Am I at screwed..?

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<p>So I'm currently a junior chemical engineering major minoring in biomechanical (biomedical) engineering and chemistry at the university of Delaware.</p>

<p>The current freak out of the day is the one that usually occurs, how screwed am I? My GPA has been borderline 3.0 up until the end of sophomore year, where it dipped to a 2.96. Now, I feel like I won't graduate with less than a 2.9, but it seems like the current standard for everything is 3.0. I'm not looking to go work for DuPont once I graduate, quite the contrary actually. A smaller firm doing something I love is where I'd love to end up.</p>

<p>I have a good amount of extra curricular and what's key is that I worked for the US DOE this summer at Brookhaven National Lab as part of their SULI program, a program I intend to be apart of again this upcoming summer. In addition, I'm volunteering to do research this winter, so the experience and exposure is there.</p>

<p>So how screwed am I? I want to graduate and try to get a job out of college with the intention of getting my masters and/or MBA down the road. Am I still in good standing? Grades aren't as high solely because most of the time I just don't get it which leads to frustration and giving up. What does everyone think?</p>

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<p>Are you at all interested in returning to Brookhaven? If you interned there and are going back next summer, that obviously means they like you despite your GPA, so that will probably be a job opportunity open to you.</p>

<p>Of course, if your grades aren’t high because most of the time you “just don’t get it”, I would seriously consider taking a hard look at your study habits and figure out why you are not grasping the material. Companies will look past a low GPA if you have the right mix of experience and have therefore demonstrated the ability to perform despite the low-ish grades, but if you “just don’t get it”, that would be more difficult to demonstrate. The internships will help though.</p>