<p>My daughter is a freshman, she had a very bad first semester. Death in the family, adjusting to college,etc. Her GPA was a 1.9... still can't believe it. Is it possible for her to be able to raise her GPA to a 2.5 by the end of second semester? If so what kind of grades does she need? Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>You can calculate what kind of grades she will need…she will have to get a 3.5 or higher average (half A and half B) in order to get a 2.5.</p>
<p>Does she need a 2.5 for a particular reason? If not, I wouldn’t worry about her GPA (and encourage her not to worry as well). The key thing is that she graduate and get her degree, regardless of what the GPA is.</p>
<p>GPA means much less in college than high school.</p>
<p>One of my favorite phrases from undergrad “C’s get degrees!” It’s very true as well.</p>
<p>(To anyone else out there: Getting a high GPA is better than getting a low GPA. But getting a low GPA is better than no degree at all.)</p>
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<p>But if she averaged, 1.9, she must have gotten below Cs in one or more of her classes.</p>
<p>Yup. She may have to retake a class or two in order to get a C in it (depending on her school and major requirements.)</p>
<p>That’s ok. You’re allowed to retake classes in college. A lot of students retake classes. Generally, students who are at risk of failing classes withdraw from the class instead of taking getting a F on the class.</p>
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<p>Not on my dime ;).</p>
<p>Assuming that she takes the same number of units this semester she would just need a 3.1 to get a 2.5, very doable. Aka, something like all B’s with a B+/A-.</p>
<p>I agree with the advice to have her consider retaking classes where she may have received very bad grades. It could really improve her GPA. I also had a rough semester in college due to extenuating circumstances. In fact, I got an F in my Calculus class; retook the class and got an A+ and absolutely loved the class. College in and of itself is a big adjustment for lots of kids. If this is the first time she has faced the death of someone close to her before, well gosh, that can really, really tough. My condolences and best wishes to your daughter.</p>
<p>It was actually my sister in law and myself who posted on here last night. She had posted on another college prep/help site and got a not nice response. So I told her about this site , so nice to see helpful not critical responses! Shes signing herself up today! Thanks again. My neice is loving college but has had a few things thrown at her and her first semester was a mess. But she is working her butt off now. Once again thanks for the help</p>