Have I ruined my life?

HPuck35
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:01:44 +0000

My son had a under 3.0 GPA in ME. His really bad year was his sophomore year. His GPA was rising and was over 3.4 for his upper level classes. He never got any kind of internship with his low GPA.

What he did do was work a summer unpaid doing research at school under one of the professors. When looking for a job after graduating, he emphasized his upper division GPA (but being honest about his overall GPA). He also avoided applying to any larger companies that would have a strict GPA cutoff (ie., wasn’t worth his time).

He got hired by a small company in their R&D division doing just what he wanted to do. Turns out the research he did (that he really liked doing) was just the kind of experience they were looking for.

So I would believe that all is not lost for you either. However, it is nose to the grindstone time.