<p>im pre-engineering right now. ive struggled in math a bit and my institutional gpa is now 2.12, i need 2.2 to get into mechanical engineering. i failed cal 2 twice, first time F, second time D, but i was very close to passing. ive done ok in everything else with B's and C's.
im meeting my advisor tomorrow and i dont know what she will tell me. i need to raise my gpa 0.08 points. im thinking i will just retake cal 2 but i may need to retake another elective class to raise it enough.(i dont know how to calculate it factoring in the points i have now.) plus if i pass cal 2 this time i can use course forgiveness and that will boost it some. will i be able to raise it enough like this?</p>
<p>That’s not an impossible position to recover from. But I have to ask the obvious question: are you sure that at this point, it’s worth trying? It’s possible to finish school and find success as an engineer even with trouble at the beginning, but a weak understanding of fundamentals is a recipe for disaster.</p>
<p>Any chances of retaking Calc II at a community college and transferring to your school? My Engineering advisor encourages us to take the hard classes(Calc II, Calc III, Physics I and II) at the local community college here in Ames.</p>
<p>I am taking Physics I this Summer at the CC and I have never learned so much in such a short period of time, we have 17 students in our class. Whether you get an A or a C-,it wont matter because transferred credits do not affect your GPA.</p>
<p>I wish I had taken Calc I and Gen Chemistry at the community college, I would have learned so much more and minimized damage to my GPA.</p>
<p>I’m not judging you in any way, but I agree with NeoDymium. Without a strong base in math, especially calculus, to go on to engineering, is quite hard to do so… I would suggest taking a summer school or college class nearby (community colleges) if it’s possible to retake calculus there. It would improve you both in understanding engineering and raising your GPAs.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>You can definitely recover if you study hard. I had a math block in high school, usually got Ds, felt fortunate if I got a C, and flunked intermediate algebra. </p>
<p>When I was in the Air Force, I took a class called “Applied Calculus” at the local community college, and got an A. I studied and studied and studied, but what was different about this particular class was that there were no proofs, just real-world examples of how calculus is used. It was a revelation…“You mean there’s actually a use for this stuff?”</p>
<p>That may have been the most important single class in my life. I ended up getting a CS degree with a minor in math and statistics, and later an MS in Industrial Engineering.</p>
<p>So again, you can do it if you apply yourself.</p>