academic probation

kono
Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:56:39 +0000

Do not let him get down over this, as many students have their lowest grades as a freshman. You should be his support and encourage him. He needs to get tutoring help. Tutoring is a good thing for all students, as he will get more out of the class. Tutoring is not a negative, it is a positive.
Boost his GPA and confidence with course selection. Did he use a site like ratemyprofessor.com to select some easier grading profs? Maybe he had a bunch of tough profs his first semester? Did he ask fellow students who to take? Did he visit profs during their office hours to ask questions? Profs like students who show an interest and effort in their classes, and don’t like students who show no interest and appear as slackers.
Consider courses that are graded more on papers and other performance (as compared to a timed exam).
Does he have an area of interest and expertise? Typically independent study type courses are graded easy (e.g. psych research experiment).