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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to support the chugging along, that is fine, but what is your child majoring in? What are their plans for after graduation? What skills will they offer to a prospective employer? [b]Sounds like they would be great for sales - good social skills etc, but sales in what?[/b] Being social is awesome, but they should at least begin to understand that at some point, they will need to stand on their own two feet, and college is the time to fully prepare for that.

*unless you are planning on supporting them indefinitely.

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I work for a major pharmaceutical company and our campus recruiters screen out wannabe sales reps with less than a 3.3 GPA. We recruit many sorority, fraternity and student-athlete types from fun colleges but they still must have respectable grades and dress the part. 2.0-2.5 GPA is simply atrocious. How do you spin that? Also, the mere existence of a social life does not infer Type A boisterous social skills our recruiters are after.[/quote]

Because I worked full time, did college full time and had a girlfriend and had friends. My 2.7 is more impressive than 3.5. I like to see you do 18 credits and work a 40 hour workweek [/quote]

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