Hopefulmomma
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Hello all,
My son really wants to attend The Citadel. In fact it's hard to get him to even consider other colleges for a backup plan. We have already visited, and he's even more convinced it's for him. I've done lots of reading about the rolling admissions, but exactly when is the best time to apply? Is July-September too early? He wants to apply in July and know by September, but I just want to get some advice on what is the norm.
Background: My son's test scores are inline with their applicants, the math being a bit higher. However, his GPA is low. Yet on some of the college match sites I do see that students with an overall,similar GPA do get accepted. He has made a tremendous improvement in grades his Junior year, and we are hoping that this is noticed. He's in an extremely tough private school that works one or two years ahead of our best local public high schools. He has struggled with mild dyslexia, but seems to be maturing in ways to handle and push through it. We often think we did him a disservice enrolling him in a more demanding school, but he has finished Trig,Pre-Cal, AP Computer Science, Physics etc. all by his Junior year, and was given more one on one attention. I honestly think this is why he scored so well on the science portion of the ACT.
He's an All-State Athlete in two sports, and team captain on one of them. We do have a good family friend connection for him at The Citadel who has made calls for him.
With a lower GPA, is it best to try to be one of the first applications in, or does it matter?
Regards
My son really wants to attend The Citadel. In fact it's hard to get him to even consider other colleges for a backup plan. We have already visited, and he's even more convinced it's for him. I've done lots of reading about the rolling admissions, but exactly when is the best time to apply? Is July-September too early? He wants to apply in July and know by September, but I just want to get some advice on what is the norm.
Background: My son's test scores are inline with their applicants, the math being a bit higher. However, his GPA is low. Yet on some of the college match sites I do see that students with an overall,similar GPA do get accepted. He has made a tremendous improvement in grades his Junior year, and we are hoping that this is noticed. He's in an extremely tough private school that works one or two years ahead of our best local public high schools. He has struggled with mild dyslexia, but seems to be maturing in ways to handle and push through it. We often think we did him a disservice enrolling him in a more demanding school, but he has finished Trig,Pre-Cal, AP Computer Science, Physics etc. all by his Junior year, and was given more one on one attention. I honestly think this is why he scored so well on the science portion of the ACT.
He's an All-State Athlete in two sports, and team captain on one of them. We do have a good family friend connection for him at The Citadel who has made calls for him.
With a lower GPA, is it best to try to be one of the first applications in, or does it matter?
Regards
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