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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did some googling around and I'd guess that the average undergraduate engineering GPA is a bit above a 3.0.  This shows that the average GPA at UVA engineering is a 3.4 (select by school):

https://ira.virginia.edu/university-stats-facts/undergraduate-gpa

So, "close to a 2.0" is not at all common.[/quote]

because we all know that UVA is the only school that matters.

not all schools have a mean engineering GPA that high.

None of us think 2.0 is excellence. [b] It just isn't the end of the world.[/b]
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I think you are over-reacting. No one is saying it is the end of the world. But it is a low grade. I don't think down playing it helps OP.

- dp [/quote]

I agree no one thinks a 2.0 is great. On the other hand, the idea and goal is for him to graduate and get a job. Yes, that's it! How does that happen? If he's only a freshman there is time to improve things and many ways to do that. He can get help at the school he is at ,or he can come home go to community college and lose that low GPA transfer to another college again new GPA tons of kids do this. Not ideal, but not unreasonable either. This is not fatal.

A 2.0 ish gpa at his school might be hard to transfer to another major . If DC is bent on staying at that particular school so coming home and going to community college might be the only answer if DC can not matriculate to the Engineering school either.

Lots of choices maybe not exactly what DC or parents would think are ideal.

In the original post OP suggested it was the non engineering courses causing problems. If that truly is the case, ie Psychology,English etc.. have DC take any required courses left at community college over summers to protect GPA. Grades do not transfer only credits and as long  as a C is the grade Clemson will count the course.

College is a journey and an expensive one at that which we all know. How does one help their child navigate without them failing out and being completely lost. Not all kids are 3.0  gpa students, it happens. All that said, it's up to op's young adult to figure this out. [/quote]

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