<p>^^^Agree totally. S2 is a C (ish) type student, took reg, honors and two AP’s in h.s.
Took SAT once did really bad and never took it again. He was just not very motivated. His best friends were all cut from the similiar cloth. </p>
<p>We gave him the option of CC or college. Like Hudson Valley, we have see lots of kids here go to CC saying they would transfer and four years later they are still here. If S2 had chosen CC, we were advocating a “trade” type track because we just didn’t see the transfer thing happening.</p>
<p>He applied to 2 directional state u’s, got in both and decided to go to his favorite.
His first semester was a social success but academic disaster. He was put on academic probation. We allowed him another chance because he truly liked the sch. and was happy there and begged for another chance. He did overwhelmingly better this semester, is off academic probation and starts summer school next week (with no complaints. He would never have done that in h.s.).</p>
<p>He figured out what it took to be successful. The funny thing is that when he came home on breaks, he never hung out with his old n’er do well crew. He spent all his time with other kids who went off to sch. I am convinced going away was the best thing for him.</p>