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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are gps apps used by tens of millions of families. It’s not stalking or tracking. It’s just an app. If I feel like checking where she’s at, I can. Big whoop. So can hundreds of her friends on Snapchat.

In this instance it’s allowing me to see she’s not being serious about getting more confident in her studies. If you feel overwhelmed (her words!) you have to outwork others around you. No Fri Sat studying and then sleeping in Sunday is being immature and lazy.[/quote]

I almost always studied in my room, often on my bed in college.
If my parents had been tracking me, they would have seen me in my college dorm, but I studied a lot. I just didn’t like the library and didn’t like to waste time leaving my room.

The real issue is not that she is still in her rooom on Sunday morning, it’s that you don’t think she is studying enough. I intend to tell my children that my paying their tuition is contingent on them maintaining a certain GPA. If they fall below the minimum GPA, then they will need to take out student loans to cover tuition.[/quote]

Agreed, I never studies in the library in either undergrad or frad school.  I got straight As.  The few times I went to the library specifically to check something out, everyone  there “studying” seemed to be chatting and socializing.

I also agree— by college all you can do is say I will pay tuition if you get xyz GPA.  Anything else is micromanaging on a crazy level.

Finally, you may know but in general, a student can only take out loans out in their name for very small amounts, around $5500 or so for freshman year.  Anything beyond that almost always requires a parent to cosign.  If you cosign its your credit on the line.  I tell my kid, if you dont maintain your GPA, you will be leaving college and pursuing the life of a minimum wage worker.  Because I am not putting my credit on the line and $5500 is a drop in the bucket for most school’s tuition etc. [/quote]

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