<p>It definitely is possible, but it takes a significant effort and good study skills. My GPA was 3.2 for the first 2 years in my undergraduate program. My last 2 years, I averaged a 3.7 mostly because I had developed the skills (though a little too late) necessary to pull off high grades. I still had the high school mentality my freshman and sophomore years. The foolish confidence that studying 3-4 hours for a test would be enough, that reviewing my notes was unnecessary…etc. Towards the end of my sophomore year, I began to study harder, improve my focus, and develop a system for studying that took me to the top of my class in nearly every course. My last semester I pulled off a 3.95 GPA. I only lament at the fact that I was so slow to develop these essential skills. Otherwise, my overall GPA would be around a 3.7-3.8 (factoring in these few difficult courses I could never completely grasp).</p>
<p>Regarding the teamwork issue…by all means get some friends and study together. You’re an engineer and you’ll constantly be working in teams throughout your career. The ability to work in a team and communicate with other people is an essential skill that will allow you to be an efficient engineer and reduce the liability that exists in every project. It’s good to develop these skills early on, because I see some engineers who simply hole themselves up and shut everyone else out. This attitude won’t be tolerated at whatever company you work for and it’s very hard to “switch on” that extroverted personality when you’re teaching yourself to be strictly self-reliant for 4 years.</p>
<p>But a word of caution…understand what you’re doing. Work on problems for a few hours before you see your friends and read the material. Being in a team doesn’t mean that one person dictates while the others follow. All members should be competent, and try their hardest to understand why something is before passing in an assignment.</p>
<p>(edit: I also wanted to say that anything above a 3.0 GPA is very good. Don’t think you’re stupid if you’re not hitting a 3.7. It’s not an easy field of study)</p>