<p>At RPI the average undergrad GPA hovers around 3.0 and is probably a bit lower for engineering majors and freshmen.</p>
<p>If you really enjoy attending The Tute, communicate this to your parents, promise to buckle down for the remainder of the semester and try to convince them to give you one more year or semester to prove yourself. You may be surprised to find out how much you can raise a class grade after midterms too. Our son took data systems&algorithms freshman year, got a D on the one midterm but finished with an A in the course by doing super on all his projects and evidently doing nicely on the final. I do know that some freshman courses do have formal tutoring sessions in the evening and some have pre-exam sessions too. Take advantage of these. If you can just raise a few grades from C to B your parents may be pleased.</p>