<p>I think most parents just need to know that you are doing your part, while they are paying $40,000 a year for your “college experience”. If they feel that you are doing your best, and taking your classes seriously, they will be fine with it, even if you don’t get stellar grades. However, I can understand parents that do not want to pay that kind of money for the drinking and partying that their kids can do at their state school for a fraction of that price (and, unfortunately, for some kids that’s what their “college experience” amounts to).</p>