“James” was a 21 year-old-man when I met him.  From the Pittsburgh area, he graduated from a well respected suburban high school with a 2.8 GPA and above average SAT scores.  He attended a large state university in the mid-south, and his struggles began almost immediately, manifesting fully during his third semester.  He was placed [...]

College failure can and does repeat itself, and very often the same factors that caused the initial failure can cause a second, or even third.  There is a myth that bright students can’t fail, or that students that did fail didn’t “have what it takes.”  I can tell you that, from directly working with students [...]