<p>oh the horrors of a 3.7 gpa.</p>
<p>That’s all I have to look forward to, yeesh, I’d LOVE a 3.7 right now instead of having to pull two consecutive 18 credit semesters of 4.0 to correct a few bad grades just to earn one. With Fundamentals of Chem and having to watch out for stupid errors, that’s neigh on impossible (although not completely, if I study hard enough I still can pull it off). I’ve mostly had to accept I’d probably be transfering with a 3.5-3.6 instead of the 3.7 I was hoping to earn. You will too, for transfer students, especially TAP canidates, 3.7 is as good as 4.0. </p>
<p>…Unless you’re in one of those more-impacted-than-Psychology 3.9999 GPA biz econ class majors… in which case, good luck with that.</p>
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<p>Itachirumon you might as well just face the music and turn in your application to In-n-, no, you’re not good enough for them. McDonald’s at best.</p>
<p>OP… I hope you are giving yourself the time to enjoy this time of your life. When college is over you will not remember all of the time you spent studying or in class. You will remember how hard you worked but these will not be the memories that warm your heart. The expression work hard-play hard became popular because you just can’t go through life doing nothing but work. A trully successful life is one with balance. Take care of yourself and most of all go easy on yourself. Life really is very short, and it was meant to enjoy, so get off of that treadmill, and have some fun.</p>
<p>am i the only one who can relate to this post? geez. you guys are a bit hard on the OP</p>
<p>i get why the OP is upset if he/she is looking at grad school, esp law school where you are pretty much just your GPA and LSAT. i had a 4.0 up until a semester ago. now i have a 3.89. it’s sad to see all As and then a B. my dreams of yale/harvard/stanford for law school faded a lot.</p>
<p>to the OP, i get why you’re super unhappy. when i got my first B in college i was pretty devastated. the next B was a little easier but still hard. my point? it’s almost impossible to get an A in every class (even in just a semester) unless you either sacrifice your entire social life and well-being or are taking super easy classes. both are bad decisions. </p>
<p>since im guessing this is your first semester at college. my advice would be to grieve a little but not to long. recognize it’s sad but realize:</p>
<p>1.) you are worth more than the grades you receive
2.) in the long run it really *doesn’t *matter. </p>
<p>it’s hard to be able to have perspective years ahead, but trust me, it will be ok. if you are doing everything you can (and are making sure everything is balance), then it’s just a part of life. </p>
<p>you may already do this, but try going to office hours like a week before a test (not the day before, this irritates them). sometimes professors can nudge into the important material that will be covered on a test. (rarely do my professors hold review sessions so this is key b/c honestly, knowing everything is daunting. you will still have to know pretty much everything, but office hours may direct that 5%).</p>
<p>hope this helps! good luck!</p>
<p>A person isn’t a number, your more than that. Get over it college isn’t high school, its a different chapter in life. Grades don’t mean s#!t in the real world, and a 3.7 is damn good, some people will kill for that.</p>
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…didn’t you just contradict yourself?</p>
<p>Hey there,</p>
<p>I felt the same way about school when I was doing my first semester in college. Getting two B’s is not that bad and very difficult to make straight A’s in college unless you sacrifice your social life. Getting a 3.7 is extremely competitive and puts you in the top 15% of your schools - that amazing!</p>
<p>I remember when I was doing an internship I had to submit several resumes and complete three interviews. Not once did my grades or GPA enter to conversation - the only thing they cared about was my student classification (freshman sophomore etc.) and what work I did in the past. </p>
<p>Even if your going to graduate school a 3.7 GPA is extremely high and most graduate schools would rather have someone with a 3.6 GPA and lots of research experiences and challenging courses under their belt verses someone who skated through college with fluff classes. I am not saying that grades are not important but don’t let getting good grades control you.</p>