Help! College issues with Ivy league son

blossom
Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:44:29 +0000

Sorry, this kid doesn’t sound like he meets the definition of struggling.

Struggling is a kid who sleeps until noon and blows off his chem labs, flunks. Struggling is a kid whose adviser recommends switching from Comp Sci to sociology- and the kid still flunks two classes. Struggling is a kid who is in the second semester of sophomore year and can’t declare a major because nothing interests him. Struggling is a kid who has spent four semesters on campus but still has freshman standing and has failed to make progress towards completing a degree.

I can’t believe how quick you guys are to dismiss a GPA under 3.0 as struggling. Sometimes it’s a sign the kid IS struggling. And guess what- people get C’s in college. And even love what they are doing, go on to have brilliant careers. Only on CC is this a sign that the AO’s messed up and the kid is in the wrong place.

None of you know people who got C’s in college? And did fine in the rest of their lives?

This is hardly an AO making a mistake. Maybe this kid has a fantastic social life for the first time and is afraid to tell his parents that he’s prioritizing making friends over going to review sessions?