So, I'm interested in your impression. Looking back, do you think that was good thing for them to do? They just didn't want you to give up, right?
I was really a special case. Normally people's GPAs don't steadily decline from freshman to senior year, where you are essentially randomly failing classes at the time you graduate and go to law school. I was at Duke because my undergrad was an exercise in underachievement and failure to cope with college life.
But for a normal person, who just hits a bump or two, I think it's a good idea.
For someone like me, I think taking a break for a year, with the ability to return, would have been a much better idea.
