<p>I've been attending Baruch College for two and a half years, with 36 credits and a 1.656 gpa, and have been on probation for more than a year. It's been rough but I'm trying to get back on my feet. I don't know if I could raise my gpa to even a 3.0 at this point, and I kept on hearing that 3.0 is the minimum gpa to be hired, or even higher, at 3.3+. Is it even feasible to transfer to a community college to salvage my academics, and if I did, would my gpa from the previous college show up on the transcript when getting a job? Should I choose a different major? Or am I doomed because of my horrendous gpa?</p>
<p>You can get hired with less than a 3.0 gpa , just NOT with one of the major accounting firms. You should consider smaller firms and corporate jobs.</p>
<p>Transfer to another school and start with a fresh GPA. But with that GPA, I don’t know if transferring is a possibility anymore.</p>
<p>Well what should I do? Should I stay and try to get out of probation? Should I change my major? I really need some advice.</p>
<p>Community College is your best bet.</p>
<p>I check the website on a cuny community college BMCC, and it say that I need at least a 2.0 to transfer, or be put on the waiting list. Does it count for all cuny community college? And I heard that when getting a job the employers look at your transcript of every school you when, including the gpa of those schools. Besides, I couldn’t drop my math class since it’s my third time taking it, or I might get dismissed. Any more advice and help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>You need a GPA to get into community college? Never heard of that. Look for one that doesn’t have a GPA requirement. If not, you are done for life.</p>
<p>The question is --why do you have a 1.66 gpa? Is it because you did not attend class, hand in work or study enough? Were you partying too hard? Or did you find the work to be very difficult? </p>
<p>If it is because you found the work to be very difficult, I would change majors. Accounting courses do not get easier. If it is because you blew off school, it is time to change your attitude and start working at your schoolwork. Attend class, read the book, hand in all assignments, etc. </p>
<p>I would not transfer to a community college. The reason you think you can get a higher gpa at a community college is because you know the courses are less rigorous and it is easier to get higher grades. And you don’t think everyone else, including employers, knows this too? So the value of those classes is low.</p>
<p>Transfer to CC -> Go to a decent school, and only list the most recent school’s GPA on the resume.</p>
<p>I think the gpa needed to go to a community college only apply to mbcc, since I checked again. Anyway, morrismm said that I shouldn’t transfer to a community college, because of its supposed easier workload compared to a 4 year college. And that it would be looked down upon by employers, since the value of those classes is lower than those of a 4 year college. Is it actually true? I don’t think I’ll be able to raise my gpa to a 3.0. Should I just stay at Baruch and continue my education there?</p>
<p>Honestly, you are done. Just finish your education at Baruch and try to get into a very easy Masters in Accounting program and start fresh there. Your chances of decent employment after college is like 1%.</p>
<p>So that’s it? I stay in Baruch and, over time, graduate, and so I’m doomed? Is there no way I could even get a job in accounting, now that I screwed up my gpa? Am I really done for?</p>
<p>No you are not screwed. You have to focus on grades and networking though.</p>
<p>Dawgie, </p>
<p>You should stop bashing on the guy. Sure, he messed up and has a low current GPA. He can always pull it up by taking extra classes if money isn’t too much of a problem. Stop saying that he’s “doomed,” and such.</p>
<p>OP, you need to focus in school and whatever it was that happened before that made you have a GPA such as yours, you don’t have to explain it. However, I agree with staying at Baruch. The courses might be rigorous for you if school was hard, so try taking less classes at a time so that you can focus on each one and achieve an A in that class. Don’t worry too much about time. As a matter of fact, that should be one of the last things you should be worrying about. Take extra electives so that your GPA might be able to go up a little bit more.</p>
<p>In short, all I’m saying is slow down and focus.</p>
<p>ijamjl: I say this with complete seriousness. I am not bashing him. He has a decent amount of credits and a horrible GPA. It is almost impossible to get a respectable GPA at that point, even with perfect 4.0s. I am realistically telling him that his chances are very low and giving him an option (MSA) to get out of his predicament. A low GPA in the economy is almost death. </p>
<p>Anon: Can you retake courses where you had a bad GPA? I would stay an additional year to retake those courses just to boost my GPA.</p>
<p>Thanks ijamjl, I’ll try to focus on my two courses for now. Though I want to get my gpa to 2.01 so that I could get financial aid. And you couldn’t get the aid if you’re not full time. And I’m not sure about networking. I really want to focus on my classes and grades, and I’m shy and it’s really hard to be social and connect with people.</p>
<p>No I couldn’t, Baruch College would only allow me to retake courses I failed, not ones where I receive a bad grade.</p>
<p>You still have an opportunity to obtain your bachelor degree. Just do the math by subtracting the total credits for a bachelor by the credits you have obtained. If you apply yourself and aim for B’s and A’s well there’s a possibility it will increase toward a 2.5 GPA. I was stuck in a similar scenario in high school. In my freshmen year I started with a GPA of 1.2 and ended with a 2.4 GPA in senior year. I’m not proud of my GPA, but I have learned from what I done in thoses years as a high school student. Then apply it in college.</p>
<p>These people are giving you all the wrong advice. Just drop out of college and focus on your career as an online gamer.</p>
<p>I’ve heard stories about companies hiring without asking about your GPA. Just finish up at Baruch and don’t put your GPA on your resume.</p>