<p>DD’s and DS’s colleges were the same. Aid was not offered for summer terms. Merit aid was for four years only.</p>
<p>His Mom says that he likes engineering. Why not believe her. </p>
<p>I’m not suggesting 8 years, I’m suggesting 3 courses a semester until he figures out how to do engineering. That’s not 8 years. </p>
<p>Once he develops the study skills it will go faster.</p>
<p>No…his mom says he likes engineering because he thinks it will lead to a good job. </p>
<p>He already has 1 1/2 years of college. It will very likely take him 8 years to complete an engineering course of study at three courses a term…added to the 1 1/2 years already.</p>
<p>Upstream I said…he might be able to complete an engineering degree…someday. But not now and not at his current college. </p>
<p>I’m hoping this student is able to change whatever it is that caused these grades to be as they were. Until he does that…he is wasting money, in my opinion.</p>
<p>If TNMom is from Tennessee, it is possible that the academic rigor of her son’s hs was not at the level of his peers preparing for an Ivy education. I saw it in engineering school back in the day and my son is seeing it now. He is better prepared than most at one of our in-state programs, but friends out on the east coast are getting crushed by the increased expectations. A friend, valedictorian of his class of 800 from suburban Seattle, had to drop out because he just did not have the innate intellectual velocity compared to the typical NY and Boston suburban kids.</p>
<p>My advice is to set it up now as if he would return in a year, spring semester 2015. He can take some local classes (if possible) unmatriculated, work a little, and spend some time reevaluating. He won’t have to apply for readmission until next fall sometime and it will give him another year to mature. I know a boy who did this at U Penn and is doing quite well now.</p>
<p>Another thing, if he gets back in and gets a 3.3, they will probably not kick him back out. He will be making satisfactory progress toward graduation and just have to stay on probation another semester.</p>
<p>ClassicRockerDad- I believe the mom. But one of my D’s loved ballet, and fortunately, she figured out that she would never join the Bolshoi before we had to tell her to think about another career plan. I’d love to be a professional photographer, but alas- I earn a living in Corporate HR. etc. I realize that engineering is a sacred cow on CC but out in the real world, there are dozens of disciplines this kid could fall in love with once he looks at three semesters of non-progress towards an engineering degree and sees the handwriting on the wall.</p>
<p>It’s a sign of maturity to be able to look at your strengths and weaknesses and focus on a plan that capitalizes on the strengths.</p>
<p>And with three semesters already behind him, how do you figure that he can earn a BS doing three courses a semester, presumably having to retake the failed pre-req’s, in a decent amount of time???</p>
<p>Before making any decision
- Find out why he did so poorly.
- Find out why he did so poorly.
- Find out why he did so poorly.</p>
<p>Yes, and to add to Dreadspirits excellent list:</p>
<p>Remind him of all the other things he’s good at.
Remind him of all the other things he’s good at.
Remind him of all the other things he’s good at.</p>