Less than 3.0 GPA, is there a thread? Or hope?

sybbie719
Wed, 02 May 2012 05:35:09 +0000

I do believe he wants the “going away to college” experience. I fear a CC will seem to him like an extension of HS, which is hard and does not allow for very much choice.



Your son can attend SUNY community colleges and still have the going away to college experience. I don’t think that you or he should view going to CC as having a “watered down” experience or an extension of high school, because some CC programs are quite difficult to gain admission (hopefully Mythmom, who is a CC professor will chime in).

This may be a great solution for him because:

He will start college with a clean slate.
It will allow him to put some distance between him and high school
He will be in a smaller environment and have the opportunity to put the supports in place that he many not have necessarily picked up in high school
Every SUNY community college has articulation agreements with SUNY 4 year schools.

Many SUNYs have articulation agreements in different disciplines with private schools for example: see Onondaga Community college

[Transfer - Articulation Agreements - Onondaga Community College](http://admission.sunyocc.edu/academics.aspx?id=1441)

Much more affordable as SUNY CC tuition is $3700 a year for community college (16k including room board and fees)

[SUNY: Tuition and Fees](http://www.suny.edu/student/paying_tuition.cfm)