First set of college grades

Yackisback

Yackisback

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So I just got my grades back from my first semester of college. I got a 2.3 and I'm fucking pissed, but it really is my fault so its all at myself. Am I fucked or is it possible to recover from this? Has anyone else been in a similar situation or can anyone relate? I feel awful and am sort of depressed about this whole situation. Also this isn't an alias.
 
I went from an A+ to a B in one of my classes. my calculator died 5 mins into the final. prof did jack shit to help. I aced all of the derivations and conceptual stuff but bombed any of the questions that required computations. Super pissed.

 
I totally fucked off last semester and ended with ~2.3 too but I'm not sweeting it, just gotta do better this time around.
 
Just cruised and maintained my 3.0, can't find the motivation to try very hard in uni
 
check your meter. Go to class. If you go to class and just write down shit you will be fine. Study the day before the test and you will get b's and c's and graduate, shoot for the stars.
 
That's pretty pathetic... Get off the partying and hit the books. I've been cruising around the 3.8's for three years. It isn't hard, just do your shit and you'll be fine.
 
Out of 3 sections of 25-30 students I only gave 6 As this semester. Pure laziness. Also a lot of Ds and Fs. If you're not going to put the effort in, just drop.

2.3 isn't bad for a fresh GPA. You have probably another 80 or so units to bring it up (for semester) or 105 or so for quarter.
 
Bullshit, everyone is going to be taking core classes when they're a freshmen. Some people will venture into major specific classes, but for the most part everyone is stuck in the same core classes. A 3.0 in bullshit class 221 is weak. If you're getting shit grades in easy classes, what happens when you need to build on that knowledge the next quarter? Shittier grades.

OP, a 2.3 isn't the end of the road, but change is in order. All I can say is go to class and take good notes. Do all of your work, and don't get distracted by your roommates. What threw your grades off? Tests, Homework? Make that a priority for the next quarter.
 
Im kind of pissed because im trying so hard to keep up good grades. This is cuz I was talking to my cousin who just got a really cool and high paying business job and I asked him how many of the places he applied to asked for his transcript. He said 2 out of 20 and the one he got didnt even ask.
 
i got a 2.67 but i'm not too worried

shooting for a 3.5 this semester even though it'll be rough. i'm in calc, chem, and physics 212
 
Actually the beauty of NS is that I can jump to all of the conclusions that I want to and no fucks will be given.
 
The fuck school do you go to? 8 hours total each week? Id say Sunday-Thursday I spend 4 hours a day studying if I want to kill it. That is once the semester really gets going. 4*5=20 hours a week studying.
 
I got a 2.7 or so forgot to go to a lab in my geology class and would have had an A if I went ended with a 86.8 so a B a B- in my film class super boring, and a C+ in math. My grades were superb until I started smoking instead of studying. Then I got into the mindset everything is cool Ill get that A on my calculus test NOPE. Not even close to an A.
 
Calc II is definitely a core class if you want to do any sort of science or engineering...
 
a physics major without a back up calc or extra batteries? Thats a brutal way to get fucked over but cmon man, you know better than that.

Im bio and i always carried carried two calcs to gen chem.
 
I don't understand how people study that much. I put in maybe 8 hours a week of studying outside class and do pretty good in school... Like what else is there to do besides reading the textbook and doing problems, like what can take 20+ hours of work.
 
I did very bad this semester but I also had mono and missed about a month of class. So I think I'm going to have my f's Withdrawn and I'm going to keep a B&C. It really does make me upset though because I had to A's after midterms And I actually was doing pretty well.
 
Yeah I got a 1.6 first semester (failed math) and a 2.2 in the spring semester. Now I usually end up between 3 and 3.5 and I know I could do better. Don't let 1 semester get you down OP. get after it
 
im too embarrassed to post what mine were, but it wasn't completely all on me because I had a head injury which set me back pretty far for a couple of months.
 
2 semesters I had a cumulative GPA of 2.1, I know have a cumulative GPA of 3.0. I realized i was in a hole an worked really hard to get out as fast as possible, but all you really need to do now is, first make sure you do better next semester and then steadily build your GPA until you graduate. Obviously, some semesters will be worse than others, but if you start getting the the 3.0's your cumulative GPA will average out higher. Lots of ppl get low grades first semester/ year.
 
Believe it or not I ate out of a 23-year-old guys cereal bowl who didn't know he had it at the time. I also got it two weeks before my 21st birthday.
 
Unless you plan to continue your education after undergrad, which seems to be pretty important these days to land the big jobs everyone wants.
 
i had a 3.87 my first semmy. but youll be fine its only one semester if you get a 3.5 even for the next 3 your gpa will be like 3.2 which is fine.
 
3.4 finance major checking in. OP there is no excuse for your shitty grades. Go to class, don't miss any, study, and take notes. Its pretty simple. Teachers give you the one up if you show up to almost every class and participate once in a while. If your excuse is because your hanging ou with friendsor whatever, then suck it up and go to the library.
 
3.9 first semester. There really is no excuse for getting bad grades in your core classes. As long as you study an hour out of class for every credit you take, you should get all As and Bs, and let's be honest, 16 hours of studying a week is not that hard.
 
Finished first semester with 3.2, had a 3.6 going into exams and failed one and got a D in the class. Oops. Second semester, 2.6ish? Fucked around too much. Third semester, 3.6. Just put the work in.

My brother is doing the premed route at William and Mary, taking 3 labs, and missed three weeks of school. Know what he got? 3.7. Put work in you fool.
 
3.85... shoulda been a 4.0

one of my grades dropped from an a to an a- because i was in detox and missed a quiz that was 5% of our grade. the other a- i got was dropped from an a to an a- because of a lack of participation.

whatever, im cool with a 3.85
 
Got a 3.87, would have probably had a 4.0 or very close had it not been for my first math midterm. Gonna set the bar at 4.0 again this semester but it's significantly harder than last semester.
 
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