Hi everyone, hoping to get a little bit of perspective.
I was recently accepted to study abroad in Spain in Fall 2019. I had always intended to do Spring 2020, but after finding out that studying abroad is cheaper and academically feasible for me decided to move it up and go somewhere else in the Spring. Now, at my school, they freeze your GPA while abroad so I’ll be going into Senior year with the GPA I end up with this semester. The thing is I dropped from a 3.4 to a 3.1 last semester due to a very difficult set of classes and I’m worried about the impact that is going to have recruiting wise. Should I only do one semester abroad in the Spring to get more of a chance to boost up my GPA or ignore the marginal .10-.15 boost and do a year? I always thought I would do marketing, but have recently become interested in consulting (which usually requires a higher GPA). I have a considerable amount of work experience and also got into SEO and MLT which should help me on the job search front. Would love to hear what you think!