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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"My kid only needs about a 2.2 to keep her scholarship. Thank goodness she's in a polytech and the money isn't from a general fund that includes the English majors."

DC's polytech ranked about 150thish is similar.  I think only a 1.4 was required after first semester to keep merit aid.

Yes, an ABET eng school is that hard for students with 13XX, SATs.

The thing is that college is about learning.  First, they learn that learning is much harder than showing up for class, doing the homework and looking over their notes before the test.  Until they learn what to do, they get GPAs near 2.0.

Once they learn that they have to preview material, work hard to produce review sheets with study groups, and test and retest themselves on the material all through the semester, [b]those freshman 2.2s become senior 3.3s.[/b]

Sometimes the worst thing is for a student to retake HS courses first semester and get a 3.8 with no work because they don't learn what they are actually up against OR more importantly what to do about it.

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As you get more credits, going 2.2 to 3.3 is EXTREMELY difficult if not impossible. [/quote]

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