How about kids declaring a major and then getting most of it finished and then having a hard time getting the last few classes. How much is that happening.
We know a kid who went through a guaranteed placement from high school into an engineering program. He was apparently kicking butt .Recently I found out that it has been taking him a few years to nail down the last requirements due to lack of classes.
Congrats on your kid doing so well![/quote]
Well thanks, Russ, but my kid hasn’t actually received any grades yet :-P. Social animal that they are, I had to counsel them at length this morning on budgeting properly to make their earnings last longer (their checking acct is tied to mine so I can see what they’re doing with their debit card :=0). I read them the riot act because the dad and me were recently asked to pay the first $400+ installment of “Greek” dues (incl application and initiation fee) when kid had the money several times over since May and blew it. We’ve agreed to cover this first bill and then they’re going to be on their own for the rest (~$500 for the rest of the year).
I had no idea Greek dues had risen this much when we applied online in early September to “rush.” My other kid(s) only paid <$500 for the whole academic year.
I also had another discussion with my kid about time management this morning because I feel they are suddenly going to get so busy that their grades will slip, possibly making them ineligible for their continuing scholarship, which I am processing twice yearly. My kid may very well have to scale down to 14 hrs per week of work (two 7-hr shifts as opposed to their current three shifts) when they return to campus in January 2015.
