Can someone please help me?

NovaLynnx
Sat, 02 Nov 2013 19:53:50 +0000

Honestly, a PhD isn’t a magical degree that guarantees you a job; you are not “screwed for life” without one. There are well-paying jobs out there that do not require graduate degrees, and you can work your way up and then apply later on in life. You may even decide after working a few years that you don’t need the degree to do what you want.

Your attitude - that you’re screwed, there’s no way to get into grad school - is what’s keeping you out more than your grades are. It’s amazing how changing your attitude can change everything else, including your motivation, finding a way to succeed, and being happy. As others said, research experience and recommendations trump grades, and starting fresh at a new school can help wonders. But you need to work on your attitude first; I agree that finding a more suitable counselor will help. You mock the idea, but again, that attitude is the problem first and foremost. Not the grades, not the choice of major when you started, not the school. That can all be changed and improved. But not if you continue to carry a doom-and-gloom outlook.