Yea, my highschool GPA was to low, I am waiting for my finacial aid letter to know if I can get work study, and I am out of highschool, have been for a few years, so duct tape prom does not work.
You
could get invited to some senior's prom somewhere... But then again, it's VERY expensive to make a duct tape prom outfit, more than you'd think. It's the quantity of tape it requires, not to mention the time spent putting it together.
Have you considered the military? ROTC is great if you want to start college right away. If not, you could enlist and then use the GI Bill.
ROTC is fine if he's got what it takes to become an officer. I'm not certain, but I think you may have to take some course work at the military academy of your chosen branch - West Point, NY (Army); Annapolis, MD (Navy); Quantico, VA (Marine Corps); Colorado Springs, CO (Air Force) or New London, CT (Coast Guard).
Whether you go officer or not, Coast Guard is actually not a bad choice. My stepbrother went and did a four-year hitch, but that was back when the Coast Guard was part of the Department of Transportation. Since we've been at war, they've been moved back to the US Military. Regardless, the training isn't as rigorous and, unlike the Air Force, the odds of being stationed in the middle of nowhere are practically nil, as far as I know.
Places you might get stationed:
- the Pacific Coast
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- Alaska
- the Gulf Coast
- Texas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- Florida
- the Atlantic Coast
- Florida again
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Delaware
- New Jersey
- New York
- Conecticut
- Rhode Island
- Massachusetts
- Maine
- the Great Lakes
- New York again
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Minnesota
- ...and you'd be a stone's throw from Canada's province of Ontario
...so if living on the coast of some of these states could be appealing to you, it's not a bad option to consider. You have to bear in mind, however, that you won't get your choice of MOS (military operational speciality) - essentially, your job. Only when enlisting in the Army can you choose an MOS on entry, and even then it's not guaranteed. A four-year hitch, while you're still pretty young, and you'll be in college and probably graduated before you hit thirty.
The skills my stepbrother learned in the Coast Guard he still uses to this day - he's held a number of jobs in the tech industry. I say a number of jobs because companies have a habit of closing or getting sold while he's working for them! I don't think he's ever actually been fired.
