<p>Parents, what would an acceptable GPA be after 1st semester freshmen year??? Where do you sound the alarm, 3.0,2.75,2.50? lower?</p>
<p>Would need more info, like which college, which major, what kind of load…</p>
<p>I’d be concerned with any Ds or Fs, no matter the term gpa. On the gpa front, anything less than a 2.5 would be a significant concern unless the student was in engineering.</p>
<p>If the semester was less than stellar, I think you should observe the response of your student. Is he/she owning up to the responsibility he/she has for their grades or making excuses. My own first semester was a flop, a lot of fun, but a definite flop. I told my my parents before the grades came in and was very sorry for my lack of commitment in the classroom. ( I missed a lot of classes). When my grades came in, (this was before e-mail so they came through the mail), my father handed me the sealed envelop and asked if I had had fun. I told him I had a blast! His response, “when it quits being fun, you have to come home.” </p>
<p>First thing the next semester, I changed my major and continued my college career with straight As. It was still fun but I learned to manage my time to take care of first things first. It can be done.</p>