<p>It is so sad that he finally got dropped out of engineering. But u shud know that your son is not stupid, he is wise, only that UIUC is a very hard school for transfers. Your son was beginning as a transfer since he was over freshmen level, which means he had to meet hardcore courses that caused the depression. I was a transfer engineering junior in fall12, I had a 3.5 gpa & I was used to Acing. But I actually got on probation because I did not get my TGPA and cumulative gpa above 2.0. I knocked a very hard sophomore-junior course that honestly crashed my grade as I brought an F home. I had honestly never done a 3-credit hour course that seems like an impossible 8-credit hour course, lots of students aced, I really thought they were aliens. Come spring13, that same course messed me up again, it kept my TGPA below 2.0. But I managed to bring my cumulative gpa above 2.0 & did well on other technical courses, which saved ma ass from getting kicked off. Also my overall gpa is still above 3, so counselors saw some hope in keeping me. What I think is that your son constantly failed to show a big improvement in gpa for 3 semesters which is why they dropped him, usually they give only 2 semesters to prove it. Buy u shud know that it is definitely hard for transfers here, many of my transfer friends who used to ace were also on probation. Am lucky, I brought some A’s in summer & i feel less depressed now.</p>