<p>Somehow I knew that there would be a rash of posts that a C and/or a 22 ACT weren’t average but I still beg to differ. Many kids don’t score over a 24 on the ACT and do fine in college and if a 2.4 (C average) isn’t average then why do we still have a 4.0 scale with 2.0 being the middle ground?</p>
<p>I know many kids, especially boys, who have matured late. My son’s guidance counselor tells the story of a boy who had mostly C’s and D’s until he “woke up” at the tail end of junior year. He applied himself the rest of that school year and his senior year and he did have choices of colleges to attend and was happy.</p>
<p>As far as engineering, you’re right it might not be the major for the OP’s son but maybe it is. He could be accepted to a pre-engineering program and do very well or he could go to college take a general ed requirement and decide he loves something completely different. That’s the beauty of going to college and growing.</p>
<p>At this point it’s up to his parents to decide what they will or won’t pay. Maybe they feel community college is best or maybe they are willing to give him a shot at starting at a 4 year college. If it were my son and he had his heart set on the college experience I would let him go to a 4 year college that was affordable with the understanding I expected passing grades. If he was engineering or pre-engineering I would make sure he knew the expectatons the school had of his maintaining or entering that degree program.</p>
<p>And for what it’s worth I have a friend whose son scored a 23 on the ACT and only had a 3.0 GPA who was admitted into an engineering program.</p>