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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What was his tuition at that small (presumably private) liberal arts college? With enough money, the worst student can go to college. I am thrilled your nephew did well and that the school was a good fit. I was also an average student who blossomed in college. However, most people don't have the $100k to send their average kid to a school like that. Just because a kid is accepted, doesn't mean he should go there. Even if it's a great school it's a mistake to go into that much debt or allow your kid to go into deep debt to attend the expensive private school.[/quote]

That's what we're struggling with now.  Our DD has a 2.42 GPA after her freshman year.  She's at a 2nd tier state school.  After a year she has 18 credits because of what she dropped.  I'm really having a hard time agreeing that that she should return in the fall.  It's not that I don't think she should ever go to college, [b]but right now, it doesn't seem to be the right place for her.[/b]

Before anyone asks, there are no SN, no learning disabilities.  She's just a C student.[/quote]

Why not? Only A and B students deserve to finish college? I would see how she does her sophomore year. Is she happy? Is she enjoying her classes? Did she take hard courses? Maybe she is just having too much fun & staying out late. Most students do their worst freshman year.  [b]For college, it's not so much your grades that count it's whether you finish and get a degree.[/b] If it was my child, I would do everything I could to keep her enrolled in college. Her future, depends entirely on it.  She may have qualities that better students lack: is she enterprising? creative? resilient? curious and interested about world events?  Don't sell her short. [/quote]

What?? How do you figure?? [/quote]

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