Parents of college students, when did you start taking campus visits?

tkd2000® · 2025-02-06T18:55:46.497Z

My son is a junior this year, and has finally decided what he wants to do after HS (For now at least). He's a bright kid, but doesn't have the best GPA bc he's lazy af at school. He finally seems like he's turned the page this semester, but i'm worried it's too late. His mother and I have no issues, and are in fact encouraging him, to do a bridge program or a tech school to knock out the Gen Ed kind of classes. But he still wants to look at some schools, including Clemson, to learn more about the campus itself. We're fine with all that, but when is the best time to start doing those tours? Spring of junior year? Summer?

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I dunno she just lectured me this morning about how I don't let her make any

Feb 6, 2025, 2:29 PM

of her own decisions (for example based on her academic performance her geometry teacher wants her to take the PSAT for this year). Her argument was none of her friends were doing it and that it doesn't count. I spoke with her teacher and she 100 percent thinks daughter of is one of the students who will benefit from it.

I encouraged her to do it because it gives her practice for when it counts and a baseline of how she does on standardized tests... but she still didn't WANT to do it. So I tried to lead her to the correct decision and she didn't get there on her own... so I kinda forced her hand. This kid gets A+ in all subjects without really having to try, so with a little effort the sky is the limit.

Niece of didn't take any practice PSAT tests and didn't qualify for National Merit Finalist despite getting a 1550 on her SATs eventually. (currently a junior in Clemson Honors/chem engineering)

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As a sophomore

Only had two that wanted to do it, but junior year

Re: Parents of college students, when did you start taking campus visits?

He wants to eventually study forensic science, but will likely start with

My daughter will be in 9th grade next year and we are alreaady talking

Re: My daughter will be in 9th grade next year and we are alreaady talking

I dunno she just lectured me this morning about how I don't let her make any

Surprised 9th grade PSAT isn't mandatory

Our district requires that you take geometry before you take it

I n your specific case the sooner you start the better to help

Re: Parents of college students, when did you start taking campus visits?

If you didn't conceive him on a college campus it's too late.

Well, he wasn't conceived on campus, but...

junior year was when we started***

Freshman yearthen fackin Covid hit. In the interim, he kinda

I think it was fall/spring of junior year.

Thing is, he'll probably have a really high super score on his SAT/ACT but his

LOL, can't help you there. The first time either I OR my parents ever saw the

Re: Parents of college students, when did you start taking campus visits?

I don't have to worry about that anymore, but looking at what college costs now

Best benefit the Army ever did was the post 9/11 GI Bill...I can transfer mine

Check out Ogeechee Tech***

Community college for the first two years

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