Bamaman
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For us, it was college or we would be walking point in Vietnam by October. Youngsters fortunately don't have that negative motivation hanging over them.
I was a product of a big city state university with a really fine business school. I remember all the freshman engineering students--at least for the first semester. Second semester, they were Marketing majors.
I hate to tell you but your son already has developed free will. He may be a little distracted at age 18, but it doesn't mean maturity is not in his future.
My best friend went to one of those small, expensive Southern liberal arts colleges where 97% of graduates go to graduate school. Their average GPAs were very high and the students were smart. But their classes were 15 minutes longer, and nobody took more than 4 classes in any semester. They finished their semester a month sooner ane har a Mini-semester where they only took one course for 3 weeks.
I am a big believer that going away to a university is a rite of maturing and learning the social graces seldom seen in a community college. I was in a really good fraternity, and just about every "brother" has been very successful in business and in life. I never expected that would have been the case in 1972.
Let the boy start out in the University. As soon as graduating H.S., send him straight to Summer School to pickup a couple of core subjects. And when he gets into the Fall semester, limit his load to 13 hours per semester. And don't allow his Adviser to push 5 day a week calculus, Organic Chemistry and other terribly difficult subjects on him the same time. Pick up some electives that are not so time consuming.
When taking a difficult curriculum like engineering, it is best to take it slowly. And remember that very, very few college students have the temperament and drive to ever be an engineer.
I was a product of a big city state university with a really fine business school. I remember all the freshman engineering students--at least for the first semester. Second semester, they were Marketing majors.
I hate to tell you but your son already has developed free will. He may be a little distracted at age 18, but it doesn't mean maturity is not in his future.
My best friend went to one of those small, expensive Southern liberal arts colleges where 97% of graduates go to graduate school. Their average GPAs were very high and the students were smart. But their classes were 15 minutes longer, and nobody took more than 4 classes in any semester. They finished their semester a month sooner ane har a Mini-semester where they only took one course for 3 weeks.
I am a big believer that going away to a university is a rite of maturing and learning the social graces seldom seen in a community college. I was in a really good fraternity, and just about every "brother" has been very successful in business and in life. I never expected that would have been the case in 1972.
Let the boy start out in the University. As soon as graduating H.S., send him straight to Summer School to pickup a couple of core subjects. And when he gets into the Fall semester, limit his load to 13 hours per semester. And don't allow his Adviser to push 5 day a week calculus, Organic Chemistry and other terribly difficult subjects on him the same time. Pick up some electives that are not so time consuming.
When taking a difficult curriculum like engineering, it is best to take it slowly. And remember that very, very few college students have the temperament and drive to ever be an engineer.