<p>How can I recover from poor grades after my first quarter? Any tips would be extremely helpful. God bless.</p>
<p>My gpa will probably be above a 3.5, but that’s because I have to language classes (which are easy for me). But yea its totally normal because you’re getting used to the new learning environment/styles. If you work hard, get a tutor, go to office hours, etc you could raise your gpa up for next semester</p>
<p>Your school might have academic forgiveness if it’s really bad.</p>
<p>Otherwise, just be more on top of things next semester and maybe take a lighter load. (Or throw in an easy, but interesting elective that will be a GPA booster for you).</p>
<p>I’ve heard a lot of people don’t do so well their first semester of college.</p>
<p>I had a 2.8 GPA my first semester. Two semesters later, I’m standing at a 3.8. Once you get used to the structure and balance of your courses, it’ll get much easier. Recovery isn’t impossible. </p>
<p>Choose your courses and professors wisely- Ask around, do a little online research, choose the ones that appeal mostly to you (ratemyprof is fairly popular).</p>
<p>Can you explain mathematically how you were able to make that jump from a 2.8 to a 3.8?</p>
<p>@ boston: he probably got 4.0s in all his classes for those two semesters.</p>