2.2 GPA from Georgia Tech- need advice on career

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<p>Undergraduate GPA: 2.2 - my major GPA is a little higher, though not by much
BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech.<br>
NO INTERNSHIPS but several extracurriculars</p>

<p>My Story: I don't have one of those special-circumstance story. My grades did not improve significantly as I advanced from sophomore to senior status. I have been told all my life to study and once I got into college, I got tired of studying. I wanted to live life, party, and meet girls- basically all the things I lacked while living under the roof of my parents. Am I lazy? In a way yes, but I also had the discipline and effectiveness to lose 50 pounds while in college and force myself to follow stringent dieting/ exercising. </p>

<p>Even just to get C's, I had to put in serious work. The moment my first semester was over, I knew i had to make better grades... but i never did. </p>

<p>Some part of me still felt that maybe if I majored in non-engineering or if I went to a less competitive school, I could have got out with 3.0 at least. </p>

<p>It has been 4 months since I graduated. I am very vulnerable to emotional dissonance, and I started smoking a lot of marijuana after my gf broke up with me last year. I still smoke marijuana. The closest to a full-time dream job was a second round interview I never went to because I had lied about my GPA and boosted it by 0.4. I had an 500$ stipend internship for 3months in janurary. However, i signed no contract and the company was a sketchy startup, so I quit after the first day. During that period, I also had 2 other internship interviews. At the time, I didn't know i was going to make a rash decision and quit the internship, so I botched one of my interviews because it was on the same day i start the internship. The 2nd interview i rescheduled but still never went. I can never contact these companies again. I really need some help from the audience reading this post. I cannot go to my parents, and my friends try to support me the best they can. Only one person in the whole world knows everything I have posted, so I am taking a huge step by posting my story online. </p>

<p>I know that the smart elites will hammer me with "thats what you deserve" kind of responses, but please, I want help and advice on where I should go given all the mistakes I have made. </p>

<p>Thank you all!</p>

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<p>Looks like you know the answer to your problems. You need to find some commitment to do what you know you are capable of doing.</p>

<p>But just in case you don’t know:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Don’t lie about your GPA on your resume, since it is easily verified (larger companies are more likely to verify degrees earned and GPA claims). If you do put GPA on your resume or other give it, say exactly what is on your transcript.</p></li>
<li><p>Stop smoking. Many companies test applicants for various kinds of illegal drugs.</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Leave your GPA off of your resume.</p>

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