My son is at the end of his sophmore year. He is already getting letters from colleges. He knows where he wants to go and what he wants to major in. However, he is not always willing to work for it. He wants to get into this colleges band, his band director who graduated from the same college told him that he needs to enter every contest that comes along, but he "forgets" to sign up. It's like he is not seeing that getting his work turned in on time (he is very smart, but can be lazy) may keep him from getting into the college he wants. He is easily able to get A's and B's without studying, but he needs to have all A's. How much do we push him and how much do we let him face the consequences? It's so hard when we know how much is at stake and he doesn't. He is a good kid, volunteers a lot, has a job, is involved in a lot of stuff, power lifting, tennis, uil one act play, UiL science, church.
But when he has free time he would rather play a video game than study.
Any advice?