[sand_man]

Originally Posted by nostatic

My son is a junior in HS. He is getting so-so grades. Last semester (the first one that really counts) was 3.83 - his best ever. This semester I figure will slide a bit as he just isn't that interested at this point. I'm fine with it - he can go to community college and figure out his plan or he can get a band together and go on the road living out of a van for a year. That is actually what I think he should do. His mom thinks he should go to med school. Yuck. Totally not for him. Best case scenario is he gets into USC and I'm still employed there so he gets free tuition. Would be a perfect fit in the interactive media program at cinema. Worst case is he goes to CC for two years, either gets fired up or doesn't, then transfers or gets a job at a game studio. He'll figure it out.

I'm in a similar boat. My son is a junior and has an overall GPA of about 3.2. However, in the end, unless he makes some changes, he will be lucky to finish HS with a 3.0. He does well in the classes that interest him and barely makes it out of the ones he questions. And this has been his roller coaster routine for most of his academic life. I'm sure he'll do a stint at community college just to test the waters and then we'll see. I'd be just as happy if learned a trade as I would for him to get a Bachelors Degree. He'll figure it out...