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

GCmom
Fri, 04 May 2012 16:47:21 +0000

I disagree with the statement that a person with a GPA below 3.0 does not have the academic ability to be in college. For many, this is a low B or a B- average. Really not such a disastrous average. And this could mean a mixture of some As, Bs, and Cs, with a student doing well in certain subjects and maybe poorly in one weak area. I understand how this GPA looks to the previous student poster who has higher stats. But I am a parent of both a high stats kid, and one like the OP’s, and while they certainly are not appropriate for the same schools, I absolutely would not say he is academically not capable of college right now. If he wants to go to college, there are colleges out there for him that are perfectly respectable and capable of educating a B or B- student.