<p>I'll try to make this brief but I want to become an Environmental Engineer and would like to either go to a school that offers a Bachelors in Environmental Engineering or a Bachelors in Civil Engineering with the focus of environmental and water studies. The past year I have been struggling a lot with the passing of two friends and living in a very toxic environment (sorry :-@ ). I finally qualify for independent status on financial aid so I would like to leave my current residence ASAP (Spring 15' semester), stop working full time, and focus 100% on becoming an engineer. With my recent struggles my grades have started to decline and I don't know if I can get into an engineering school anymore. I didn't drop out of my classes because I didn't want to completely give up...... but I ended up with a C in calculus 2 and physics [-X . I retook physics and earned a B but II really don't want to retake calculus 2 again because that means I'll have to take calc 3 in the spring, stay at a community college, work full time, and live here. My GPA is now ~2.97 and I was wondering if anyone knows of engineering schools that will accept me with having a GPA below 3.0? I've been looking at the University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, and Humboldt State University (seems kind of small and they only have Environmental Resources Engineering and I haven't found much information on the web about this particular major). I've already emailed the Arizona schools about my chances and I'm in bit of a panic because of my current living atmosphere and how much I want to be an engineer :-SS . Some schools say they will accept 2.75 but I know that sometimes even though they say that only people with high GPAs are actually admitted. The only reason I haven't applied to the schools I've mentioned yet is because I have to pay the application fees so I want to see if I could get guidance on where I might be accepted instead of paying fees for places I never stood a chance of getting into. I'm not really picky on where I go to school anymore I just want to go to an ABET accredited engineering school that offers environmental or civil engineering. Sorry for the sob story but I hope that my details were somewhat helpful and I appreciate you and thank you for any time you spent on my post. :x </p>
<p>South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; but don’t expect any financial aid. However, the school is a bargain.</p>
<p>The Arizona schools are not difficult to get into:</p>
<p><a href=“How to Apply: Transfer Student Application | University of Arizona Admissions”>http://admissions.arizona.edu/transfer/admissions-requirements</a>
<a href=“https://transfer.asu.edu/transferrequirements”>https://transfer.asu.edu/transferrequirements</a>
<a href=“Find an NAU Admissions Officer Near You | Admission”>Find an NAU Admissions Officer Near You | Admission;
<p>But check to see if your desired major is oversubscribed (if it is, it may have a higher admission threshold at the school where it is oversubscribed).</p>
<p>However, your state of residency matters a lot in terms of cost and financial aid. Out-of-state public schools generally give little or no financial aid. You can check the net price calculator on each school’s web site for a financial aid estimate.</p>
<p>Agree with UCBalumnus, Humboldt State is a California state-funded school. You wont get a penny of financial aid. Can you afford $34K per year?</p>
<p>Take out your calculus 2 book and spend the summer redoing and, this time, learning the material well. Engineering is very heavy in math and you need those skills. A C just doesn’t cut it. You need to learn why you do what you do in calculus as it, more than any other subject, builds on itself, class by class. You can’t afford to do poorly in calculus 3 both in the short term (meaning admission to a 4 year college) and long term (meaning career). </p>
<p>You may even want to talk to the prof and see if you can retake the final as though you were trying place out of the class. It probably won’t erase your poor grade but will demonstrate that you have indeed learned the material.</p>
<p>Here’s the problem: so say you do get into a school now with less than a 3.0 and you struggle with the coursework. The courses only get more difficult. If you graduate with less than a 3.0 you wont find a job. The discipline is Environmental engineering. Have you looked at the availability of jobs in that discipline? It sounds as if you are desperate to become an “engineer” regardless of whether you learn any of the subject matter, just to leave your current environment. Employers are pretty sharp during interviews, so you need to really think this through.</p>