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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2.6 in 2020 is incredibly alarming... major red flags, as in depression or drug use.[/quote]

OP, please don't listen to the crazies of DCUM.  Yes, a 2.6 is not stellar but you have identified your child's issues and are working on them.  I graduated high school with a 2.8, went to a top ranked STEM program and ended up with a PhD and now make over 300k a year.  It isn't hopeless.
There is something to be said for a big school with a lot of choices of majors where your child can find a passion and hopefully move out of the rut s/he is in.  [/quote]

This is me too, OP.  I barely got into a good college.  Once there, and after a somewhat bumpy first year, I took off academically once given the chance.  I graduated with honors and got into a top 15 law school.  I, too, make over $300K and have sizable assets and investments.  Getting ready to send my twins to college.  My son is more like me, and your kid, at their age.  I’m just trying to pass on the wisdom that helped me survive and thrive in college.  Stay hopeful and don’t listen to the alarmists.  They don’t know anything.[/quote]

This is important perspective! and as a fellow lawyer, I can attest to that there are many lawyers who excelled academically and now are piss poor lawyers because they have no common sense. Big law is full of these types and they wash out and take a big ego hit because they are used to "succeeding" ... This is my tangent to echo that high school performance isn't everything - in fact it is one measure - and your child has great potential ahead![/quote]

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