PArents of b/c students what do you think future will be?

[Anonymous]

I’d love to hear from parents of grown Kids too!

[Anonymous]

... similar to the futures of the a/b students and even the a students?

I have an a student and a mostly b student. My a student is likely to have some easier choices that my a/b student might have to fight for, or come at in a different direction. I doubt their futures will be substantially different based solely on their grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:... similar to the futures of the a/b students and even the a students?

I have an a student and a mostly b student. My a student is likely to have some easier choices that my a/b student might have to fight for, or come at in a different direction. I doubt their futures will be substantially different based solely on their grades.

Ok but I’m thinking a/b is different by quite a bit from b/c

[Anonymous]

My brother was a straight C student in high school. In fact, when he met his very studious wife after college, she said she never got a B in high school and my brother said, "Neither did I!" He was always a great guy, voted Most Popular and Funniest in high school.

He graduated from college somehow and has had a great career in the hotel industry - has a happy marriage and two great kids - his son is at an Ivy!

[Anonymous]

My brother was a B/C student -- discovered he had dyslexia in testing when he was at a community college. But he's also a brilliant, mostly self-taught, programmer and dropped out of community college to work full time in programming. Still doing that work at a high level and makes more than I do with a master's degree.

[Anonymous]

It’s more personality than grades.

I had mostly D’s and F’s in high school. Knew the material just didn’t want to do homework etc.

Parlayed a summer internship into an early starter career. Through networking ended up in a completely different field.

Will make somewhere between 750k- 1 mil this year.

Have a realitive who graduated from and Ivy MBA program a few years ago. No solid job and because of his personality will probably be a great manager. Never a leader or innovator.

[Anonymous]

My first child is an intense, hard working A student. My second is a very personable B/C student. My first had her choice of colleges and some good scholarships. My second had fewer academic choices but I have no doubt she’ll be more successful in real life though because she has natural people skills. She’s more at ease with all kinds of folks, works hard as a team but totally gives credit to all others and helps those struggling. She’s exactly the person everyone wants to work with. She’s plenty bright in natural ways and I don’t think academics are a consideration in real life. Her emotional intelligence is incredible and people gravitate to her.

[Anonymous]

I was a B usually, occasional C, occasional A student in high school. Good SATs so got into a decent college , transferred after getting a 3.9 after two years to a top SLAC. Had a crappy first job, ok second job, ok third job but worked my tail off and by 30 was managing ten people and making 200k.

[Anonymous]

I think b/c kids now will ahve less opportunities than even older millenial b/c kids.

Just make sure if their grades are that low that they are really personable and attractive. People will always want to be around hot and fun people.

[Anonymous]

I think your results are very distorted by self selection here.

My C sibling didn't go to college and works for a retail company, making about 30k a year as a 35 year old. I think this is standard.

[Anonymous]

Depends on why the B/C. If truly that is maxed out ability, then there are a ton of community colleges and lots of work. I know someone who is now a hotel manager, another who works in construction, another who owns a landscape business, another who is a travel agent. Many, many options still available.

Sometimes B/C is because the person didn't work as hard, had other priorities, is more of a risk taker, is more creative, doesn't conform as well etc. Those people often go on to be leaders, visionaries, to run businesses, etc.

[Anonymous]

Have a DD with lots of Cs, Ds and the occasional Fs. Once she turned 18 absenteeism soared , and we weren't told. Voted most popular girl of her senior class. Took some time off doing not much of anything. Marriage was about the best I could hope for. But here she is in college, almost never missing a class, with a 3.9 average and her sights set on a very tough post-graduate course.

[Anonymous]

I was a B/C kid, at community college no less. I was never good at learning in a school environment. I've been in the same career for 20 years that lets me support myself.

[Anonymous]

In my case, graduating with a 2.3 GPA, but grades all over the place (A in Calc, Physics, D in english, chem), and good SAT scores, I found myself academically. I was able to get into a meh college; excelled, (3.8 GPA), and transferred to a state school.

Got my BS in the hard sciences, then got my PhD at a top program. I am working in my field -- computational physics -- for 20+ years, and making 200K/year.

[Anonymous]

The world is changing. If they’re a B/C student because of poor work ethic and low intelligence it’s one thing. If they’re creative and hustle and have a good personality, they might be better off than the rule following robotic A student.