Maintaining a 3.0 GPA

Colleges and Universities A-Z Texas Tech University
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<p>Thankfully, I have been given a Presidential Scholarship worth 2K dollars a year, but the main benefit is that my out of state tuition is waived with this scholarship. It is a renewable scholarship up to 4 years and in order for me to maintain it, I must keep a 3.0 GPA average per full semester, with at least 15 credit hours per semester. </p>

<p>Now I'm doing petroleum engineering, and I'm wondering, is it easy to keep that B? I'm going to Texas Tech by the way, and I am an American citizen living abroad. So losing my scholarship would leave my father unable to afford the out of state tuition and therefore a waste of education/life! </p>

<p>Is it difficult to maintain a 3.0?</p>

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<p>3.0 is a bad gpa to have in college dude </p>

<p>Sent from my Desire HD using CC</p>

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<p>Maintaining a 3.0 in engineering will be a challenge, but if you need to do so in order to make your education possible, you will just have to find a way to do that. As soon as you arrive, find out about any tutoring centers that are on that campus, and make use of your professors’ office hours to clear up any confusion that you have about the subject matter. You can do this.</p>

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<p>Like happymom says, if they admitted you, they are confident you have the ability to do it. Whether you do it will depend on how you choose to spend your time once you get to college. You can do if you make it your main objective to master the material in each course and take advantage of all the services that are available to help students - and follow annasdad’s three three-word rules for college success:</p>

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<li>Get enough sleep</li>
<li>Don’t get behind</li>
<li>Ask for help</li>
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<p>It’s doable. You’ll need to be organized and smart. Plan and don’t procrastinate. Take a look at Cal Newport’s Study Hack’s blog and his books.</p>

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<p>Ask on the Engineering Major forum too.</p>

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<p>dirkslam41 I hope so. According to some test results are all up to the professor him/herself, so I guess it really differs from one prof. to another, one university to another. </p>

<p>happymomof1 thank you for your good advice, I know I can too, but my current challenge is convincing my father that I can do it, because he doesn’t trust that I can. He used my final year of education as a judgement, which I don’t think is fair at all, but oh well. </p>

<p>annasdad true that, but I mean don’t a lot of students lose their scholarships? I think it does differ from one institution to the other, but I don’t know where to find this info! I keep calling the university but they keep transferring me from one person to the next. You are right, whoever puts in the effort ahead of time will be able to make it. Not many people have a strong will and determination though, but I know I do, ESPECIALLY with that out of state tuition waiver risk!</p>

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<p>Even if you can mantain a 3.6+, that’s good </p>

<p>Sent from my Desire HD using CC</p>

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<p>For engineering it MIGHT be difficult to maintain the 3.0. I know a lot of engineerings from Texas schools where C is the average. I would advice taking “common curriculum” classes while taking your engineering classes to get “Easy A’s” while also earning “B/C in Engineering”.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>Craig</p>

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<p>Thanks Craig, but what do you mean by “common curriculum” classes?</p>

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<p>“Get enough sleep and ask for help?” You got to be kidding me. Here are the 3 REAL ways to keep a 3.0 in college:</p>

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<li><p>When Friday afternoon rolls around, know that your academic week is only 1/2 over. The other 1/2 gets done on weekends. That’s when you catch up. That’s when you make sure you know what you think you know but really don’t know. That’s when the men are separated from the boys.</p></li>
<li><p>Take 12 credits per semester instead of 15. Or even take 9 credits instead of 12. Keep lightening up your load until you can handle it, then think about slowly adding more. If the choice is between graduating in 5 years and going home, it’s a no-brainer.</p></li>
<li><p>Postpone the romance. If you’re involved in a serious romantic relationship, it’s almost impossible to do well academically. There’s nothing wrong with a casual date now and then. But anything hot and heavy is going to mess you up.</p></li>
<li><p>If you’re working a part-time job, it has to take a back seat whenever academics comes calling. During finals week, you don’t need to be working at all. Quit the job during finals week if you have no other choice. Whatever it takes. Academics first, job second.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for the advice. I am not going to be able to take only 12 credits. The minimum (on the scholarship requirement) is 15. I’m going to take 17. The ‘suggested’ curriculum for my Petroleum Engineering course hovers around there as well.</p>