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submission June 16, 2020 Score: 16 u/[deleted]

My brother wants to transfer out of City Tech to a better CUNY, but is not putting in the effort to help himself get out. What should I do?

My brother wants to transfer out of City Tech to a better CUNY, but is not putting in the effort to help himself get out. What should I do?

My older brother has been at City Tech for about 4 years now and has come to the realization that the school sucks and that it will not help him career-wise. He is a Computer Information Systems major. The problem with my brother is that he is extremely lazy and puts video games over school work. As a result, he has a 2.3 GPA and has failed multiple classes. He has retaken some and received a high grade in those courses, but he keeps aiming for the bare minimum. My brother graduated high school in 2016 and is not even close to finishing his degree. We both get FAFSA so school is paid for, but it’s getting to the point where he is going to meet the 12 semester cap for financial aid. I had a talk with my brother about school and told him that he needs to get his shit together if he wants to graduate and start working. He revealed to me that he is aware how shitty City Tech is and the environment that he is in demotivates him to put any effort. He complains about how the students are lazy and that the professors don’t care. As a result, he is trying to get his associates so he can transfer to another school. I told him that if he wants to transfer, he has to fix all the blemishes on his record before he can transfer. Now, he’s registered to retake his English 101 course over the summer because he received a D in it. But like I said before, he doesn’t put in the effort to actually get himself out of this situation he’s in. As of today, he has yet to register for classes or complete his financial aid. He does this every year and I have to push him to do anything school related. I keep telling him since we are going through the pandemic, now would be a good time to just take a day off to do everything school related and then he can play as much as he wants. However, he keeps making excuses and pushing it day after day. I’m tired of keep trying to motivate him. What should I do?

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UPDATE: Wow, I didn’t expect this to blow up overnight! Thanks for the harsh truth guys. It’s true that I have my own shit to worry about like wondering what I want to do as a career and trying to carry my brother through his shit is only weighing me down. I play video games too, but when it comes down to business, I’m on top of it. Last night, I checked his grades on Cunyfirst and found out that last semester, he got a D in both of his classes. Because he failed to register on time last semester, he was only able to register for two courses: Calculus 1(retake because he failed it the first time) and a Gen Ed. The fact that courses were online should’ve given him an easier chance at boosting his GPA, but I’m not surprised anymore. He got a D in Calculus 1 because he lazily missed his midterm, which made it so the highest grade he could’ve received is a D and you can probably guess how he got a D in the other. At this point, I’m going to give him an ultimatum: either get your shit together or I’m done trying to help you. If I can play video games and manage to get straight As in all of my courses, you can too.

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