<p>I just got a 3.03 freshman year GPA (due to a C- in a science class and a C+ in a Spanish class). Do I have time to redeem myself? How do graduate schools view poor freshman grades?</p>
<p>sorry -- *devastated</p>
<p>Grad schools would weight more into classes that are relevant to your intended major/study.</p>
<p>3.0 freshman GPA is not that bad and can be fixed easily as long as your motivated.</p>
<p>@ espressoroast</p>
<p>You have plenty of time to boost your college grades. Freshman year is usually always the worst time for some students. It's a period of transitioning. Most grad school programs usually focus on your major grades and the last two years (junior and senior year of college).</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> </p>
<p>Thank you so much. It's going to take awhile for me to stop beating myself up over those grades but hopefully I'll recover...</p>
<p>I wound up with a 3.0 first semester and something like a 3.3 second semester. I didn't have a problem getting into top-10 schools with funding for grad since after that I maintained at least a 3.5 GPA (a decently high one for my undergrad school).</p>
<p>I agree. Don't worry too much about it, figure out what you're passionate about, get to know profs and do research for them, learn about your grad field and know the good things are to come. :) Chin up and move forward. I did really bad in freshman year too, but ended with a 3.7 and got into all my grad schools (including top ones in the field).</p>
<p>Unless you are planning on applying to the most selective law schools in America, a 3.0 GPA first semester really wont hurt you that much if you work hard for the next three years. You wouldn't know it by reading this board, but there really aren't that many grad programs (besides elite hard science and elite law schools) that really REQUIRE above a 3.9+ for admission.</p>
<p>I don't think ANY school REQUIRES above a 3.9... Maybe a 3.75...</p>
<p>Don't worry about your freshman year 3.0. I had a 3.0 my first semester in college and now I am about to graduate with a 3.86.</p>
<p>Welcome to college, sport! =D</p>
<p>I flunked a course and got a W in another freshman year and still was admitted to top ten programs in my field...</p>
<p>Some of it matters on the courses... if they relate to your future grad program, it could be an issue, if not, you're likely ok.</p>
<p>FWIW I graduated with a 2.7 from a small intense private college.</p>
<p>Then I went back to school a couple of years later at the Big Cheap Home State University to take coursework in a new field of study. After about a year and a half I ended up with something like a 3.7 in the new field. I applied to graduate school. Got in everywhere. Got money everywhere.</p>
<p>Grades in courses related to the projected graduate program matter more. Grades that are more recent matter more.
Lots of people have massive trouble the first year (or two, or three) in college.</p>