Will old GPA haunt me forever in my success?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I want to apply to Pharmacy school, but I'm in the processing of transferring out of my current university to go to another one.</p>

<p>I started my education at a community college, received an associates with a 3.71 GPA, and truly enjoyed my education there. The class size was small, and it was on a very personal level. I learned so much. </p>

<p>I transferred to a university in the city, and been here for two semesters now. I've experienced lecture halls, and that loss of intimacy between the professor and I. Students didn't seem interested or were in their on clique, and above all, the school's biology department took pride in no curves at the end of the semester, and having a high fail rate.
It has been extremely difficult, with unnecessary (in my opinion) workload to distract from the real focus. I am not learning much, and have a 2.74 in university, and I know it will get worse once my final exam grades are on. </p>

<p>I'm planning to transfer to a small university with a great department in chemistry, and I would like to finish my degree there.</p>

<p>The thing is for pharmacy school I am only looking to finish my pre-requisites. So if I have a 3.71 at a community college, a 2.7 at one university, and let's say hypothetically I have 3.0 in this new university, will this 2.7 (or lower) ruin it for me? Is there a way I can just never look back on this university anymore? It was awful.</p>

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<p>While low GPAs hurt, there’s almost always a way around them (unless you need a minimum GPA to get into a certain program). The best thing to deal with a low GPA is to have other classes since that time period that show academic growth. Also, don’t try to hide the GPA from applications/essays- acknowledge that you were distracted/lazy/had difficult professors, etc. </p>

<p>And what makes you think you can only get a 3.0 at the new university? Will that be an acceptable GPA for pharmacy school?</p>