<p>I go to a top liberal arts school and my first semester I dropped a class and ended up with a 3.0 GPA. Dropping a class means I have to eventually add an extra class some semester in the future. With an A in that class my "first semester" would "look" like a 3.25.</p>
<p>I guess I overestimated myself at the beginning of the year and then slacked off a bit. But I hope to do a lot better next semester now that I know how to.</p>
<p>How will this impact me overall? Will I struggle to find internships/plans/jobs this summer? Can I still succeed if I do well in following semesters?</p>
<p>Dude, we’re in the same boat. I go to a top ten libral arts colleges of the country and got a 2.9 (I got 3 B’s and a B-, damn that - LOL). </p>
<p>I would say don’t worry. If we continue to improve from next semester on out, our GPA’s can only go up. I would say this though: it’s going to take us a little more, because remember, semesters get harder as they progress, not easier. But it’s definitely not to late to bring our low GPA’s up significantly.</p>
<p>As far as summer internships, it may be hard (more so me than you because the usual cut off for internships is 3.0, which eliminates me by .1, which REALLY sucks a lot). An ex co-worker of mine applied for summer internship as a Freshman in college with a 3.5 fall semester GPA and got in. He told me that the program that he applied was really competitive. And since internships are only seeing our fall semester GPA (remember, we’re applying during the spring semester, so they don’t see our spring GPA), it can significantly alter our chances of scoring internships.</p>
<p>But don’t lose hope! Go to your schools Career Planning Center and see what they got. Also, would you be open to doing unpaid internships?</p>
<p>Thanks. Anything else about the internship issue?</p>
<p>BUMP</p>