better study habits, social stuff, responsibility, and finding what she loved, and turning her life around.

You may also want to ask the college counselor at the boarding school to write a letter to the new school GC so they can understand your son’s rank in class when he left. 3.3/4 is probably top third in a competitive school despite his medical problems?