GPA at Emory

mk150890
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:05:45 +0000

I completely disagree with the people who say that “if you study” you will get a 3.9+. Honestly, I didn’t put my best foot forward first semester in terms of studying. I was always procrastinating but I always ended up doing all of my work. I’m double-majoring in English/Philosophy with plans to attend Law School and please, take this from me, if you pick the wrong teachers, you will get screwed over. My majors are obviously extremely subjective and papers in college turn into your biggest nightmare. I was the best writer at my competitive private school (top 25 percent went to top 20 schools), acclaimed by all of my teachers. Here, some professors who are full of themselves have problems with my “overly complicated” writing style and thus, my GPA suffers. I still pulled a 3.5 with mediocre efforts in 200-level classes first semester but I should have pulled close to a 3.9 if the subjectivity factor (which, SURPRISE, SURPRISE Pre-Meds, doesn’t factor in the sciences) hadn’t gotten in the way. You have to pick your courses AND teachers carefully.