<p>Tough professors, combined with my bad attitude that was unwilling to get tutoring until late in the game, puts me at a 2.5 average for this quarter, bringing my total GPA to about a 3.0 total. I’m trying to transfer into the school’s CS department, but I have to have a 3.0 in major classes and will probably just miss it with a 2.8 next quarter, the first time I’m eligible.</p>
<p>Has anyone else been in a position where you have to fight an uphill battle just to be decent? I’ve seen a few guys on here say they’ve outright failed math classes before achieving good results later.</p>
<p>Just feeling a little down and out :/</p>
<p>I know how you feel…Engineering majors are some of the most demanding out there. Its going to be hard no matter what. If you really want it, this might be a sign that you need to get better organized, spend more time studying and with tutors. I don’t always go to tutors when I should either, but trying to get better about that. Better to ditch pride and pass than to fail :P</p>
<p>“Has anyone else been in a position where you have to fight an uphill battle just to be decent?”</p>
<p>Definitely</p>
<p>Here’s what you do:</p>
<p>One day when your just feeling miserable, open up wordpad or ms word and type out a little rant piece about the weeder courses. Whatever’s in your head about them good or bad. Make sure to get everything out. Save it. Next get a rubber band, put it in your arm, and give yourself a jolt when you think something negative or are not having the right attitude towards something. Condition your mind to say “I know this is BS, but Im just going to stick it out and do the best I can.” Next, prioritize which courses are most relevant to your major and work the hardest in those. work hard in all, but especially try hard in the one most relevant. pretty soon you’ll be done and have all the time in the world to say “Man those courses were BS, why did we have to go through that.”</p>