<p>@ladyday - my son just finished his first year, and I too have been worried about how difficult it is. My son has no idea how he’s done and is certainly struggling, but he too insists that he made the right choice and seemed surprisingly nonstressed. I’m not sure how much sleep he got during the school year, but he seems to really have found “his place.” I think his difficult is poor study habits and not being good at asking for help, but he doesn’t think so. He just thinks it is amazingly hard. I’m just hoping that by junior year he’ll have figured it all out and be the better for it, and that it won’t hurt him in getting any summer jobs/internships. </p>
<p>For current/recent students - what is a typical GPA after first year? I’ve heard that 3.0 is dean’s list afater first year. Is that true? At what point should he be concerned? My only concern is keeping his scholarship whcih requires a 2.75 after sopmore year. Is that more difficult than I thought it would be?</p>