Lowering My Goals

College Life
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<p>Have any of you ever lowered your goals? When I came into college, my goal was to get a 3.5. After a while (and a few bad grades), I said I would be happy with a 3.0.</p>

<p>Well now everything is coming full circle and I have 13 more classes to go. I know I will not get a 3.0. I figured that if I get all B’s in my classes, I will get a 2.5 (not very bad, but not great). This seems a lot for attainable to me than trying to get all A’s.</p>

<p>In a way, it seems like a relief to me. I think I was stressing too much thinking about getting a certain grade in order to get a certain GPA.</p>

<p>So has this happened to anyone else?</p>

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<p>I came in just wanting a 3.0, got that, and am now up to a 3.5, and will be happy if it stays there… feel better?</p>

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<p>I think most people adjust their goals a bit in college.</p>

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<p>That seems like a dangerous pattern to fall in to. Granted, I’m sure a lot of people go in thinking “Okay, 4.0!” and then realize aiming for a 3.5 or 3.7 is more realistic.</p>

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<p>Aim for the best and push yourself to attain it. Trust me, the higher you aim, the better grades you get. But the caveat is that if you become absolutely paranoid about grades, you’ll start failing.</p>

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<p>Well, I <em>have</em> to maintain a 3.0 because I have scholarships. But at first, yeah, I was like, Oh I want all A’s. Then it was like, Okay, yeah, A’s and B’s work. And with Chemistry, it was like, I just want to pass!! (I passed chem 1 with a C but failed chem 2.) I have about a 3.3 though right now, so I’m pretty happy. I’ve made above a 3.0 in 5 out of 7 semesters I’ve been in college and hoping for about a 3.5 this current semester (finals start tomorrow eek!). I do want to get it to a 3.4 by the time I graduate though, so I can get cum laude on my diploma. (magna and summa are 3.6 and 3.8… definitely not making it to those, so I figure cum laude is reasonable enough to strive for at 3.4)</p>

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<p>As long as you’re still able to do what you want, I think it’s fine. Personally I like having my goal based on something grounded in reality, which for me is keeping in the honors GPA range of 3.2 or higher at my school. I let it slide last term so I’m currently between 3.0 and 3.2 and need to get it back up, but I find that it’s a good goal for me.</p>