<p>I'm doing horribly this semester and I think I'm going to land a 2.5 GPA. How is that going to look for jobs? What if you fail a class and you get Cs. Then you improve, is it still going to look bad? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>If you want to go to grad school, it’s bad. If you want any generic job, you’re fine.</p>
<p>Having a 2.5 overall is bad but having a 2.5 for one semester is not a big deal. Almost everyone I know had a bad semester to some degree and they were never held back by it.</p>
<p>Thanks. I Just always ended up studying last minute for everything and when you’re taking like three sciences and a math, that does NOT work >.< I’m going to organize myself over the summer (study ahead) and next semester study in advance.</p>
<p>and what’s a good GPA if i do want to go to grad school? what should i start preparing myself for?</p>
<p>A “good” GPA for graduate school is anything over 3.0, depending on where you want to go. A “safe” GPA is probably around 3.5.</p>
<p>KidNovelist, the important thing is that you LEARN from this experience. If you don’t LEARN from it, it will happen again and screw you up. Having a bad semester is nothing, but having a bad year or two bad years is a big deal.<br>
You need to figure out what went wrong and fix it – its not to late to turn it around.</p>
<p>Also, its especially important to have a good GPA for bio eng because from what I understand, most “good” positions in industry require at least a MS, so graduate school might very well be in your future.</p>
<p>That is absolutely the truth. I was considering BME but I decided against it once I found out an undergraduate degree in it is “worthless” as pretty much every mildly interesting job requires a MS or PhD. Seems like if you’re interested in BME it’s a good idea to get a BS in ME, MSE, or EE and then go for a MS.</p>