<p>HOLY <strong><em>! I'm freaking flipping out, because my GPA is a like a 2.6 something! Seriously like what the *</em></strong> do I do? My first semester wasn't great like a 3.1, but a 2.6 *<strong><em>! What do I do? I just feel like the rest of my life is totally *</em></strong>ed because of this. I just had to take all of these miserable classes, not really any choice and had some bad teachers, but im kicking myself, because i brought a lot of this *** on me. so now i go into <strong><em>ing sophomore year with like a 2.8 gpa *</em></strong>! I'm just ***ed and in a hole and I just feel like everything I have worked for is just shattering before my eyes. Granted this is at a very rigorous top 25 school with pretty large grade deflation, but still a 2.6!</p>
<p>What's your major? That's right around average for engineering at my school.</p>
<p>i want to do like political science or english or something humanities.
**** though, i had to take these quantitative classes which i suck in and i got C's in them and that was half my courseload, because im trying to get those stupid classes out of the way. i did well in my humanitites classes, but have to get all of my stupid requirements out of the way. i am now hating this ****ing core.</p>
<p>a 2.8 is the average freshman gpa at my school... or so they say.</p>
<p>You are not doomed yet. I know at many schools you can't retake a class that you got a C or better in, but is it possible at your school? If not, I suggest that you drop down to 12 credits next semester and work really hard in those 4 classes again. It sounds like you took 16 or 17 credits just to get through the classes you dread more quickly; that doesn't seem like a good idea. I'm an English major and I'm taking 12 credits next semester because I'm doing my one required math class. I want to have more time to focus on it. I'm not happy about taking 12 credits instead of 15(luckily I won't be behind), but it's better than getting overwhelmed and stressed out and not getting the grades I want. 12 seems like a good idea because you'll be stressed from day 1 trying to make up from this semester. Good luck!</p>
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**** though, i had to take these quantitative classes which i suck in and i got C's in them and that was half my courseload, because im trying to get those stupid classes out of the way.
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Don't do that again. I made a mistake of taking nasty courses in highschool in one semester and it was a set up for disaster.</p>
<p>You should have spread them out and do somethings in the summer! You still have 3 years to get back on track. Or you can even retake a class and they replace the grade.</p>
<p>Unless your trying to get into law school, why do you care?</p>
<p>Google isn't going to hire an English major because they had an awesome GPA, anyway (sorry). If your taking humanities, your going to school for your own edification. Even if you want to go to grad school in your major, GPA can be easily compensated for (so long as you get it above a 3.0) with letters of reccommendation, statement of purpose, etc. The only thing you should be in anyway freaked out about is if you wanted to go to Yale law or something.</p>
<p>a 2.6 is a ok gpa, the gpa doesn't mean all to much. Just do the best you can, dont compare yourself to others and you will be fine.</p>
<p>as long as you know you are trying your best, then thats all you can do.</p>
<p>dude. relax.</p>
<p>I know how you feel. I currently have just under a 3.2, and I want to go to Law School. Now I'll have to get practically a 4.0 every semester (which is def. not going to happen) in order to get a decent gpa for the top schools. I feel like I've doomed myself from getting any good internships or into any decent law schools. ugh.</p>
<p>btw...wutang's post isn't helping lol</p>
<p>Depends what you hope to do.... Law is by no means the most difficult discipline to get into, but it is <em>very</em> true that GPA is by no means the most important criteria for use in grad school admissions (and it is rarely looked at in job applications); still, a GPA below a 3.0 is a big red flag for anyone...and your GPA is not considered "helpful" in most cases until it's above a 3.5</p>
<p>I know how you feel. 1st semester I got a 2.9 GPA when I'd never gotten below a 3.75 in my life. Granted, it is recommended that freshman only take 3 or 4 classes at my school and I took 5. I don't know how I made out this semester. I've only gotten one grade back and it's an A-. I'm expecting 2 more A-s and 2 Bs. It's really frustrating because I'm a social science triple major and my school isn't known for grade deflation- but I feel as if there is some serious grade deflation in some of my classes. </p>
<p>Look on the bright side, at least you have 3 more years to bring it up. I only have 1 more semester before I try to apply to some of the best foreign universities in the world for a year abroad. I think I shot myself in the foot for getting into the London School of Economics year course (which I had planned on using as a stepping stone to transfer into the school for my senior year). Blah..</p>
<p>The whole GPA thing is over rated,</p>
<p>calm down, join a club that does something you like to do. When you look back on college the first things that come to mind will be the time spent with friends, not your grades on any tests. Do what you have to do to take care fo the academics, but don't freak out. Your GPA will end up fine.</p>
<p>There's three more years to fix that, especially since your hardest are taken care of. I also reccomend taking a few easy A classes - if you know Spanish take a little Italian, for example.</p>
<p>lmao, only on CC is a 2.6 considered a bad GPA. Calm the ***** down, GPA doesn't mean a thing in the real world.</p>
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<p>Or Spanish..</p>
<p>it's fine. it wont even matter in the long run</p>
<p>why would anyone want to go to law school anyway?</p>
<p>Some want to be, oh I don't know, lawyers? It's what I would have said a year ago, but I have since changed my mind to international health. </p>
<p>No grades aren't the most important thing, but they do matter or colleges wouldn't bother with GPA or Dean's List or any of those recognitions for those who are doing well academically. I know, I know, there are some Ivies that don't have GPA, but just about every other school does, so GPA does count for something. I think if the OP paces him/herself and works hard, he/she could still graduate with a 3.5-3.6 GPA. Just don't let this semester destroy your confidence and don't let it consume you to the point where all you do is study.</p>
<p>It is entirly possible for a person with a 2.2 to know more about a subject than a person with a 3,8. I see it all the time in engineering.</p>