Less than 3.0 GPA, is there a thread? Or hope?

PackMom
Wed, 02 May 2012 06:37:02 +0000

annasdad,we felt the same way about “rolling the dice” on S2 since it was obvious that h.s. academics were not his first priority. That’s why we limited him to instate publics. We had saved enough to fund four years at a public for S1 and S2. We were not willing to go in debt (or have him go in debt) for a private college that we couldn’t afford for what we viewed as a risky investment. DH just couldn’t see spending S2’s whole college fund on one year at a private that he might very well flunk out of. We were willing to give him a chance but not willing to risk all the marbles in case it didn’t work out and he needed to change directions.

We are lucky to live in a state (NC) with a good university system and reasonable COA.