U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’

Post by s1artibartfast » Thu, Aug 13, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC

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Still seems like a much more risky and challenging strategy with low chance of success. What is the chance that a mediocre or talentless student can grind Regional success? What is the chance that mediocre and talentless parents can support that? Grinding grades and academics is absolutely a path the top tier universities like Berkeley or UCLA, even if you won't get in the S tier private schools. I've seen several ES…

> Grinding grades and academics is absolutely a path the top tier universities like Berkeley or UCLA, even if you won't get in the S tier private schools. Yeah. We are talking about different types of schools. For one, Cal and UCLA both admit a lot of students. It’s just not as competitive. Additionally, it’s fairly easy for a decent grinder student to go to a feeder JuCo and transfer to either of these schools (whic…

I understand the distinction, and agree the students are different.

I just don't think every student has what it takes to be a good fit at Stanford.

For this reason and the low admission, I don't think betting the farm on an academic strategy tailored for Stanford is a good idea for most students or parents.

Post by halls-940 » Thu, Aug 13, 2026, 6:29 PM UTC

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When you look at real wages vs cost of living and the trend line is down and showing no signs of ever going back up, the question will I be able to afford the resources to survive and have a family, will my kids be able to afford a home, that's the growing uncertainty.

Here's the actual data broken out for a variety of locations (I see someone else found the whole country): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release?rid=439 The data don't support the story you are telling, at least not on a 17 year time scale. Most places including LA and New York actually show the opposite. Real wages are rising faster than cost of living in the long term just about everywhere in the US. I understand the…

You're conflating income and wages. People are working more hours so income increases while wages are flat. And people who aren't full-time aren't counted in that income figure.

Re: U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’

Re: U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’