Students Need ‘Bs’ to Keep Parents’ Cash Flowing, Fidelity Says - Bloomberg

Students Need ‘Bs’ to Keep Parents’ Cash Flowing, Fidelity Says

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Alexis Leondis

Two-thirds of U.S. parents said they’ll only pay for their children’s college education if they maintain minimum grades of B, on average, according to a survey by Fidelity Investments.

The average grade point parents will require to pay tuitions is 3.1 out of 4.0, or about a B, once their kids are in college, based on the survey of almost 2,400 families released today by the Boston-based mutual-fund company. Seventy-five percent of respondents said they don’t want to burden their children with college loans compared with 65 percent in 2007, when Fidelity started the annual study.

via Students Need ‘Bs’ to Keep Parents’ Cash Flowing, Fidelity Says – Bloomberg.

I think I’m going to revisit my APOL short