I agree with Hankster. Have her sit down with you and her counselor and look at GPA requirements, etc. for colleges. Her counselor can also talk to her about what she needs to do while still in high school to prepare herself for college. If the school counselor is at competent, she will give your daughter a reality check that with her current GPA, she is probably looking at starting on the community college level before a university will really consider her as a serious applicant. That's not a bad thing really. 1. It is much cheaper. 2. The classes are generally smaller and more of a transition from high school to university level 3. If she can turn herself around and do decently on the community college level, she may very well be able to continue on to reach her goals on the university level.

My middle son really struggled in high school. He did graduate, but it was a struggle every step of the way. He had very poor motivation and study skills. He received special services as a student with disabilities. Honestly, my goal when he was 16 was to get him out of high school alive (I'm not kidding there) and with a diploma. Sound familiar? But he has gone into community college and has really made a turn-around. He has really started to figure out how to do well on the college level. He's discovered he CAN do this school thing; it just took him longer than others to gain that kind of confidence. Call him a late bloomer perhaps, but he did manage to start finding school success in his own time. I suspect he'll reach his goals. It may take him a bit longer, but I'm not going to discourage him right when he's just starting to get this school stuff figured out.

Your daughter may be able to reach her goals IF she can make that transition, and I've seen many students do so by going this route. At this point, help direct her to an obtainable college goal for the first year or so. She's young. What she thinks she wants to do right now will probably change as she is exposed to career paths that she hasn't even heard of at this point. Don't discourage her from college altogether though.