<p>Ugh, so first semester of fall 2010 I walked away with a 3.5 GPA and was pretty satisfied. I banged out some tough classes (CS 1371 being one of them) and found myself content when people said 3.5 was a pretty good GPA for a computer engineering major.</p>
<p>Now it's second semester and some of my classes are really biting me hard.
ECE 2893 (A harder CS 1372) is dragging me down along with ECE 2030 along with the typical stress of taking Calc 2 and Physics 1...</p>
<p>With all that said and done, I feel like my GPA will drop (I'll do my best to prevent that) to a pretty low number...somewhere around 3.1-3.2.
Is a GPA like this going to drag me down in the future?</p>
<p>Isn’t that still above the average GPA at Tech (I think GPAs above 3.0-3.1 from Tech are respectable). Also, don’t give up so early. Not to mention, you are already assuming that if your GPA does indeed drop to that level this year (is this your freshmen year?), that it’ll never recover. For one, you have two major weedouts (Calc. 2 and physics 1) out of the way. Don’t give up so quickly.</p>
<p>It gets a bit easier going forward. So, you should be fine. </p>
<p>If your GPA has the “potential” to go under a 3.0 (lose HOPE if you are in-state), start taking some elective classes to push it up. They check HOPE eligibility at 30, 60 and 90 hours. If you have a 3.0 or above at the check, you’ll be fine. Even if you dip below 3.0 cumulative for a semester, as long as it’s not at the check point, you’ll still maintain HOPE.</p>
<p>The average GT GPA is a 2.7, so a 3.0 is quite good (Dean’s list worthy/equivalent to a 3.5+ in other schools).</p>
<p>But remember,GPA is not life or death. You might be freaking out now, but in two-three years you wont really care. If worse comes to worse, there is always freshman forgiveness. Remember, there is a life outside the classroom and as long as you have over a 3.0 you should not have a problem getting a job.</p>
<p>Im A Junior in High School and am Beginning to look at these forms to see peoples opinions.
If you are able to come out of high school with a 3.0 + GPA then are you able to get into GT?</p>
<p>unless you have a high school gpa of 3.5 at least…or a little bit under with 2100+ SAT scores, you need over a 3.0+ to get into GT. Once at GT, 3.0+ is a good COLLEGE gpa.</p>
<p>Sorry for the misinformation above. Thanks for correcting me ilyssa1257/bernie12. I got the information from SGA representatives and it seems to be dated (1992). I requested some new information and will be getting statistics shortly. I will post them when I get them.</p>
<p>Average undergraduate GPA in Fall 2010 was 3.12. In Spring 2010 it was 3.10.</p>
<p>As far as a “good GPA”, 3.00 for a traditional engineering job, 3.3 for an MS program, 3.5 for a PhD, 3.7 for a high paying non-traditional position (banking and strategy consulting).</p>
<p>That won’t be tracked. Instead it’s a safe bet that the average GPA awarded = the average GPA of graduates. The schools do not vary much outside of Architecture (and that’s because of the Marching Band classes which are very large and have a near 4.0 GPA), so it’s safe to assume that the average GPA of a graduate is around 3.10 regardless of major.</p>
<p>Either way, GPA doesn’t mean anything really.</p>
<p>As long as you try (and obtain) a good Co-Op now when your GPA is still pretty high, that GPA can drop to as low as a 2.6 and you’re still set for a job after graduating as long as 1) you graduate and 2) you perform admirably at the co-op.</p>
<p>Sure, the stories I hear (mine included) may have been exceptions but all the cases that I’ve seen where people had low GPAs with job offers seem to have the following in common:</p>
<p>1) They apply to everything (and some end up with better job offers than those with much higher GPAs)</p>
<p>2) They develop lots of skills (such as programming extensively)</p>
<p>3) Using these skills in independent projects (basically, do multiple senior design-like projects! Since you’re a CompE/EE major, I suggest you take ECE4175 (Embedded Microcontrollers (project class)), ECE4180 (Embedded Systems (project class)), ECE3090 (C++ Programming (final project)), ECE4580 (Computer Vision (final project)) There are a couple Systems&Control classes where a final project is required (Senior Level I believe), but I can’t remember them of the top of my head.</p>
<p>Companies love seeing you apply knowledge and skills you’ve gained either on your own or in class to projects. Not only that, these classes (though much more time-consuming) tend to be much more fun because they are hands-on and you actually learn applicability.</p>
<p>Mainly, what I’m trying to say is this; Don’t get discouraged over a low GPA (but try not to have it so low).</p>