How much should I be concerned about my Grades/GPA at this point?

Transfer Students
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I had a 3.0 GPA last fall but it dropped to a 2.85 after getting Cs in social science classes. I have had two bad semesters since I started college because one for illness and the other because of my grandmas death. I plan to transfer in 2020 for engineering or science. The school I want to transfer to is known for STEM but the specific programs there I am interested in require a 3.0 or a 2.5 for transfers and they are not capped programs so they should not be very competitive but only having the minimum GPA does not guarantee admission. I plan to complete an associate’s degree in pre-engineering, Biology, or general studies at my community college. My community college also has articulation agreements so that should help since they have to keep a certain number of admission slots open to transfers.

This is my current schedule

Calculus I
General Chemistry I
Introduction to Engineering Design
Engineering Software Tools II

These are my previous classes and grades

English composition: W first time, B second time
Fundamentals of Public Speaking: A
First year seminar: A
Introduction to Ethics: B
Principles of microeconomics:C
World civilization II:C
Intermediate algebra: D first time, B second time
College algebra: B
Trigonometry: W first time, B second time

Edit: my goal is to get my GPA up to atleast a 3.0 before transfering.

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You have tough classes this fall. Plan your time so that you can fit in regular visits to the tutoring center on campus and to your professors’ office hours so that you can stay ahead of any problems.

3

I agree with @happymomof1.

You will need to stay ahead in your calculus class. Coming in with B’s in the prerequisites suggest that this could be a bit tough because it depends a lot on trigonometry and algebra. Tutoring should help since it is key in calculus to understand the concepts. Definitely you don’t want to only try to memorize the formulae.

Try very hard to stay ahead in all of your classes. Do your homework as early as you possibly can (such as the day that it is assigned), and seek out help early if you have any questions at all.

Fortunately very little is going to depend upon microeconomics unless you take more economics classes, so being a bit shaky on that one shouldn’t come back to bother you again.