<p>Cue7, Maroon8, et al, thanks for the great info. After another brief mini-meltdown, my son and I had some great talks. I cut/pasted and emailed this tread to him and I think he gets it now that UChicago is not the best place for a pre-law student but that he can still be excited about learning - he just needs to be more attentive to his GPA. As he grows at UChicago and ascends the learning curve, it think he will realize that life will continue if he is in a top 20 school just as well as if he is in a top 10 law school. Of course, he may change his mind three times before his junior year anyway. BTW - one of the courses he was worried about - math - he got an A-. Thanks again folks.</p>