1.5 GPA Freshman Year Help!

ninjex
Sat, 17 May 2014 20:53:05 +0000

A perfect gpa in any major, is difficult, but in a stem major it will be more difficult. Since its your first year, you’ll probably have another year of math and if you’re not finished with your physics, more physics and you’ll likely have to finish your advanced chem series.

These courses can be difficult on their own and can be even more difficult due to: work and familial obligations, more difficult than average instructor and tests, incompetent book, horrible (as in all classes are back to back, thus no study time) schedule etc…

That said a perfect gpa is unrealistic, and if your heart is set on reaching that, you have little room for error and might stress out that you aren’t reaching your goal.

You should concentrate on earnestly doing your best. If you can do that, your grades will naturally rise and it will reveal if engineering is really a good fit for you.

The good news is, its not too late. You can still recover from this since its only your first year. Get good grades and you should be fine. Additionally you can use your bad year as a leverage point.It can serve as contrast to how different the old and new you are in work habits. It’s doesn’t have to be a death sentence.

However like the other posters mentioned, you need to reevaluate why you received your grades and how you’ll fix them. You do have a summer to figure it out though. Good luck