<p>(sorry for 2x post, not sure where this should belong)</p>
<p>I'm currently studying Mechanical/Aerospace engineering at a CCC, and will be applying this fall for all of the UC's. </p>
<p>I started out my CCC career as a business major. The lack of challenge and reward in the business classes (econ/accounting, etc) made me hate the idea of studying and applying this for the rest of my life. Although the classes were easy, I was uninterested. A semester later I decided to focus on Aerospace engineering.</p>
<p>To make a long story short, I'm not doing well. I'm currently enrolled in Calculus III and Physics 102 (electromagnetism). Differentials, Linear Algebra, and Quantam Physics (103) is all that's left for me to take as far as pre-req's are concerned. And a couple of computer programming classes as well.
Although I can say math is my best subject, my grades don't quite reflect that:
Calc 1 - C
Calc 2 - C
Calc 3 - just took a midterm, blew my chances at getting an A. Working hard to earn the B.</p>
<p>Physics, although incredibly interesting, is just so difficult for me to understand. I got a B on my physics 101 class, and won't be getting any thing higher this semester considering I failed the first 2 tests in the class. </p>
<p>I am not lazy and I am not unmotivated. I just have trouble understanding the concepts and applying them. However, engineering is what I want to do as a career so for anyone who will say to look into something else, your comment will be respectfully ignored. </p>
<p>As of now I'm at a mediocre 3.2 GPA. Which includes some of my earlier classes (accounting, econ, english, etc.) I am worried that this semester won't help me much in raising it. And considering the classes I will be taking next year, I doubt it'll go any higher. (Just being realistic)
I am just about finished with the Honors program in my school and will hopefully TAG when I apply in the fall- if they don't decide to raise the minimum all the sudden, again. </p>
<p>The point is I am frantically worrying now because after all of this work, I do not want to go to a CSU. I've given up my hopes to go to UCLA and Cal but my "dream" school is still UCSD. I would be very happy with UC Irvine since I have visited the campus many times and looked into its solid engineering and promising program. I am just worried that with my low GPA (3.2), combined with my impacted major, I won't be able to transfer anywhere when I apply. </p>
<p>Am I being paranoid or is my worrying fair? Is there anything I can do to help my "chances" with the application? Can someone with a less than average GPA be admitted to the schools I listed above? I've been trying to focus and study but every time I receive a low test grade it discourages and worries me even more, which disables me from doing better on the next exams.
Helpful comments are always appreciated. Thank you!
(sorry for the long post)</p>