Those grades seem pretty bad to me but he should talk to his advisor and career office to see what they think. They’re the experts.

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Anonymous wrote:Why attend 'Elite Ivy' to major in engineering? It's like going to Caltech and studying Women's Studies.

He loves humanities like history and English too — he wanted options in case he did decide to switch.

No!!!!Worthless degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:Why attend 'Elite Ivy' to major in engineering? It's like going to Caltech and studying Women's Studies.

What elite ivy even has engineering?

Sorry, I see my question came up already.

Anonymous wrote:Why attend 'Elite Ivy' to major in engineering? It's like going to Caltech and studying Women's Studies.

What elite ivy even has engineering?

Anonymous wrote:B/C for STEM is not uncommon the first two years. Classes and grades will be better for Junior and Senior year. They weed out students for a reason. Hang in there.

+1! Have him go meet with his advisor. He also may be able to get some hands on experience through an internship, which is valuable in the engineering world.

my daughter once called home from MIT to tell me she got a 6 on a test. "not great, but don't worry about it. 60%, you'll pull it up". "not 6 out of 10, mom. 6 out of 100."

also mediocre HS. luckily MIT is pass/fail for those early classes. getting to pass wasn't always a sure thing.

anyway, that's all history now. she went on to thrive. got spots in classes and programs and internships that were not easy to land. she graduated with a bunch of options. happily employed as an engineer in her field.

if he wants it, let him keep at it.

Your kid is an adult. Let him decide his future.

Our student is in a freshman engineering student (non-ivy) and they told us and him flat out not to expect "A's", you can even expect to fail a class. Your GPA may be 2.5 freshman year. It's tough. From what we have gathered from others - there are certain grades in certain classes that would be a strong indicator that your student should look at another degree (math being one of them, chemistry - esp as an Aerospace Student not so much). Has he met with his advisors? I'm not sure the grades you mentioned would be enough for me to say move on. He's not failing. He's managing. He has plenty of time to improve his grades. BUT this is really about he's feeling? Does he feel like he can handle it?

Leave him be. Hang in there, kid!

Anonymous wrote:Why attend 'Elite Ivy' to major in engineering? It's like going to Caltech and studying Women's Studies.

I guess Cornell is not considered elite here but it has a great engineering program.

Anonymous wrote:Why attend 'Elite Ivy' to major in engineering? It's like going to Caltech and studying Women's Studies.

He loves humanities like history and English too — he wanted options in case he did decide to switch.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t be an idiot. Don’t discourage him from pursuing engineering

This. My brother hit around a 2.0 in an engineering major and still went to grad school. He needs to be talking to profs and trying though

Why attend 'Elite Ivy' to major in engineering? It's like going to Caltech and studying Women's Studies.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t be an idiot. Don’t discourage him from pursuing engineering

This- all those prerequisite math and physics classes are hard. Things will even out when he actually gets to start taking the engineering courses.

Step back mommy.