<p>Okay, I have a 1.55 GPA after finishing my freshman year of college. I am completely committed to getting 4.0's from now on but is that enough. Will I still get a job, will I get out of probation? My major is petroleum engineering. Any advice or comments would be helpful thank you!</p>
<p>What went wrong this year? Have you met with an academic advisor to plan a manageable set of classes for the next term?</p>
<p>I didn’t take it seriously, thought it’d be easy. I haven’t but I emailed one with all my questions.</p>
<p>Is there anyway you could try to retake any classes that you failed/did poorly in over the summer? According to a very quick, uninformed calculation I did, if you have a 1.55 for this year and a 4.00 for your other three years you end up around a 3.39 overall, although this will vary by how many credits you take each year (1.55+4+4+4/4). I’m not sure expecting a 4.00 of yourself for three years is reasonable, because, as they say, the best indicator of future performance is past performance. I would definitely see if you can retake any classes. </p>
<p>Assuming you do not get booted out of the college you are currently attending, and assuming your GPA from now one remains over 3.5, most employers will overlook your Freshman year as an aberration. Assuming you wish to work for an energy company (ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP etc…), they will be much more interested in how you did in your Petroleum Engineering classes than how you did in your Freshmen prerequisite classes. I wouldn’t sweat it, but you need to turn it around starting this fall.</p>
<p>If you didn’t pass your math or science courses you can’t advance in the program. </p>
<p>Retake all classes where you got a D or F. Aim for an A this time and that means having complete mastery of everything in the book, the lecture, the lab/workbook. Spend a minimum of 3 hours each day in the library, day in, day out, no excuses, nothing, you put in the 3 hours in the library.
Getting a 4.0 is almost impossible in college. You don’t get it because you work very hard: you’ll work very hard and get B’s. But if you make up those bad grades (start this summer and go see a tutor right away to make sure you study the right way, that you have the “100%accurate” mentality, etc) and get B’s and A’s in your other classes, you’ll be okay. </p>
<p>Hunker down with an academic advisor, find out how you need to study for better results (I needed to do this after my first semester as well).</p>
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<p>Why would you EVER think engineering was going to be easy - because you aced HS? Welcome to engineering school! </p>
<p>Forget getting a 4.0 the rest of the way - that just won’t happen. Thing is, as an engineering major, you aren’t even in the tough courses yet, and you certainly aren’t in the heart of your PetE coursework. IF they let you continue, repeat everything you got less than a C in, and plan on graduating in 5 or 6 years total. Cut back on the course-load, cut back on the partying, and work like your life depended on it, because it does. It’s either that, or realize engineering isn’t for you. And for gosh sakes, stop hanging out with non-engineering majors, who can probably party every night and maintain a 4.0 - as an engineering major, you’re now a boring geek for the rest of your days in college.</p>
<p>Finally, do not email an advisor about this - make a phone call or personal visit. Some things need to be done in an interactive mode, not by text or email, this is one of them. Get to know them, they need to get to know you, and they can give you some honest advice about where you go from here.</p>
<p>Try to retake those classes again </p>