I'm in my junior year of college and still have a very low GPA (2.5). What should I do? Should I take another year to improve my GPA?
Hopefully these tips might help:1) If you have any Fs, see if retaking the course will affect your GPA. Often the grades may be averaged such that earning an F and later an A will average to a C on your GPA and raise it. Some colleges may even replace the F with the newly-earned grade.2) Graduate and professional schools look for upward trends. If your grades are mediocre in your first 2 years but you do very well in the last 60 credit hours, admissions committees will view this positively and likely won't hold your early years against you. Many schools accept 2.5+ GPA students, but you need to offset the grades issue with high test scores (GRE, LSAT, GMAT, etc).3) Utilize all the benefits your college has to offer to help your grades. This may include tutoring services, research and writing help, and mentoring. Sometimes it's your study habits that need work and colleges have specialists there to help.4) Take a gap year. Time off might help you refocus and get back on track when you return. Studying abroad might also help; often the grades don't transfer so you can atleast earn credits and not see your GPA decrease. 5) Make sure your major is right for you. If your major GPA is lower than your overall GPA, then it might be a good idea to explore other majors to find an area where you can excel and that inspires you to work harder.Also, if you can afford a 5th year of college, that is something to consider. Only about 40% of US students graduate in 4 years, so it's not uncommon. If you need an extra year to change majors to something you enjoy more or perform better at, a 5th year may be helpful. However, I would use a GPA goal/estimation calculator to see how much extra courses will add to your GPA. If you have to make straight As for a whole year and it only raises your GPA 0.2 points, it might not be worth it. But again, many grad schools only look at last 60 credit hours so it might be helpful if you're really successful in your 3rd-4th or 4th-5th years. As far as employment goes, a degree in hand with a 2.5 GPA is certainly enough to get a career started.Good luck!
My GPA at the end of my junior year of high school is 2.6, which is low. Will this ruin my chances of getting into a good college?
As you are aware, this is the GPA you will use to apply to colleges and universities. It can only come up so much, even if you earn all A’s in your senior year, so this makes sense for them and for you. You are unlikely to get into Harvard or MIT (don’t worry; I’ve never been a student there, either). You are unlikely to get into most state flagship universities. However, if this GPA is combined with decent SAT or ACT scores, there are many schools that will admit you, like some regional liberal arts colleges and regional public colleges and universities. If you attend one of these schools, perform well, graduate, and plan for a career in an area where there is relatively high demand and low supply (e.g., not journalism), you will succeed. To me, this is the definition of a “good college”; one that will give you the education you need and will help you succeed. However, a fair number of students with 2.6 GPA’s in high school will not graduate college. At any school, from community college to Harvard, you will need to improve your study skills and time management skills.A couple of notes:Your GPA is not really considered; they look at courses and grades (and sometimes calculate their own GPA for you, based on their formula)If these grades are from challenging, standard college prep courses, the grades will look better than if they are things like typing or business mathCommunity colleges will generally accept anyone with a high school diploma or a GED, and you can go from there; Steve Wozniak, a co-founder of Apple, attended a community college before eventually finishing his degree at a four-year school
Low GPA..Entering Senior year... help?
During most of my high school career I had the roughest life of anyone i know. My parents verbally abused me, called me all sorts of things, you name it, they probably did, they hurt me mentally, I had no friends, no one to go to, my teachers weren't willing to help, everyone ignored me, my cries for help with what I felt and school and everything else, I felt like no one cared about me I contemplated suicide because I'm not like everyone else it seems. Everyone else gets a nice family and a f****ing pony. I get a **** family. For the longest time I just asked that my teachers try to understand why I kept getting low grades, I was mentally broken throughout all 3 years, and even now I kept getting low grades more and more, and that only increased the emotional pain. On practice SATs and stuff like that I do almost PERFECT and they say I'm smart, but in school it says I'm the biggest idiot on the planet. I used to do a few musical instruments and am multilingual, speaking 4 languages (English, French, Russian, German) fluently, but none of that is going to stop the fact that I look like a failure. I tried hard to pull my grades up, doing what I could, trying to ignore what went on around me, but during each project, each quiz prep, each anything, i was always alone. no one liked me, and no one loved me. not my parents, not my classmates, not my teachers. So here I am, a low GPA on 3 years. 1.9~ on freshmen, and 2.3~ my last 2. I'm entering Senior year and I want to do well. I really do. But what's going on is too much and I've sought help but no one understands me. Everyone thinks its not really a big deal. I dare them to step in my shoes. If they're not breaking down and crying every other day they have no heart. So what I'm asking is what should I do, how can I pull my grades up in this final year, or is it even worth it. Should I just accept that I'm going to be a garbage collector or homeless when I grow up? It sure looks that way. Everyone tells me if you **** up your gpa, unless you work harder than you ever have before for anything, doing everything perfectly, and sacrificing whatever it takes to get a better life, you're going to end up so. I don't know much about community college but I don't know what kind of family-supporting job I'd get from something like that.
