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<p>The student in the link in #16 transferred from a community college to a very demanding engineering program. Some of those bad grades were reported as coming from “weed out” courses that normally are failed by students who don’t have the background, study skills, and drive required to survive an engineering program. A 2.4 in the first (or even second) year of engineering is very common. Almost every single engineer I have ever known had to repeat at least one course from the first two years of college because he/she failed it. Unless you are planning to pursue an engineering program, this example is not meaningful for you.</p>