nephew graduating college

You know about Pomona College?!

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When I went away to college, my dad said to me, "I would rather you get B's and enjoy your college years than get A's and not have any fun."

I think he was absolutely right. (And I did have a LOT of fun!)

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I've never been asked my GPA but will be soon when I apply to grad school, so it does matter somewhat.

With that said, I learned a great deal in college that wasn't taught in the classroom. He'll be fine.

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I know it depends on the college, but my 3.0 GPA was fine for grad school.

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Chick with a gun.

I told my kid to just do the best he could and he did. I was thankful that he graduated, got into a Master's Program and didn't take up drugs, drinking and jail in his spare time.

He has one more year to go in his Master's then he goes for his Phd. Kid has been in school for the last 5 years straight and had two summers off during that time. Hope that he can hold out to finish the trip!

Yeah on the nephew for graduating. I think graduation rates are way down compared to the number of kids that start college.

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I have never even been asked what school I attended, much less what my gpa was.

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Never been asked for my GPA. Three sons all had GPAs around 3 and had no problem getting multiple job offers in the past five years. It was their networking that gave them the edge AND their farm backgrounds.Btw, I have two engineers and an agronamist.

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Of course! My daughter considered it. Great school. I think it usually ranks in the top colleges of the US

Thank you for all the replies. I am confirmed in my hope that many attitudes about college may change. I am not all that optimistic. It used to be you could send a kid off to "find himself" and have a good time, but now so many students and/or their parents end up with huge debt, then the kid moves home after the five years it takes to get a 4 year degree, and now 22 or 23, struggles to find any job at all. I have a tough time thinking it's OK to go to a big-ticket, big-name school and not work as hard as you can, the realities being what they are. A solid education can be had at state schools or community colleges, and at least it hasn't cost a fortune. My sense is CC students tend to be more goal-oriented, but that may reflect my thinking that they also tend to be older and see a different value in getting more education. For the record, such as it is, I and two of my sibs have masters, another has a bachelors. This sister has a 2-year degree. I paid most of my own way through my bachelor's with scholarships, summer jobs and on-campus jobs, in the days when that was possible, and paid for the entire masters. Among those in the next generation old enough for college, is one with a masters, two with bachelor's, one each in masters programs for dentistry and physician's assistant. This neph is the only one with sizeable debt.

Unfortunately, many credits at CC's aren't accepted by four year colleges and universities. What I've seen with my daughters' high school peers is that the majority of kids going to CC's get sidetracked by work and life and eventually drop out or don't continue on to get their bachelor's degree.


Kids are different and require different situations. If your nephew was willing to shoulder the debt and not put other people in the poor house....I would think you would be pleased.

There are several attributes that contribute to success. Intelligence. Hard work. People skills. What I would call "a hand up", which includes family influence, friends, connections, and government & private foundation help. A person can "succeed" using various combinations of these. Use what you've got!

Regarding college: higher education is on the precipice of a major change. The internet is about to have a big impact there, just as it has done with bookstores and libraries. The concept of kids going away to college for 4 years is going to change. Many classes can be had on the internet. You may argue that they cut out the student-professor interaction, but how much of that interaction is there in a class of 300 to 600 students? Universities are under pressure to cut costs and larger class sizes have been part of that strategy. Now it will be online courses. Not saying the change is good or bad -- its just going to happen.

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