<p>LOL I missed that, that’s pretty funny.</p>
<p>Dawgie why would I quit college? I’m definitely going to finish it up and try do well in my last 2 years. </p>
<p>My major gpa is decent, and I hope to keep it that way. I’ll probably end up listing both gpas.</p>
<p>Brahski you are stubborn. All you did was post here hoping to hear what you want. </p>
<p>Sorry you didn’t since the general consensus was that you should give up.</p>
<p>Nope, not stubborn. Just not giving up :)</p>
<p>Seriously guys, there is a line between “talking realistically” and being just down right discouraging. Yes, he made a big mistake, one that he had plenty of time to think about but still kept making the wrong decisions. Yes, he is in a really bad situation and optimism is not going to change that really bad situation. However, what is done is done, and as long as he is turning his whole life around, and not just making the right decision here while making a bunch of wrong decisions elsewhere in his life to cancel it out (hopefully not?), then atleast he has recognized his past mistakes and is now trying to do what damage control he can from this point on.</p>
<p>In answer to the original question: Yes, you can get an entry-level position, eventually. But it is going to be hard work from here, and it is still extremely likely to be hard to find a job even after that hard work. That job is almost certainly going to have a low salary and a slow career path as well.</p>
<p>What you need to do first though, is decide if you actually want to do any business careers that require a four year degree. If all you can or want to do is a technical job or just some simple, easy job, then you should certainly do as the others say and drop out for now and go to a technical school for the job that you want (and work very hard with your academics/training there). Why accumulate two more years of debt when your financial condition is already severely threatened by your academic record?</p>
<p>However, if you seriously want to pursue a career in a business-function job, and you have seriously made a complete turnaround with your attitude towards your entire future (college, career, etc…), then by all means don’t listen to these idiots that are telling you to give up on your dreams for past mistakes and waste what time and money you have already contributed. If you go into a business-related career, if it is not required immediately for the very bottom job you get, then at some point a new job will require a four year degree (with no GPA requirements as it will not be entry-level!), and it will be harder to get that degree later, especially while working. You can redeem yourself academically, if several years later it becomes necessary in your career for further education credentials, by getting an MBA.</p>
<p>Whatever you do, don’t transfer to a community college and don’t do anything that will increase your graduation date any further. If you transfer to a CC and make good grades, employers will think the CC was just easier and you hadn’t changed. If you take more semesters to increase your GPA, it still won’t be great and you will have lost valuable time gaining work experience and at the same time will have increased your debt. Try for internships as well, though yes, your chances are low with those as well, but it will not hurt to try. If you can get even one good internship during your last Summer, that could potentially help a lot.</p>
<p>If you’re being honest and try your best, I wish you the best of luck. Personally (and I, as a college student, in no way represent hiring practices), I would hire the person who waa terrible the first two years but demonstrated a completely change of attitude the second half of college, rather than the person who wasn’t terrible the first two years but just mediocore the whole four (and i would expect to still be mediocore as his or her attitude never changed).</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply Serious101. I have completed 3 classes for this summer term, earned all A’s. I plan on doing this throughout the rest of my 2 year college career. The people at the career development center say I still have some sort of opportunities at internships around my university. A lot of local companies are always looking for free labor, and many companies around here don’t have specific gpa requirements. </p>
<p>I know I made a lot of mistakes, But I’m trying very hard to turn my situation around. Hopefully I can find some sort of work experience this coming academic year.</p>
<p>Learn to sell yourself. If you can sell yourself effectively most of your worries will disappear. </p>
<p>For one thing, why are you even concerned about your “cumulative” GPA if your major GPA is 3.5? Forget about your cumulative GPA and put your major GPA on your resume. If a job posting asks for a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0, skip it and move on to the next. If you go to an employer that is anal enough to try and differentiate between your major GPA and total GPA tell em to go **** themselves. You’ll be miserable working for an idiot like that anyways. </p>
<p>Seriously, GPA only matters if you’re going for jobs in banking or the big 4. Employers don’t really care about GPA. It’s a weed out function for large corporations with a large supply of applicants. Employers care about one thing and one thing only: Do you have the skills necessary to produce and make money for the organization? Focus on that, and most of all, focus on getting your foot in the door with a solid employer with growth opportunities and go from there. </p>
<p>Go to glassdoor.com, find some highly rated employers, do some research, and paint a target on them. Figure out what you have to do to get hired at the companies that look like a good fit and get it done. And if all else fails, take Richard Roma’s advice and learn a trade.</p>
<p>Agree with what Inmotion12 says…for the second time today.
Leave your cumulative GPA out.
Be quite confident and determined during interviews and show them you have what it takes.<br>
Emphasize your strong points.</p>
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<p>Is it that bad really? If I get 2 more semesters of straight A’s I will have a 3.0, but should I accept my fate and drop out of college and become a truck driver instead?</p>
<p>Brahski, you said that you have failed three classes right? It menas that you can retake those classes and get all A’s, and your GPA would probably be 3.2 or something, with only one D. It could be worse if you got all D’s or C’s in those classes, for you would not be able to retake them.</p>
<p>You should definitely finish your undergraduate degree–it will never hurt you–only help you!!! Do not listen to Dawgie. It is a first time I see a person who says that education is overrated.</p>
<p>It’s the first time you have read or heard that education is overrated?</p>
<p>thanks everyone for their honest/encouraging replies.</p>
<p>Quick question, your major GPA consists of the classes that are core/related to your major. These classes tend to be the hardest classes depending on the major (in business they are the hardest at least). You have a good major GPA meaning you did well in those hard classes but did lousy in gen eds and LAS crap? Gen eds are easy classes. Quit the partying and just study.</p>
<p>yeah, i’ve never gotten below a B in any of my major classes, got A’s in almost all the ones i’ve taken.</p>
<p>my regular gpa sucks though, but I can still bring my major gpa up to even above a 3.5 by the time i graduate.</p>
<p>however it will be hard to bring my regular gpa up to a 3.0, I have to continue getting A’s for the next 2 years. and even then i might be shy of a 3.0. but i’m not that stressed. I spoke to some relatives, one might help me get an internship at new york life insurance.</p>
<p>brahski, </p>
<p>some people here are rather negative towards everything in life, so don’t listen to them or take their comments about you seriously. you are doing yourself a great favor by toughing out college and getting a degree. i think you will thank yourself later in life.</p>
<p>just like college isn’t for everybody, dropping out isn’t for everybody neither. at least with a degree, you are more positioned to attain a better job in the 21st century. </p>
<p>i simply cannot believe that some would dispense the advise to quit school just because of lower grades. it appears that you got bad grades because you didn’t try, not because of your aptitude.</p>
<p>Do not include your GPA on your resume and apply to smaller firms. If you get an interview and they ask you whats your GPA or why it was not included, just tell them you didn’t do well initially but you have progressed. Let them know although your GPA is below 3.0, you are willing to learn and all that good stuff ect ect.</p>
<p>Does your school offer academic renewal? It’s pretty much taking the class again but with some restriction like “you got a 3.0 in your last 12 units and it’s been 2 semesters blah blah”. It won’t disappear from your transcript but it will not factor the F’s (or D’s) in your GPA.</p>
<p>^Yeah…why can’t you just retake those classes that you failed and easily bring up your GPA?</p>
<p>Yes, Toshtemirov, because delaying graduation trying to get As in the hardest classes for him to do so in would be a good use of his time.</p>
<p>lmao whistleblower, you’re ■■■■■■■■ isn’t working here anymore.</p>
<p>go else where please</p>