<p>Son spent too much times on rushing the fraternity, but he still could not get in. He is planning to apply for Kelly for direct admission. He did very well for the first semester, GPA=3.47, all courses are above B. He had midterm on A100, and got 70%, he told me the chance to get B is very low, so he wants to withdraw it. what do your guys think, thank you.</p>
<p>Kelley admissions says they would rather see a C the first time taking course than a W followed by an A on the second try. That means if he can get a C, he should continue in A100. </p>
<p>When I took A100 though the midterm was 40% of the final grade. That means a 70% effectively knocks 12 points off his final grade. That doesn’t sound like it’s impossible for him to get a B or B- if he does better in the second half. </p>
<p>Your son probably needs to study the practice exams for the final over and over to correctly answer tricky questions and learn any content that may not get taught in his lectures. I wouldn’t drop. All B’s and higher first semester is very good.</p>
<p>Thank you, both, I will pass your messages to son, and hopefully he can catch up. I guess son’s problem is that, he is losing the motivation, he seems very disappointed because he could not be accepted by the fraternity, but all his friends will go. I know it takes time for him to recover, but just worrying the final is about 4 weeks, he does not have enough time to study after recovered. </p>
<p>applepear,</p>
<p>I am against Frats in general precisely for this reason. The bid is based upon 1st impression for about five minutes conversation. The student body is divided further due to this process which is not based upon students ability or true personality/character. If you do not know anyone inside, your chance is low. My two older boys got better things to do and couldn’t care less about frats. But, my youngest one had frat in mind as part of his decision coming to IU. He rushed only one and did not get bid last semester. He was depressed for a while. But, a huge win in a case competition in KSB raised his spirit. Looking back, he was actually convinced that the 1st attempt was a bad choice. </p>
<p>This is opportunity of experiencing turning something negative into positive. Your son should apply to on-campus housing soon. Continue with his club participations and make new friends. His friends in frats could help him to get into a frat next year. This is the time to get serious on A100 per HKEM’s and bthomp’s posts. </p>
<p>thank you, ace550, well said. What you said really convince me, hopefully to my son.</p>