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pmax57 · 04-14-2008, 10:57 PM

Not the amount of money but he will need to repay some loans. I will pay most of them. It is really about the choices he will have. We all change. He has been given a great package to attend GWU. He will not be able to change his course of study at St John's and I do not know if he would be able to get enough funds for a transfer if he chose to do that. Study at St John's is tough. Only 68% graduate. No grades, just what they call a Don Rag which decides if the student will be allowed to continue. If the student graduates then it is from a school that most people have not heard of, with a degree that has very little use in the real world unless the student continues education. I am all he has and have nothing of value to leave him. I have encouraged him to love learning for learnings sake but I am afraid for his future. Had CA am ok for now but who knows. If I had anything to leave him I would send him to St John's in a heartbeat. Even an alumni from NYC wrote that the degree from St John's is risky if you do not KNOW that you will go on to post grad school immediately.
You can not even teach without taking added courses.

04-14-2008, 10:57 PM	#55
pmax57 New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 10	St John's Not the amount of money but he will need to repay some loans. I will pay most of them. It is really about the choices he will have. We all change. He has been given a great package to attend GWU. He will not be able to change his course of study at St John's and I do not know if he would be able to get enough funds for a transfer if he chose to do that. Study at St John's is tough. Only 68% graduate. No grades, just what they call a Don Rag which decides if the student will be allowed to continue. If the student graduates then it is from a school that most people have not heard of, with a degree that has very little use in the real world unless the student continues education. I am all he has and have nothing of value to leave him. I have encouraged him to love learning for learnings sake but I am afraid for his future. Had CA am ok for now but who knows. If I had anything to leave him I would send him to St John's in a heartbeat. Even an alumni from NYC wrote that the degree from St John's is risky if you do not KNOW that you will go on to post grad school immediately. You can not even teach without taking added courses.