<p>I screwed my first semester with 2 Cs and 2 Bs.
I screwed the second semester with 1 C and 3Bs.
I got my C second semester in the intro course of my tentative major. should I stick with this major (Econ)? Or does it predict doom?
I really love Econ but have bad study habit.
my gpa is a 2.8 and I attend a very selective college in the east coast (Massachusetts)</p>
<p>how do I bring it up???? I'm desperate?? </p>
<p>I need advice!!!</p>
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<p>aurel, I'm pretty sure you know what the answer is. If you really love Econ, then you need to improve the study habits. You can do it :)</p>
<p>is it possible to get into grad school with a screwed up first year?
will employers even consider me with a messed up transcript???</p>
<p>I know I promise to improve.
I need advice on how to improve my study habit (better said than done) etc.</p>
<p>does anyone know someone who had/has a similar situation?</p>
<p>pls help me!!!</p>
<p>thanks for the encouragement chubeebo, I promise myself to improve for next year. but i feel that i'm already screwed.</p>
<p>If you were to make a 4.0 from here on out, you are okay.</p>
<p>Some employers and grad schools lean heavily toward how you do your last two years. Some do not.</p>
<p>For example, I was offered a fellowship to a good grad school for work toward a Ph.D. where I didn't even have to work with a 3.6 for my last two years (4.0 in my major) and a 2.0 for my first two. Note that there was a year and one half gap between my first two and last two years, that my second school was ranked more highly than my first, and that this was forty something years ago before the days of grade inflation.</p>
<p>However, even then, I was hurt badly by the grade-point for my first two years with respect to Civil Service jobs. And those jobs don't care about the "quality" of the school where you acheive the grade point.</p>
<p>I would look first at how easy it is for you not to study. Changing your living arrangements (room alone or out of the dorm in a quiet neighborhood) or scheduling trips to the library to study would be my first suggestion. During my last year of college, I took a course that required lots of books for reference which precluded my studying in the library - I posted a note on my door asking people not to knock or enter unless it was an emergency.</p>
<p>Also, I would assess my personality closely. I am capable of long uninterrupted stretches of reading, writing, and studying and working toward a Ph.D. in econ would make sense for me. However, if you are a social creature, you might should look more toward business and sales. I have seen some "thank you Lawdy" (the other side of cum laude) graduates do very well in the world when they understood and used their gifts (and socializing comfortably is a gift just as being able to stay in "heads down" mode is).</p>
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<li><p>Nobody can really tell you what to do to improve your study habits. You're not clear about whether it's your discipline, your skills, your tendency to plagiarize, or what. If you want specific advice, you need to provide enough context for people to come up with something.</p></li>
<li><p>The fact that you did only a little better during your second semester suggests that your first plan for doing better was not a very good one. (Alternately, if you were fine with your grades in the fall semester and only got worried when you saw your next set it suggests that you don't really think your performance is all that bad.) You need to spend some time figuring out what you did wrong and whether you really are willing to put in the time and effort to do things differently.</p></li>
<li><p>As long as you're focusing on how your transcript is going to look 2 1/2 or 3 years from now, you're probably not going to make many changes. You are promising to do better right now but you're focusing on things you no longer have any control over. You need to be focused on the things you can do -- and if you're not taking summer classes, then that means things like improving your skills, going back over the economics coursework so that if you do continue with your major you're going to be prepared for your next class, and practicing turning off all the distractions and doing intellectual work on a regular basis. In the fall, you need to be focused on the things you can do in the fall, <em>not</em> on whatever damage you may have already done to your transcript, or you're not going to do any better.</p></li>
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<p>is it mit, harvard or tufts? those are the only 'very selective' schools near boston.</p>
<p>Brandeis and Boston College are in the Most Selective category at USN&WR too. But that was it. Boston University is in the More Selective category.</p>
<p>don't forget the liberal arts colleges in that area.... :)</p>