College Choices for Average Student?

Mombot
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:58:08 +0000

kharts–I skipped about five pages of helpful suggestions about this college or that, so I apologize if I’m repeating suggestions you got, but this kid DOES NOT belong in college. You would only waste his time and your money.

I suggest the Coast Guard or the Air Force–as a fallback the Navy. No guarantees as those are the service branches that are getting the recruits so they can afford to be picky, but your description of a lack of structure and a lack of accountability cries out for this boy to do military service before you invest vast sums into college for him.

I live in WA and I have to say Evergreen would be a poor choice for somebody of his description…Evergreen only works if you are “too weird” for high school but have great motivation…you can ID those kids because they are very successful in something OTHER THAN classwork…D’s friend nearly didn’t graduate but was lead in several drama productions…another one barely graduated but was waylaid by health and family issues…it was not a lack of motivation. Evergreen kids NEED to be motivated student and independent learners to do well in that kind of unstructured environment. Evergreen is not a place for the lazy student…just for the misplaced or misunderstood student.