Ending 3.5 GPA for first semester of college bad?

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<p>So yeah I had a rough start at college and I ended up with a 3.5GPA :/. It was really hard to get use to college level. Is a 3.5 really bad for a first semester in college?</p>

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<p>How can i improve? I feel really bad that I got this low of a GPA for the first semester of college.</p>

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<p>I’d like a 3.5 for this quarter…</p>

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<p>Personally, I’d only be satisfied with a 4.0 (which I hope I’m going to get).</p>

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<p>Unless you are a pre-med or pre-law student, a 3.5 GPA is generally considered perfectly respectable, despite grade inflation at many colleges and universities.</p>

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<p>I’m a sophomore science student with a 3.5 that I am desperately trying to hang on to. I’ve love to raise it, but soph year sucks for my major, so just trying to keep it intact is my general goal.</p>

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<p>3.5 in college is NOT the same thing as 3.5 in high school. Keep that in mind. A top college can recruit 90% of its students from the 3.8-4.0 range and still end up with half their class under a 3.5 at the college level.</p>

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<p>lol 3.5 omg I would do anything.</p>

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<p>Totally agree with Hauteclere, but right now I am either getting a 4.0 or a 3.9X because of this d**khole of a professor I have. But, we shall see.</p>

<p>Optimism.</p>

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<p>From what I’ve heard from my supervisors while working in a tutoring center, any given first semester freshman is much more likely to get a 0.0 GPA than to get a 4.0 GPA. A 3.5 is not bad by any means, unless you’re pre-med or pre-law.</p>

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<p>how bad is having a 3.5 for a pre physical therapy student? I have a shot had increasing it a little but nothing huge. I’m a first semester freshman. I know it needs to stay about 3.0 but from what I have been reading most pt programs accept students with gpa over 3.5 and some 3.4</p>

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<p>My personal philosophy is to always shoot for a 4.0 at all times and be disappointed when I don’t achieve it. </p>

<p>As a sanity check I realize that as long as I shoot for a 4.0 than im going to land atleast close to it. If I thought a 3.5 was fine id probably land slightly below it. Set a goal above where you’re realistically going to end up and strive for it.</p>

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<p>3.5 is good!! Keep it up!</p>

<p>Unless you’re a pre-med or pre-law student. Then work harder!! xD</p>

<p>I’m a freshman in engineering and I think I’ll have a 3.4 :(</p>

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<p>Threads like this give this website a bad name, get this crap out of here.</p>

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<p>I’d love a 3.5.</p>

<p>You’re annoying.</p>

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<p>Why does everyone say pre-law and pre-med can’t have a 3.5?</p>

<p>A 3.5 is a decent GPA.</p>

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<p>3.5 is pretty much the min for pre-med.</p>

<p>I’d say around 3.0 for pre-law.</p>

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<p>A lot of scholarships often have GPA requirements to keep them as well, but 3.5 is usually good enough for that.</p>

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<p>Haha don’t be a slave to a number or don’t be a ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>3.4 and a 30ish MCAT will most likely get you into a US med school if you apply freely.</p>

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<p>Depends on the major. Personally, my benchmark is a 3.8 GPA. That’s my absolute minimum, but I’m a humanities major and I want to go to a prestigious grad school/be competitive for some prestigious scholarships, so that’s their minimum.</p>