Freshman year GPA-3.2 Sophmor/junior-3.7 senior-3.9, could I get into a good college?
Your volunteer hours will look good, as will your energy. It's not clear to me when you're applying; if you're a senior, one would think you would have applied already? But if you haven't, a real priority (if you are in the US) is to do very well on your SATs. Take a prep course (Kaplan offers them) and do the practice exams, then take time to do careful applications in the fall for the following fall. (If you're not in the US, I don't know the academic calendar.)
Low gpa, sophomore year....can i bring it up?
Every year is different. If you've had a 0.0 in freshman year and 1.0 in sophomore year, freshmen year had nothing to do with it. Next year when you're a junior and you miraculously get your sh-t together you can average a 3.0 . You'll be getting college letters left and right because that's what they look for. Someone showing initiative, don't fail your classes. You're going to be having to pay hundreds of dollars for night school because if you fail a class you're going to be considered a freshmen unless you reaccumulate your credits. Talk to your counselor about an alternate school, I wouldn't recommend if, but I actually got 19 credits in one semester. I only went for a year.
What should I do if I screwed up my mid year senior grades? I got a 3.0 UW GPA, which is disgustingly low for me. How do I communicate to colleges that this isn't representative of me as a whole?
I didn’t do a great job in high school, so I went to a college that would accept a student with lower scores for my freshman year. While there, I earned all As in my first year and successfully transferred to one of the best public universities there is.(However, that’s not to say the first school wasn’t great. It was awesome. I transferred to the other school for 90% personal and 10% ego-driven reasons.)So don’t worry about it too much. You have more time to prove yourself. Transferring is possible if you end up in a school that isn’t ideal for you st first.
I'm a rising undergraduate senior with a low GPA. I have no idea of what I want to do as a career. What can I do?
Don't worry.Lots of people go through this. I'm from a top 30 global university, top 5 in Asia. I had the same dilemma last year. I buckled down and focused on my GPA, and guess what?It didn't matter. I got my job showcasing my personal work. I blew them away in the interview from the sales pitches I had practiced interning for an educational startup. It's been close to a year now and they haven't asked about my GPA.Do not take Computer Science just because it will get you a better job. If you like Bio, do Bio, and do computer science on the side. Because if you don't like what you do, you will not work on side projects, and thus indirectly improve yourself, during the scant hours you will have free once you start working.And it is this work that will make you a more valuable employee in the long run.Take a deep breath. If you're in over your head, take a gap semester and go work at a startup. They love interns with drive, and if they don't, ask for less money. I did it, and went overseas for my internship. Best decision ever, and gave me clarity on whether I wanted to pursue a startup.Hope it helped!
I am in my final year in a university, and I have a low GPA of 1.96. I learn and put in my effort to make it but still my GPA is low. I am a good student too. I now have 1 semester to push it up a little bit. What should I do?
You say you’re a “good student,” but what does that mean? Does it mean that you’re responsible about attending classes and completing the work on time? Does it mean you spend hours studying? Does it mean you care about how you’re doing?How have you let the low grades go on for so long without taking steps to improve them?You say you’re learning, and you probably have learned, because you’ve stuck with it for almost four years. But your standards seem to be low. You haven’t learned enough. It’s not good enough to learn 2/3 of what you’re taught (that’s 67%); you need to learn 80 - 100%.With your GPA, I’m surprised your academic advisor hasn’t reached out to you to discuss your grades and how to improve them. I’m surprised your professors haven’t done the same thing. Have you gone to them for help? Take advantage of their office hours. Read their comments on your work and follow any advice they offer.There is a free online course on Coursera called “Learning How to Learn.” You might find it helpful: Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects | CourseraAt this point, your goal is to bring your grades up enough to meet your graduation requirements. Don’t think, “What are the minimum grades I can get to graduate?” Instead, aim for all As. You may not get any As, but try to do as well as possible. Consider it practice for the work world, where your pay and career growth often depend on how well you do the work. Start building a habit of excellence.All that said, there are a number of articles about C students doing very well in life. Try Googling “the C student” to read some of them.
Ok i have a low gpa?
its an 82.67....but i got a 2350 on SATs and a 33 on my ACTs. I would like to got to apply to Skidmore, Boston University, Delaware University, Northeastern, Syracuse, Penn State, Clark, or Cornell....are these schools i want to go to "aiming to high" considering this low gpa? i took 2 AP courses and 1 honors if that helps.....thanx 4 your help=]
Low gpa into uc?
Cram a few community college courses in this summer and plan to take some the summer after your junior year; classes that are in the a-g subject areas and UC-transferable will boost your GPA (they carry an extra grade point and are included in your UC GPA calculation). You should still take the AP classes you planned, having those on your class schedule looks good and maintaining a decent grade (B or higher) would be even better. You can find the stats for Irvine's Fall 2007 admitted students here: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/ITU.pdf on page 39.