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Originally Posted by southbymidwest
So true. But it isn't always the academics they can't handle, it is often the freedom that does them in.
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True story, as I can attest to from personal experience. I came in from high school with a 4.0, admission into the honors program, and more activities than any sane person should have on one resume, and then I discovered the joys of "college life"--although since we have deferred recruitment I ended up rushing with a less then stellar gpa, but I was still in honors (thank you, grace period!) AND a collegiate athlete, so who really knows.
On the flip side, I graduated cum laude, so a girl with a gpa on the lower side one quarter/semester into her freshman year can definitely turn that around if she's driven enough. Sometimes i think it's a shame that formal recruitment is structured so that a lot of times a girl has heavy cuts in the beginning rounds soley based on GPA.