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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people really need to give it a rest.  If your kid was driven enough in high school to get themselves into an Ivy they don't need mommy getting so into the weeds of their classes that they know they're "struggling" in two classes and are already worrying -- one month into the kid's college career -- what the grades are going to be.

Give it a rest man.

[b]And why the need to mention that it's an Ivy, by the way?  You couldn't have asked the same question without having to drop that the kid is at an Ivy?[/b]

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Because a student at say a JMU has a very different range of opportunities available to them than a student at an ivy. It's relevant, so calm down. It would be more relevant if we knew which ivy. Five classes freshman fall = not Harvard.[/quote]

By your logic grades matter MORE at an Ivy than elsewhere.  And that's bullshit.  [/quote]

Your first sentence is likely accurate. There's a huge opportunity cost to getting bad grades at an ivy. You go from a potential recruit at MBB to looking for jobs on indeed like any other schlub. That's a huge incentive to get good grades.[/quote]

This is insanely uninformed thinking.[/quote]

How so?[/quote]

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