Can someone get into a 4-year college without a gpa and class rank.

Question

My son is behind in his course credits and is about to be a h.s. senior. His school offers a program which will allow him to independently study and complete his coursework. He will loose his gpa and class rank, but still receive a high school diploma. Are there colleges out there that will look at his independent attitude, extra-curricular activities, leadership etc. and still accept him?

Answer 1

Absolutely!!  However, he still needs to take the ACT and SAT so he will have something academic for them to look at.

Answer 2

Sure, all but the top 100 schools will have no problem with this. Have him really study for the SAT or ACT as scores will become more important.

Answer 3

Depends on your location apparently...

What you can do is start off at a 2-year school or technical college then transfer to a 4-year college after a year or two. As it is much easier (and cheaper) to transfer than to start from scratch at university.