| After much (calm) discussion, my son has decided to attend summer school. He will take just these two courses. We have asked him to contact his advisor to check on this and the advisor is okay with this. They do want to be kept advised of progress during the term. They also, like us, want him to work with academic success office to get help with his study habits, organization, etc..
I was truly amazed that GT had a "Do Over" policy for freshman. You can take up to 2 classes in which you got a F or D. If you get a better grade, the lower grade is dropped from your gpa. It is on the transcript, but this at least gives you a chance. You can do this only once for each class.
I want to thank everyone for their comments. Even if I did not agree with them I appreciated that folks offered well thought out ideas. They really did help in how my wife and I approached this with our son. In fact he thanked me for trying to offer suggestions vs "yelling" at him.
Hopefully, I will have good news to report at the end of July. |