How long would you stick with a C in honors?

DadTwoGirls
Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:08:41 +0000

Two things:

First of all you should think about getting some sort of tutoring if you can afford it and if he has time.

Secondly, classes at “top 20” universities are massively more difficult than honors classes in high school. If your son is getting B’s and C’s in honors classes in high school, then at some point you probably will be looking at “top 100” or “top 200” universities. There are huge numbers of very good schools that could potentially be a great fit for your son. These are not schools that require that students take lots of honors and AP classes. As such there is no need for your son to take honors classes.

Putting this together I would be inclined to drop back to normal classes for some classes, and get a tutor for at least one or two honors classes that your son finds particularly interesting. In the future I would limit the honors classes and never “skip ahead” in a class sequence, particularly in math where nearly every class depends very much upon what you have taken in the past.