Am I doomed because of my D's?

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<p>Long story short, a lot of things happened in the past six months: my parents were getting divorced, I had a bad, bad break up of my own, I had to transfer schools due to lack of money... those are just the major events. </p>

<p>I tried to focus on things that made me happy and did not care for things like class attendance or completing homework. I got one D during a summer class, and I recently realized I'm getting a D in of my classes this semester, which I've been barely attending. I've already dropped one class in time, which will result with a "W" on my transcript. I'm doing great in the remaining two classes (succeeding in them required no consistent work).</p>

<p>I got better very recently, I did. I've learned how to cope with certain things and came out of all this a stronger person. I care once again. But is it too late now?</p>

<p>If my calculations are correct, my overall GPA with the bad grades will be 3.47 (had a 3.77 before all this). My GPA at my new college should be around 2.3. Neither of the two D's are in my two majors. </p>

<p>If I will decide on applying to grad school (not law or med), will this "period" on my transcript make me seem like a flaky, risky applicant? Will it close many doors?..</p>

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<p>Also, I have an option of doing a “No Credit” for the class I’m currently almost failing. Should I choose this, despite it being considered a “D or F” by most grad school anyway?</p>

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<p>I would need more information:</p>

<p>A.) How many credit hours have you taken previously? What are you calculating for the 3.47 GPA?</p>

<p>B.) What year are you in? Sophomore? Keep in mind that a lot of Grad schools only use the last 60 Credit Hours to calculate your GPA. This is how a lot of people bypass the low Freshman year GPA. If you are planning to go into medical school and have a D on your report card I believe it is a whole different story(I don’t know for certain though).</p>

<p>C.) If you just do bad one semester it is not the end of the world. I did bad one, no two semesters and am 99.9% confident that I will still get into graduate school with flying colors. </p>

<p>D.) It also depends on where you are applying to graduate school and the strength of your Undergraduate major and classes.</p>

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<p>W is better than D.</p>