Stress and being stressed

The topic of college stress came up today at our phone conversation. She told me that she is very grateful that her mom and I did not force her to to do things in our own way. We did not decide things for her, did not force her to take certain job, take certain class, look for certain friends, or join certain clubs.   That was true.  At the beginning of the semester, we told her not to stress on her GPA. The bottom line is to maintain a 3.00 GPA to fulfill her scholarship requirement. Anything above that is a bonus.

 

In the past short two months, she has already decided against her chosen major, joined three clubs, active in all, found a part-time job, being accepted in a lab as a lab volunteer, met students  from other local colleges, and formed a close knit group of friends. Her schedule is packed. What else could a parent ask for more.   Now, we know what it means that the school and the student must be fit with each other.   

 

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• 等孩子要考医,法研究生院或找实习找工作时GPA这把刀的锋利就露出来了 -beachlver- ♂ (169 bytes) () 10/30/2016 postreply 19:20:20

• GPA -yude- ♂ (335 bytes) () 10/30/2016 postreply 19:31:45

• 考医学院法学院时，其他条件达标，0.1的GPA的差异意味好几万的奖学金，代表能不能进藤医藤法。没啥cutoff，越高越有选择权。 -mmmwww- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/30/2016 postreply 19:43:47

• 最后一句还是别说了。3.0就是说，都是B,或者有一个A那就会有一个C。这要求真不高。估计你家孩子闭着眼睛也能达到。 -greenoasis- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/30/2016 postreply 19:21:50

• I should have changed the title from GPA to stress. -yude- ♂ (174 bytes) () 10/30/2016 postreply 19:50:25

• 身体健康比GPA重要，但没必要因此贬低GPA。大学GPA对于再升学重要性远高于高中的GPA，大学EC对升学重要性也大为下降。 -mmmwww- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/30/2016 postreply 19:59:46