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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:2.0 is C’s

C’s get degrees

So c’s

C degrees from schools like JMU are worthless.

They're really not.

The issue here is that students who graduate with a 2.0 are generally just not competitive for internships and jobs and do not have the skills or drive to be successful (yet, maybe). So if my son were getting a 2.0 at the end of his first year in college, we'd be having some type of come to Jesus meeting at home, not to shame but to help him find direction and a path to success.

So if they are not competitive for "internships and jobs" then they won't get one. And the longer you go after graduation without a meaningful job (one that actually requires a BS/BA) the harder it is to get one especially with a low GPA.

[Anonymous]

if my son were getting a 2.0 at the end of his first year in college, we'd be having some type of come to Jesus meeting at home, not to shame but to help him find direction and a path to success.

OK, but "live at home and get a job folding towels at Kohl's" isn't going to provide that direction and path.

[Anonymous]

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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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I guess I missed OP mentioning her son graduated from Exeter, is a computer science student at Harvard, and his grades are dogsh*t because his startup has billionaire venture capitalists trying to throw millions at him...

Your kids will work for me.

[Anonymous]

OP could just cut to the chase and have him apply to Enterprise Rent A Car now instead of in 4-5 years when/if he actually graduates. If he started how he could ride the ranks over the next few years.

[Anonymous]

My parents stopped paying after a semester of Bs and Cs. Not sure I will do that with my kid next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My parents stopped paying after a semester of Bs and Cs. Not sure I will do that with my kid next year.

I would

[Anonymous]

3.0 is our cutoff for paying for school, 3.3 to keep the car at school!

[Anonymous]

College isn't a fit for everyone. We've pushed college on every kid, but not every kid wants to be there. Maybe he's still burned out from his high school experience. Have you really talked to him about what he wants in life? Or is he just going through the motions?

[Anonymous]

First semester is hard. I wouldn't give him any cut off grades. If they are bad enough the school will kick him out. Let him adult. I had a very low, under 2.0, first semester and ended up with all A's last two years.

[Anonymous]

Pay close attention to withdrawal dates next semester before it’s too late. Can he redo some of the intro classes at community college and use those grades to boost his GPA?

[Anonymous]

You could also say that grades like this equal summer school, since he clearly can't concentrate on this many courses at once. Put him in 4 courses in the fall and ask for the GPA you want (start reachable, like 2.75). If he meets it, 5 courses again in the spring, slightly higher expectation. If he doesn't, 4 courses again. Then those missing courses are done at community college over the summertime. You may discover that he does better as a year-round student ... or that the incentive to -not- have classes over the summer makes him do better in the fall and spring. If there needs to be financial skin in the game, have him work to earn the community-college tuition. You can also add a rule that anything that -can- be retaken for a higher grade must be, which could mean redoing anything in which he earns a D or an F, depending on JMU's rules. He'd likely hate that idea enough to get it right(er) the first time.

None of this means yanking your financial support, only reorganizing how he takes his courses to maximize your ROI.

[Anonymous]

As long as he's on track to graduate in 4 years, I don't see why there's a problem.