What GPA/grades should you require your college student to get to keep paying for them to attend (after rough 1st year)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2.0 is C’s

C’s get degrees

So c’s

A lot of hiring managers will want to see the GPA on the resume for a recent grad. If I saw a C from JMU, I'd pass. And I went to a school like JMU.

[Anonymous]

If the problem was simply too much partying, he needs a 3.0 minimum or you pull the plug and he has to take a year or two to work at whatever job will take him. He doesn’t sound like a kid that is mature enough to make decisions about taking on debt if you let him stay at school but don’t pay for it.

[Anonymous]

As long as the student isn't on academic probation and they still want to attend, I'd keep paying.

[Anonymous]

Pay now or pay later. Sure, refuse to pay for college. But when your kid can’t get a job and gets kicked out for not paying rent, whatcha gonna do?

[Anonymous]

I would ask for an improvement of .25 to .5 per semester until he hits 3.0. No backsliding. All grades must pass and count toward grad credit. An F is not balanced by an A.

Offer this in context of helping him to initially locate the study groups, office hours, student services. And let it be known these things are included in tuition and you expect them to be leveraged.

This is realistic goals coupled with effective resources. If he can’t succeed in that framework, a semester off doing manual labor (can pay well but hard work) or a low wage full time job might help him see more clearly and demotivate him.

[Anonymous]

Remotivate

[Anonymous]

The A students work for the B students, the C students own the company, and the dropouts invented the product the company makes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We told ours Bs or better. Otherwise he can not do great at a cheaper school closer to home.

+1

DC1 had a rough 1st semester (mostly just disorganized and not realizing they needed to study). We said 2nd semester had to show vast improvement or sophomore year would be at community college (credits would transfer back). They got it together, but still had a hard time getting GPA to fully recover.

I would have a semester GPA goals to allow for a few hard classes. 3.0 for next semester, then 3.5 with proof of taking advantage of study help if not going to make the gpa goal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The A students work for the B students, the C students own the company, and the dropouts invented the product the company makes.

That is true maybe 1% of the time.

[Anonymous]

I guess it depends on why. Mine got just under a 3.0 his first year. Not surprised since one class was math (his weakness) and an economics class he didn’t do well with. None of this was a surprise.

[Anonymous]

4.0 or the money gets cut off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The A students work for the B students, the C students own the company, and the dropouts invented the product the company makes.

That's what I keep telling myself to keep going while I move furniture for a living..

signed,
A dropout.

[Anonymous]

I’d be inclined to say a 3.0 but it would depend on a number of factors. Certain majors have very difficult intro classes to weed kids out (comp sci, engineering) so I’d consider a lower gpa in that case. Also I’d consider whether they are making use of resources and really trying. If so, I’d be ok with a little lower. But I’d want to know why they are struggling. Is there undiagnosed or untreated ADHD, anxiety, depression, LD? Do they need supports? There are offices of student disability that can make a huge difference. My kids have accommodations and would not do as well without them. Is there a substance use disorder? Is it a lack of maturity? Would they do better in a smaller school environment or at a community college? It’s so individual.

I didn’t take my freshman year of college seriously. I had a relatively sheltered HS experience and had way too much fun in college and was not prepared in terms of study skills. I had cruised through HS as a B student who could have easily been a straight A student with a little effort but I had never studied and did my assignments at the last minute. This translated into a C student freshman year. I had no excuses but immaturity and laziness. My parents never commented but I chose to transfer realizing that I wanted to do better. Sophomore year I was a different student who figured out how to manage my time and study. Once the As started rolling in it was self reinforcing. So sometimes there’s no underlying diagnosis but I’d still want to explore it if my kids were in the same boat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The A students work for the B students, the C students own the company, and the dropouts invented the product the company makes.

You’re ignorant and delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The A students work for the B students, the C students own the company, and the dropouts invented the product the company makes.

You’re ignorant and delusional.

Zuck is a college dropout.

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